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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]
[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]
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.
Gwynedd is the second largest county in Wales but sparsely populated, with an area of 979 square miles (2,540 km 2) and a population of 117,400. After Bangor (18,322), the largest settlements are Caernarfon (9,852), Bethesda (4,735), and Pwllheli (4,076).
The village lies 4 miles (6.4 km) north east of Pwllheli and is close to the village of Llangybi, a holy well and the mountain of Carn Pentrych. A well-preserved 15th-century manor house at Penarth Fawr is maintained by Cadw, [2] and another ancient monument Plas Du (Welsh: Black Place) is a well-preserved, substantial sub-medieval gentry house ...
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.