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In the 19th century, north Wales lacked good roads, so the sea was the easiest way to access many places. Porthdinllaen, on the northern coast of the Llŷn peninsula, with its sheltered north-facing bay, became important as a harbour of refuge and a busy port, with over 700 ships passing through the port in 1861.
[7] [8] In 1902, the council moved to the new building, which is now known as Neuadd Dwyfor, and sold the old town hall to the Pwllheli Liberal Club. [9] The building was grade II listed in 1949. [1] In the 1950s, the ground floor of the building was used for a while by a firm of corn merchants, Prichard Ellis. [10]
Pwllheli Town Hall (Welsh: Neuadd Dwyfor) is a municipal building in Penlan Street, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales. The structure, which now operates as an arts centre, is a Grade II listed building . [ 1 ]
Pwllheli (Welsh: [pʊɬˈhɛli] ; listen ⓘ) is a market town and community on the Llŷn Peninsula (Welsh: Penrhyn Llŷn), in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It had a population of 4,076 in 2011, which declined slightly to 3,947 in 2021; [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ better source needed ] a large proportion (81%) were Welsh speaking. [ 3 ]
Settlement at Y Ffôr dates back to the Stone Age, but the village itself was established at the beginning of the 19th century. [1] It was originally known as 'Fourcrosses', as it was founded at a crossroads created with the construction of the Porthdinllaen Turnpike trust road (now the B4354), which crossed the road from Pwllheli to Caernarfon (now the A499). [1]
Llanbedrog is a village and community on the Llŷn peninsula of Gwynedd in Wales. It is situated on the south side of the peninsula on the A499 between Pwllheli and Abersoch . Formerly in the county of Caernarfonshire , it had a population of 1,020 in 2001, [ 2 ] reducing slightly to 1,002 at the 2011 Census.
Pwllheli South (De Pwllheli since 2022) has been an electoral ward to Gwynedd Council since 1995, electing one county councillor.It was represented by Plaid Cymru's Alan Williams from 1995, but won by Bob Wright for Llais Gwynedd at the May 2008 elections.
Llithfaen (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈɬɪθvaɨ̯n]) is a village [1] on the North West of Wales on the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales. It is within the community of Pistyll near Caernarfon Bay . Pwllheli is the nearest town, approximately 9 miles (14 km) away, and Caernarfon is 16 miles (26 km) away.