Porthmadog
Porthmadog known in your area as "Port", is a small Welsh coastal town and previous community, now in the neighborhood of Penrhyndeudraeth in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd. It has been so spelt officially considering that 1974. Before 1972 in the management area of Caernarfonshire, it lies 5 miles (8 kilometres) eastern of Criccieth, 11 miles (18 kilometres) south-west of Blaenau Ffestiniog, 25 miles (40 km) north of Dolgellau as well as 20 miles (32 kilometres) south of Caernarfon. It had a population of 4,185 (2011 census). It developed in the 19th century as a port exporting slate to England and elsewhere, however since the decrease of the sector it has actually come to be a shopping centre and visitor destination. It has easy access to Snowdonia National Park and also is the terminus of the Ffestiniog Railway. The 1987 National Eisteddfod was held in Porthmadog. It includes the neighboring towns of Borth-y-Gest, Morfa Bychan as well as Tremadog.