Barmouth
Barmouth ( Welsh Abermaw ) is a village in the county of Gwynedd in north Wales . It is located on Cardigan Bay , on the north side of the Mawddach estuary .
Urban development
The village of Barmouth originally developed around the local shipbuilding industry and has recently become popular as a resort.
Attractions
The town has some notable buildings, such as the medieval residential tower "Tŷ Gwyn" and the roundhouse prison "Tŷ Crwn" from the 18th century. There is a new lifeboat visitor center. The port hosts the annual “Three Peaks yacht race”. The famous mountaineer and sailor Bill Tilman lived in Barmouth for many years.
In the district of Llanaber is the church of St. Mary and Bodfan from the early 13th century. To the north are the megalithic complexes of Carneddau Hengwm , the Hengwm Ring Cairn , the Cerrig Arthur stone circle , the ancient settlement of Mynydd Egryn , the Hillfort Pen-y-Dinas and the remains of the stone circles of Ffridd Newydd.
The Cliff Oleu that rises steeply behind the town, was the first piece of land which in 1895 the National Trust to preserve it has acquired the nation. Immediately behind the main road it goes up to the Panorama Walk , the hiking trail along the Mawddach valley.
The art gallery Art on the Hill shows modern but also classic paintings by the artist Bernard Barnes.
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The Aberystwyth – Pwllheli railway overcomes the wide mouth of the Mawddach with the help of the Barmouth Bridge , a wooden structure from 1867. The now closed Barmouth – Dolgellau railway also ran on the south side of the bridge . The southern end of the bridge is now the beginning of the Mawddach Trail, intended for bikers and hikers, which uses the old route.
From Barmouth there is a ferry service to Penrhyn Point, where you can change to one of the Welsh light railways, the Fairbourne Railway , and travel to Fairbourne .
A few kilometers to the north is Llanbedr Airfield .
tourism
William Wordsworth , famous 19th century vacationer, described his impressions of Barmouth roughly as follows: “A beautiful view of the sea ahead, the mountains behind, the great estuary eight miles inland, and Cader Idris a day's trip away; so Barmouth can hold its own against any rival. "
Barmouth is the closest seaside resort to the English West Midlands (geographically) and a large number of visitors, but also residents, come from Wolverhampton , Birmingham , Dudley and other parts of Black County.
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- Peter Sager : Wales - DuMont Art Guide; DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 1985, ISBN 3-7701-1407-8 , p. 435.
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Bernard Barnes
Coordinates: 52 ° 44 ′ N , 4 ° 3 ′ W