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Garndolbenmaen

Field	Value
country	Wales
official_name	Garndolbenmaen
coordinates
static_image_name	Garndolbenmaen village centre - geograph.org.uk - 119783.jpg
static_image_caption	Garndolbenmaen village centre
population	365
population_ref	(2011)
community_wales	Dolbenmaen
unitary_wales	Gwynedd
constituency_welsh_assembly	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
constituency_westminster	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
post_town	GARNDOLBENMAEN
postcode_district	LL51
postcode_area	LL
dial_code	01766
os_grid_reference	SH497441

Garndolbenmaen (nicknamed Garn) is a village in the county of Gwynedd, Wales. It lies near the A487, approximately 6 mi north west of Porthmadog, in the community of Dolbenmaen, which has a population of 1,300. The closest villages are Dolbenmaen and Bryncir. The Papur Bro, the local Welsh language paper, is called Y Ffynnon (The Source/Spring). The village itself has a population of around 300.

In 1856-7 Evan Jones of Garndolbenmaen built the Ynys-y-Pandy Mill on the nearby Gorseddau Junction and Portmadoc Railway.

Approximately 50 pupils attend Ysgol Gynradd Garndolbenmaen, many pupils travel from nearby villages including Pant Glas, Bryncir, Cwm Pennant and Golan. The number of pupils attending the school has remained consistent over the past 20 years.

Many of the old cottages in Garndolbenmaen have been turned into holiday homes.

Blaen y Cae recording studios are located in the village, where Pep Le Pew's album, Un tro yn y Gorllewin and the last album by Gwyneth Glyn, Wyneb Dros Dro, were recorded.

The magazine Narrow Gauge and Industrial Railway Modelling Review is published in Garndolbenmaen

Climate

Garndolbenmaen has an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb).

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References

"Office for National Statistics : ''Neighbourhood statistics : Census 2001 : Gwynedd''".
"Garndolbenmaen population".
. (December 2011). ["YNYS-Y-PANDY SLATE MILL, CWMYSTRADLLYN;YNYSYPANDY;PONT-Y-PANDY"](http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/40572/details/YNYS-Y-PANDY+SLATE+MILL,+CWMYSTRADLLYN/). *The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales*.
(2004). "School Inspection Report". ESTYN.

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