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Pwllheli (Welsh: [pʊɬˈhɛlɪ] (listen)) is a market town and community of the Llŷn Peninsula (Welsh: Penrhyn Llŷn) in Gwynedd, north-western Wales. It had a population of 4,076 in 2011[1] of whom a large proportion, 81%, are Welsh speaking.[2] Pwllheli is the place where Plaid Cymru was founded. It is the birthplace of the Welsh poet Sir Albert Evans-Jones (bardic name Cynan).

Pwllheli
A view of Pwllheli and its Marina from Pen-y-Garn
Pwllheli Location within Gwynedd
Population	4,076 (2011)
OS grid reference	SH374350
Community	Pwllheli
Principal area	Gwynedd
Ceremonial county	Gwynedd
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PWLLHELI
Postcode district	LL53
Dialling code	01758
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
List of places UK Wales Gwynedd 52.887°N 4.418°W / 52.887; -4.418

Pwllheli has a range of shops and other services. As a local railhead with a market every Wednesday, the town is a gathering point for the population of the whole peninsula.

Etymology

The town's name means salt water basin.[3]

History

The town was given its charter as a borough by Edward, the Black Prince, in 1355,[4] and a market is still held each Wednesday in the centre of the town on 'Y Maes' (="the field" or "the town square" in English).

The town grew around the shipbuilding and fishing industries, and the granite quarry at Gimlet Rock (Welsh: Carreg yr Imbill).[5]

The population in 1841 was 2,367.[6]

During the 1890s, the town was developed by Solomon Andrews, a Cardiff businessman. This work included the promenade, roads and houses at West End. A tramway was built linking the town to Llanbedrog. The trams ran until 1927 when the section of track between Carreg-y-Defaid and Tyddyn-Caled was seriously damaged by a storm. Andrews ran the Cardiff Road section in 1928, and offered to sell the tramway to Pwllheli Corporation at the end of the season, but they did not take up his offer. He then sold the assets, and the Corporation removed the tracks during the winter of 1928/29.[7]

Poet Albert Evans-Jones, who was an archdruid for the National Eisteddfod of Wales and known by his bardic name 'Cynan', was born in Pwllheli, before he was an archdruid, he joined the war through the Welsh Student Company of the RAMC, serving in Salonika and France, initially as an ambulance driver and medic, later as the company's military chaplain. He was the son of the proprietor of the Central Restaurant in Penlan Street, Pwllheli.

Governance

Pwllheli Town Council consists of fifteen town councillors elected from the North and South wards.[8]

Pwllheli North and Pwllheli South are the county wards covering the town, which each elect one county councillor to Gwynedd Council.[9]

Education

• Ysgol Cymerau, primary school (Welsh medium)
• Ysgol Glan y Môr, secondary school (Welsh medium)

Ysgol Glan y Môr was formed by the merger in 1969 of the former Pwllheli Grammar School at Penrallt and the Frondeg Secondary Modern School in Upper Ala Road, to form a comprehensive school based at two separate sites in the town. The junior pupils (year 1 and year 2) were located at the Penrallt site and the senior pupils (year 3 and upwards) at a new complex in Cardiff Road. This new school was subsequently expanded to accommodate all pupils under the Ysgol Glan y Môr name.

The Penrallt site was later redeveloped as the Pwllheli campus of Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor. The façade of the main building of the old grammar school was retained and incorporated into the design of the current college buildings. Thus the 'old school' is readily seen from the town square (Y Maes) as it has been since the former Pwllheli County School moved to Penrallt in the early 20th century.

• Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor (Welsh medium)

Transport

Rail

Pwllheli railway station is the terminus of the Cambrian Coast Railway running to Machynlleth with services continuing to Shrewsbury and Birmingham. The station is operated and served by Transport for Wales. The rail link to Caernarfon via the Carnarvonshire Railway was axed under the Beeching cuts and closed in December 1964.

Road

Pwllheli is connected to the wider road network by the A497 to Porthmadog and the A499 to Caernarfon. From there, major roads lead away from Gwynedd to the rest of Wales.

Buses

Bus services in the town are operated by Arriva Buses Wales and Nefyn Coaches and serve most of the town as well as the rest of the wider Llŷn Peninsula area. Clynnog & Trefor run services to Caernarfon where connections can be made to Bangor and the wider North Wales area.^{[citation needed]} Pwllheli bus station is situated in the town centre.

Attractions

• Plas Bodegroes, formerly a Michelin starred restaurant[10]
• Two Blue Flag beaches^{[citation needed]}
• Penarth Fawr a 15th-century house
• Hafan y Môr, a former Butlins holiday camp now operated by Haven
• Pwllheli Market
• Neuadd Dwyfor - theatre and cinema located in Penlan Street[11]

Pwllheli has a section of the Wales Coast Path along its shoreline.

Arts

Pwllheli hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1925 and 1955, as well as an unofficial National Eisteddfod event in 1875.

Language

According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, 80% of the population spoke Welsh, with the highest percentage of Welsh speakers being in the 10-14 age bracket, 94%.^{[citation needed]}

Sport and leisure

Pwllheli is home to association football team Pwllheli F.C., rugby union team Pwllheli RFC and running club Llŷn Striders. There is a hockey club, Clwb Hoci Pwllheli, which is part of the rugby, cricket and hockey club. They play in white, red and green.

Pwllheli is a hub for water sports, due in part to a marina, Pwllheli Sailing Club, and Plas Heli - the Welsh National Sailing Academy.

The town has two beaches, South Beach and Glan-y-don. South Beach stretches from Gimlet Rock, across the Promenade and West End, towards Penrhos and Llanbedrog. Glan-y-don Beach is on the eastern side of the river mouth and runs for 3 miles (5 km) from behind the marina workshops and out towards Penychain (holiday camp).

The town has a golf club on the Llŷn coastline.

Notes

External links

• Official Website for Pwllheli
• www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Pwllheli and surrounding area

На других языках

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[de] Pwllheli

Pwllheli [.mw-parser-output .IPA a{text-decoration:none}pʊɬˈhɛlɪ] ist eine Community und die zentrale Marktstadt im County Gwynedd (Nordwest-Wales).

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- [en] Pwllheli

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[ru] Пуллхели

Пуллхе́ли[2], Пулхе́ли[3] (валл. Pwllheli) — приморский город в валлийском округе Гуинет. Расположен на полуострове Ллайн, что выдаётся в Ирландское море, в 25 км к юго-западу от Карнарвона. Известен как место, где была организована «Партия Уэльса», и как конечный пункт Кембрийской железной дороги. Население составляет 3861 чел. (2001),[4] из которых 81 % говорит на валлийском языке.[5]

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