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Harlech

Harlech is a town in north , the location of a magnificently-situated medieval castle and the steepest street in the world, Ffordd Pen Llech.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Harlech Castle and Harlech railway station.

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in Harlech, , , is a Grade I listed medieval fortification built onto a rocky knoll close to the . It was built by Edward I during his invasion of Wales between 1282 and 1289 at the relatively modest cost of £8,190.

Railway station
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is located at a level crossing on the A496 in the centre of the town of Harlech in , . The waiting shelters were installed to cater for the high numbers of schoolchildren commuting to and from the adjacent secondary school, .

Railway station
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is in the village of in , Wales. It is an unstaffed halt on the Cambrian Coast Railway with direct passenger services to Harlech, and to the north and west, and , , and to the south and east.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Portmeirion and Llandanwg.

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is an Italian renaissance-style village on the coast of , most famous for being the setting of the cult television program The Prisoner.

Village
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is a village in the community of the Ardudwy area of , Wales. Situated on the coast, it has a railway station and a Grade II listed medieval church.

Village
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is a village in the Ardudwy area of , Wales, about 1 mile east of . The village is at the confluence of the and the River Cwmnantcol. is situated 2½ miles south of Harlech.

Harlech

Latitude
52.8588° or 52° 51′ 32″ north
Longitude
-4.1075° or 4° 6′ 27″ west
Population
1,450
Elevation
203 feet (62 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB HAC
Open location code
9C4QVV5V+G2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29217836
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2647471
Wiki­data ID
Q1024935
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Harlech” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Harlech”
  • Basque: “Harlech”
  • Breton: “Harlech”
  • Bulgarian: “Харлех”
  • Catalan: “Harlech”
  • Cebuano: “Harlech”
  • Chinese: “哈勒赫”
  • Cornish: “Harlech”
  • Danish: “Harlech”
  • Dutch: “Harlech”
  • Finnish: “Harlech”
  • French: “Harlech”
  • German: “Harlech”
  • Hebrew: “הרלך”
  • Irish: “Harlech”
  • Italian: “Harlech”
  • Japanese: “ハーレック”
  • Japanese: “ハーレックス”
  • Japanese: “ハーレフ”
  • Korean: “할렉”
  • Latin: “Harlecum”
  • Manx: “Harlech”
  • Persian: “هارلخ”
  • Persian: “هارلک”
  • Polish: “Harlech”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Harlech”
  • Slovenian: “Harlech”
  • Spanish: “Harlech”
  • Swedish: “Harlech”
  • Welsh: “Harlech”
  • “Harlech”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Harlech”. Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0.