13 Facts About Criccieth

Criccieth is a town and community on the Llyn Peninsula in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd in Wales.

Criccieth hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1975, and in 2003 was granted Fairtrade Town status.

Criccieth Castle was extended and reshaped, becoming one of a ring of castles surrounding Edward's newly conquered territories.

Criccieth was proclaimed Prince of Wales, and within days a number of towns in the north east of Wales had been attacked.

Criccieth was to hold the seat for 55 years, during which he was Prime Minister from 1916 to 1922, winning the First World War through brilliant administration, leadership skills and personal energy, and negotiating the ill-fated Versailles peace treaty.

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Criccieth became a borough under a charter granted by Edward I in 1284, and was the capital of Cantraf Eifionydd.

Criccieth Improvement Act 1873 had created a board of improvement commissioners to govern the town, and to take over the borough's property; and from 1889 they formed a second tier of local government below Carnarfonshire County Council.

Since 1950 Criccieth has been part of Caernarfon parliamentary constituency, and has been represented by Hywel Williams of Plaid Cymru since 2001.

Criccieth is located in Eifionydd on the Cardigan Bay shore of the Llyn Peninsula.

One plant unusual to Criccieth is lampranthus roseus, known locally as the Oxenbould Daisy and introduced in the late 19th century by a resident of Min-y-Mor.

The B4411 runs north from Criccieth to join the A487 near Garndolbenmaen, giving access to Caernarfon to the north.

Gloddfa Lake, a disused quarry pool on Criccieth Golf Course, is a location for coarse fishing, with catches of rudd, roach and eels.

Crown green bowls is played at Criccieth Bowling Club, and there is a miniature golf course nearby.