Penrhyndeudraeth

Penrhyndeudraeth (English: peninsula with two beaches) is a village and community in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. It is located between Traeth Mawr (English: big beach), the now largely reclaimed estuary of the Afon Glaslyn, and Traeth Bach (English: little beach), the estuary of the Afon Dwyryd. The village is close to the mouth of the Afon Dwyryd on the A487 from Porthmadog, and has a population of 2,031. The vacation village of Portmeirion, best known as the filming location for the 1960s TV series, The Prisoner, is located within Penrhyndeudraeth. The present village was laid out in the second half of the 19th century by the local landowner David Williams of Castell Deudraeth at Minffordd on land reclaimed by the drainage of...