Harlech
Harlech is a town in north Wales, the location of a magnificently-situated medieval castle and the steepest street in the world, Ffordd Pen Llech.Photo: GeraintTudur2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Harlech Castle and Harlech railway station.
Harlech Castle
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Harlech Castle in Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales, is a Grade I listed medieval fortification built onto a rocky knoll close to the Irish Sea. It was built by Edward I during his invasion of Wales between 1282 and 1289 at the relatively modest cost of £8,190.
Harlech railway station
Railway station
Photo: Tom Parnell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harlech railway station is located at a level crossing on the A496 in the centre of the town of Harlech in Gwynedd, North Wales. The waiting shelters were installed to cater for the high numbers of schoolchildren commuting to and from the adjacent secondary school, Ysgol Ardudwy.
Llandanwg railway station
Railway station
Photo: Thozza, Public domain.
Llandanwg railway station is in the village of Llandanwg in Gwynedd, Wales. It is an unstaffed halt on the Cambrian Coast Railway with direct passenger services to Harlech, Porthmadog and Pwllheli to the north and west, and Barmouth, Machynlleth, Shrewsbury and Birmingham to the south and east.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portmeirion and Llandanwg.
Portmeirion
Photo: MichaelMaggs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Llandanwg
Village
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Llandanwg is a village in the Llanfair community of the Ardudwy area of Gwynedd, Wales. Situated on the coast, it has a railway station and a Grade II listed medieval church.
Talsarnau
Village
Photo: OLU, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Talsarnau is a village and community in the Ardudwy area of Gwynedd in Wales. Its population was 525 in 2001, and had increased to 550 at the 2011 Census. Talsarnau is situated 3½ miles northeast of Harlech.
Harlech
- Type: Town with 1,450 residents
- Description: town, community and seaside resort in Gwynedd, within the historical boundaries of Meirionnydd in northwest Wales
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.8588° or 52° 51′ 32″ northLongitude
-4.1075° or 4° 6′ 27″ westPopulation
1,450Elevation
203 feet (62 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB HACOpen location code
9C4QVV5V+G2OpenStreetMap ID
node 29217836OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Harlech from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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”
- Russian: “Харлех”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Harlech”
- Slovenian: “Harlech”
- Spanish: “Harlech”
- Swedish: “Harlech”
- Welsh: “Harlech”
- “Harlech”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Harlech”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Rhiw-goch and Cefn-mine.
Gwynedd: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Bangor, Tywyn, Caernarfon, and Bardsey Island.
Explore These Curated Destinations
Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.