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Q737888
Sign in to savePortmeirion (; ) is a folly tourist village in Gwynedd, North Wales. It lies on the estuary of the River Dwyryd in the community of Penrhyndeudraeth, from Porthmadog and 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.
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- Locality
- Ynys
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.static_image_name
- Portmeirion, Wales (48559387366).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Piazza
- UK place.official_name
- Portmeirion
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Gwynedd
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd
- UK place.community_wales
- Penrhyndeudraeth
- UK place.post_town
- PENRHYNDEUDRAETH
- UK place.postcode_district
- LL48
- UK place.postcode_area
- LL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01766
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SH588370
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Architecture
- Chronology of construction
- Y Gwyllt (gardens)
- Filming location
- ''The Prisoner''
- See also
- References
- External links
Portmeirion (; ) is a folly tourist village in Gwynedd, North Wales. It lies on the estuary of the River Dwyryd in the community of Penrhyndeudraeth, from Porthmadog and 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.
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