Campsites in Harlech

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Camping in Harlech

Harlech is a town and seaside resort in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, lying on Tremadog Bay, and within the Snowdonia National Park. It has a population of 1,264. The town lay in the pre-1974 county of Merionethshire.

The town is best known for Harlech Castle, begun in 1283 by Edward I of England, captured by Owain Glynd?r, and later the stronghold of Henry Tudor. The castle was originally built next to the sea, but geological processes have changed the shape of the coastline, and the castle now lies on a cliff face, about half a mile inland. The town has since developed with housing estates on the flat low town area and hillside properties in the high town around the shopping street, church and castle. The two areas are linked by a steep and winding road called Twtil.