Portmeirion

Portmeirion
The Piazza
Portmeirion Location within Gwynedd
OS grid reference	SH588370
Community	Penrhyndeudraeth
Principal area	Gwynedd
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PENRHYNDEUDRAETH
Postcode district	LL48
Dialling code	01766
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
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.