Porthmadog
Porthmadog, formerly Portmadoc, is a small coastal town in Gwynedd with a population of 4,000. It has a picturesque harbour. 19th-century wharves survive, but the harbour is used by leisure yachts.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Porthmadog railway station and Porthmadog Harbour railway station.
Porthmadog railway station
Railway station
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Porthmadog railway station serves the town of Porthmadog on the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales. The station is on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to Pwllheli, Harlech, Barmouth, Machynlleth, Shrewsbury and Birmingham.
Porthmadog Harbour railway station
Railway station
Porthmadog Harbour railway station in Porthmadog, Gwynedd, North Wales. It is the passenger terminus of two narrow gauge railways: the Ffestiniog Railway, which was opened in 1836 to carry dressed slate from the Quarries around Blaenau Ffestiniog to the sea port of Porthmadog, for export by sea; and the Welsh Highland Railway, incorporated in 1923, which ran to Dinas.
Porthmadog railway station
Railway station
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Porthmadog railway station is the southern terminus of the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway and serves the western end of the town of Porthmadog in Gwynedd, Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portmeirion and Criccieth.
Portmeirion
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Portmeirion is an Italian renaissance-style village on the coast of North Wales, most famous for being the setting of the cult television program The Prisoner.
Criccieth
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Criccieth is a town in Gwynedd. It is one of the more easterly towns on the south coast of Llŷn and overlooks Tremadog Bay. It is associated with the one time prime minister of the UK, David Lloyd George, who grew up in the nearby village of Llanystumdwy.
Porthmadog
- Type: Locality
- Location: Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.918° or 52° 55′ 5″ northLongitude
-4.1455° or 4° 8′ 44″ westElevation
98 feet (30 metres)Open location code
9C4QWV93+5RGeoNames ID
7298976
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