Minffordd

Minffordd is a village within the Welsh county of Gwynedd. It is situated on the A487 road between Porthmadog and Penrhyndeudraeth.The village has two adjacent railway stations, which are served both by Cambrian Line mainline train services and the narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway. In 1992 the Ffestiniog Railway built a hostel to house volunteers working on the line.The stations are approximately quarter of a mile from the start of the mile-long drive to the Italianate hotel-village of Portmeirion.Nearby are the minor remains of a medieval castle . The castle was first recorded by Giraldus Cambrensis in 1188.Garth Quarry was opened in 1870 to produce granite setts for transport to developing towns and cities by the newly opened Cambrian Railways. The quarry now produces roadstone and railway ballast.