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Portmeirion
Fantastical Italianate village on the shores of Cardigan Bay, designed by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis and famous as the setting of The Prisoner.
6 km · about 10 min drive
Wales, United Kingdom · Europe
Harlech works well as a base: 10 minutes from Llanbedr, 13km from Llyn Trawsfynydd.
Harlech is in Wales, United Kingdom, with about 1,800 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Llanbedr, about 5 km away.
Harlech (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈharlɛχ] ) is a seaside resort and community in Gwynedd, North Wales, and formerly in the historic county of Merionethshire. It lies on Tremadog Bay in the Snowdonia National Park. Before 1966, it belonged to the Meirionydd District of the 1974 County of Gwynedd. Its landmark HarlechRead more
Castle was begun in 1283 by Edward I of England, captured by Owain Glyndŵr, and in the 1480s, a stronghold of Henry Tudor. Once on a seaside cliff face, it is now half a mile (800 m) inland. New housing has appeared in the low town and in the high town around the shopping street, church and castle. The two are linked by a steep road called "Twtil". Of its 1,447 inhabitants, 51 per cent habitually speak Welsh. The built-up area with Llanfair had a population of 1,762 in the 2001 census, over half of whom lacked Welsh identity, and the electoral ward which includes Talsarnau 1,997 in the 2011 census. The estimate in 2019 was 1,881. The population of the community, which includes just the village, was 1,263 as of the 2021 census.
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Within an hour or so of Harlech: Portmeirion (6 km), Llyn Trawsfynydd (13 km), Snowdonia National Park (Eryri) (16 km), Aberglaslyn Pass (16 km).
The nearest famous roads are A498 Nant Gwynant, Crimea Pass and A4085 Beddgelert to Caernarfon.
Harlech is in Wales, United Kingdom, about 5 km from Llanbedr.
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landmark
Fantastical Italianate village on the shores of Cardigan Bay, designed by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis and famous as the setting of The Prisoner.
6 km · about 10 min drive
natural wonder
A large upland reservoir built for hydro power and later a nuclear station, ringed by a walking trail with Rhinog and Moelwyn views.
13 km · about 25 min drive
national park
Wales's premier mountain landscape, home to Mount Snowdon and dramatic peaks, lakes, and coastline.
16 km · about 30 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A gorgeous wooded gorge where road, river and steam railway thread beneath steep crags near Beddgelert.
16 km · about 30 min drive
waterfall
A series of dark cascades in ancient oak woodland at Coed Ganllwyd, with 18th-century picturesque-tour associations.
16 km · about 20 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A quiet dead-end valley of drystone walls and abandoned slate workings, celebrated in Welsh poetry as a place of longing.
16 km · about 20 min drive
natural wonder
A tight wooded gorge where the Glaslyn river races between crags, with the Fisherman's Path along the old railway.
16 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
A tidal estuary between Barmouth and Dolgellau ringed by oakwoods and mountains, with a trail and railway bridge along its length.
16 km · about 30 min drive
9 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 60km.
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