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mountain forms the rear wall, with a spring emerging right inside the building. Kids are
welcome and the menu's full of crowd-pleasers, including a traditional Sunday roast.
There's also live music on Tuesday and Friday nights.
Entertainment
THEATRE, CINEMA
Dragon Theatre
(Theatr y Ddraig; 01341-281697;
www.dragontheatre.co.uk
;
Jubilee Rd)
The cultural life of the town is
centred on this 1890s chapel and its year-round schedule of live performances, cinema and
exhibitions.
Information
Barmouth Tourist Office
( 01341-280787;
www.visitsnowdonia.info
; Station Rd; 10am-5pm Apr-Oct,
10am-3.30pm Mon-Sat Nov-Mar; )
Sells leaflets on local walks, and train and coach tickets,
and offers an accommodation booking service.
Getting There & Away
Barmouth is on the Cambrian Coast Line, with direct trains to Machynlleth (£8.80, one
hour), Fairbourne (£2.50, 11 minutes), Harlech (£4.60, 23 minutes), Porthmadog (£6.90,
one hour) and Pwllheli (£11, 1½ hours).
Buses stop on Jubilee Rd, across Beach Rd from the train station. Destinations include
Harlech (route 38; 30 minutes), Dolgellau (38/X94; 20 minutes), Bala (X94; one hour),
Llandrillo (X94; 1½ hours) and Llangollen (X94; 1¾ hours).
Cycle path Lôn Las Cymru passes through Barmouth, heading north to Harlech and south
to Dolgellau.
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Harlech
POP 1450
Hilly Harlech is best known for the mighty, grey stone towers of its castle, framed by
gleaming Tremadog Bay and with the mountains of Snowdonia as a backdrop. Some sort
of fortified structure has probably surmounted the rock since Iron Age times, but Edward I
removed all traces when he commissioned the construction of his castle. Finished in 1289,
