Harlech
Harlech is a seaside resort and also community in the north-west Wales area of Gwynedd. Before 1974 it remained in the historic boundaries of Merionethshire The town lies on Tremadog Bay in the centre of Gwynedd within the Snowdonia National Park. It has actually remained in the unitary authority of Gwynedd considering that 1996, and also before that in the Meirionydd Area of the 1974 County of Gwynedd. Of its population of 1,447, 51 per cent repeatedly speak the Welsh language. Its landmark Harlech Castle was started in 1283 by Edward I of England, recorded by Owain Glyndwr, and in the 1480s a fortress of Henry Tudor. It was improved a high cliff face alongside the sea, yet shoreline adjustments mean it now lies about half a mile (800 m) inland. New housing has been constructed in the reduced community location and in the high community around the buying street, church and also castle. Both locations are connected by a steep, winding road called "Twtil".