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Pwllheli - Chester train at Penrhyndeudraeth in 1964. The railway line between Machynlleth and Pwllheli was authorised to be built by the Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway (A&WCR) on 22 July 1861. [1] During construction, the A&WCR amalgamated with the Cambrian Railways, [2] this being authorised on 5 July 1865 and effective from 5 August ...
Pwllheli Lifeboat Station is located in the town of Pwllheli, which sits on the Llŷn Peninsula, in the historic county of Gwynedd, Wales. A lifeboat station was first established here by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in 1891. [1] The station currently operates a D-class (IB1) lifeboat, Robert J Wright (D-811), on station since ...
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 ]
The Great Western Railway (GWR) doubled the track between Pwllheli station and the goods yard in order to increase capacity. But after the goods yard was closed and both the signal boxes and the signals were removed in 1977, the double-lined section is now used as a long run-round loop for visiting charter trains.
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.
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.
The Pwllheli and Llanbedrog Tramway was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge horse tramway on the coast of the Llŷn Peninsula in North West Wales, UK.It was originally constructed to convey building stone from Carreg-y-Defaid to Pwllheli's West End, [1] [4] with a second element to run between Pwllheli town centre and the West End resort on the seafront.
[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]