Pwllheli

Pwllheli is the traditional market-town of the beautiful Llŷn Peninsula (Welsh: Pen Llŷn) in Wales.

Pwllheli Harbour

Pwllheli Town

The town is on the coast, with two sandy beaches (though the better beaches lie further down the peninsula, for example; Quarry a busy sandy beach, Porth Neigwl a famous surfing beach and remote tranquil beaches like Porth Ysgo which has a 20' waterfall), a marina host to many Sailing regattas and as the market town has shops and cafés.

Get in

By train

• 🌍 Pwllheli railway station. terminus of the Cambrian Coast Railway from Shrewsbury via Dovey Junction and Machynlleth  

By bus

• Bus station has connections from Caernarfon (where connections can be made to Bangor); Porthmadog; Nefyn; Abersoch; Aberdaron.

By car

On the A499 Llandwrog/Llanwnda - Abersoch and A497 Porthmadog - Nefyn roads.

Get around

See

• 🌍 Carreg yr Imbill (Gimlet Rock). remains of a large granite outcrop and quarry (updated Oct 2016)

Do

Buy

Eat

• 🌍 Plas Bodegroes, Nefyn Road, ☎ [phone]. Georgian country house with restaurant and accommodation. (updated Sep 2016)

Drink

Sleep

• 🌍 Gorwel Self Catering Holiday Cottage (Tyddyn hunan-arlwyo Gorwel), Broom Hall Road, ☎ [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. Check-in: 15:00, check-out: 10:00. 5-star self catering accommodation with views over Cardigan Bay & Pwllheli Harbour. £650-£1,100. 
• 🌍 The Studio, 7 Innes Estate, Pwllheli.LL53 5RP (Next door to the Golf Club, Pwllheli.), ☎ [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. The Studio a self catering holiday let for 2 persons and is just a stride over the Sand Dunes of Pwllheli Beach. £45 per night for two people. 
• 🌍 Hafan y Môr. Haven Holidays camp. Formerly the site of Butlin's Pwllheli (updated Oct 2016)

Go next

• Criccieth
• Abersoch
• Nefyn