Garndolbenmaen

Garndolbenmaen
Garndolbenmaen village centre
Garndolbenmaen is located in Gwynedd
Garndolbenmaen
Garndolbenmaen
Location within Gwynedd
Population365 (2011)
OS grid referenceSH497441
Community
Principal area
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGARNDOLBENMAEN
Postcode districtLL51
Dialling code01766
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Gwynedd
52°58′23″N 4°14′17″W / 52.973°N 4.238°W / 52.973; -4.238

Garndolbenmaen (nicknamed Garn) is a village in the county of Gwynedd, Wales. It lies near the A487, approximately 6 miles (10 km) north west of Porthmadog, in the community of Dolbenmaen, which has a population of 1,300.[1] The closest villages are Dolbenmaen and Bryncir. The Papur Bro, the local Welsh language paper, is called Y Ffynnon (The Source/Spring). The village itself has a population of around 300.[2]

In 1856-7 Evan Jones of Garndolbenmaen built the Ynys-y-Pandy Mill on the nearby Gorseddau Junction and Portmadoc Railway.[3]

Approximately 50 pupils attend Ysgol Gynradd Garndolbenmaen,[4] many pupils travel from nearby villages including Pant Glas, Bryncir, Cwm Pennant and Golan. The number of pupils attending the school has remained consistent over the past 20 years.

Many of the old cottages in Garndolbenmaen have been turned into holiday homes.

Blaen y Cae recording studios are located in the village, where Pep Le Pew's album, Un tro yn y Gorllewin and the last album by Gwyneth Glyn, Wyneb Dros Dro, were recorded.

The magazine Narrow Gauge and Industrial Railway Modelling Review is published in Garndolbenmaen

  1. ^ "Office for National Statistics : Neighbourhood statistics : Census 2001 : Gwynedd". Archived from the original on 22 September 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  2. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Garndolbenmaen population (W00000337)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  3. ^ "YNYS-Y-PANDY SLATE MILL, CWMYSTRADLLYN;YNYSYPANDY;PONT-Y-PANDY". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. December 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  4. ^ "School Inspection Report" (PDF). ESTYN. 2004.