Portmeirion

Portmeirion
The Piazza
Portmeirion is located in Gwynedd
Portmeirion
Portmeirion
Location within Gwynedd
OS grid referenceSH588370
Community
Principal area
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPENRHYNDEUDRAETH
Postcode districtLL48
Dialling code01766
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Gwynedd
52°54′47″N 04°05′57″W / 52.91306°N 4.09917°W / 52.91306; -4.09917

Portmeirion (/pɔːrtˈmɛriən/;[1] Welsh pronunciation: [pɔrtˈmei̯rjɔn]) is a folly[2] tourist village in Gwynedd, North Wales. It lies on the estuary of the River Dwyryd in the community of Penrhyndeudraeth, 2 miles (3.2 km) from Porthmadog and 1 mile (1.6 km) from Minffordd railway station. Portmeirion was designed and built by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis between 1925 and 1975 in the Baroque style and is now owned by a charitable trust. It has served as the location for numerous films and television shows, most famously as "the Village" in the 1960s television show The Prisoner.

Many of the buildings within the village are listed by Cadw, the Welsh historic environment service, for their architectural and historical importance, and the gardens are listed, at Grade II*, on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.

  1. ^ "Portmeirion". Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.
  2. ^ *"Exploring The Architectural Folly Of Portmeirion". worldwidewriter.co.uk. 14 July 2017. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.