Barmouth
Sign in to saveBarmouth (formal , or ; colloquially ) is a seaside town and community in the county of Gwynedd, north-west Wales; it lies on the estuary of the Afon Mawddach and Cardigan Bay. Located in the historic county of Merionethshire, the Welsh form of the name is derived from aber (estuary) and the river's name, Mawddach. The English form of the name is a corruption of the earlier Welsh form Abermawdd. The community includes the villages of Llanaber, Cutiau and Caerdeon.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.welsh_name
- Abermaw
- UK place.static_image_name
- Barmouth from Porth Penrhyn.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Barmouth on the Mawddach estuary
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd
- UK place.official_name
- Barmouth
- UK place.community_wales
- Barmouth
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Gwynedd
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Gwynedd
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd
- UK place.post_town
- BARMOUTH
- UK place.postcode_district
- LL42
- UK place.postcode_area
- LL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01341
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SH613158
- UK place.population
- 2,522
- UK place.module
- 240pxMap of the community
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Barmouth (formal , or ; colloquially ) is a seaside town and community in the county of Gwynedd, north-west Wales; it lies on the estuary of the Afon Mawddach and Cardigan Bay. Located in the historic county of Merionethshire, the Welsh form of the name is derived from aber (estuary) and the river's name, Mawddach. The English form of the name is a corruption of the earlier Welsh form Abermawdd. The community includes the villages of Llanaber, Cutiau and Caerdeon.
== History ==