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Porthmadog Maritime Museum

Porthmadog Maritime Museum is a museum in , , . Porthmadog Maritime Museum is situated nearby to the arts center , as well as near the tourism office .
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Porthmadog, Wales, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Amgueddfa Forwrol Porthmadog”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Porthmadog Harbour railway station and Britannia Bridge.

Railway station
Photo: Eagle1942, CC BY 2.0.
in , , . 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 to the sea port of Porthmadog, for export by sea; and the Welsh Highland Railway, incorporated in 1923, which ran to Dinas. is situated 520 feet east of Porthmadog Maritime Museum.

Bridge
Photo: Arthur C Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 370 feet northeast of Porthmadog Maritime Museum.

Community center
Photo: Arthur C Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a community center, which is situated 780 feet northwest of Porthmadog Maritime Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Borth-y-Gest and Tremadog.

Village
Photo: Peter Glyn, CC0.
is a village.

Village
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the community of , in , north west ; about one mile north of Porthmadog town centre. It was a planned settlement, founded by William Madocks, who bought the land in 1798.

Photo: MichaelMaggs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an Italian renaissance-style village on the coast of , most famous for being the setting of the cult television program The Prisoner.

Porthmadog Maritime Museum

Latitude
52.92428° or 52° 55′ 27″ north
Longitude
-4.12902° or 4° 7′ 45″ west
Open location code
9C4QWVFC+P9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 137212345
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q85673813
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Porthmadog Maritime Museum” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Amgueddfa Forwrol Porthmadog”
  • Basque: “Porthmadog Maritime Museum”
  • Catalan: “Amgueddfa Forwrol Porthmadog”
  • Catalan: “Porthmadog Maritime Museum”
  • French: “Amgueddfa Forwrol Porthmadog”
  • French: “Porthmadog Maritime Museum”
  • Irish: “Amgueddfa Forwrol Porthmadog”
  • Irish: “Porthmadog Maritime Museum”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Amgueddfa Forwrol Porthmadog”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Porthmadog Maritime Museum”
  • Swedish: “Amgueddfa Forwrol Porthmadog”
  • Swedish: “Porthmadog Maritime Museum”
  • Welsh: “Amgueddfa Forwrol Porthmadog”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Porthmadog Tourist Information Centre and Y Ganolfan Arts Centre.

Nearby Places

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