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Penmaenpool

Hamlet in Gwynedd, Wales

Field	Value
country	Wales
official_name	Penmaenpool
welsh_name	Llynpenmaen
coordinates
static_image_name	Penmaenpool-CadairIdris-02.jpg
static_image_caption	Penmaenpool with Cader Idris in the background
community_wales	Dolgellau
unitary_wales	Gwynedd
constituency_welsh_assembly	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
constituency_westminster	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
post_town	DOLGELLAU
postcode_district	LL40
postcode_area	LL
dial_code	01341
os_grid_reference	SH693184

Penmaenpool () is a hamlet on the south side of the estuary of the River Mawddach in Wales, near Dolgellau. A Grade II listed toll bridge provides access across the estuary for light vehicles.

Points of interest

Penmaenpool toll bridge is a wooden toll bridge built in 1879 to replace a ferry crossing. It links the A493 running along the south bank of the Mawddach to the A496 running along the north. It is Cadw-registered and was Grade II listed in 1990. The bridge can only be used by vehicles under 2.5 tonnes, and around 200 crossings are made each day.

Penmaenpool toll bridge, old signal box and George III Inn (right)

The George III Inn was originally two buildings: a ship chandler serving the boatbuilding industry, and a pub. It dates from approximately 1650. Gerard Manley Hopkins reputedly wrote the poem entitled "Penmaen Pool" in the visitors' book.

Penmaenpool railway station was on the Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway. It opened as Penmaen Pool on 3 July 1865, and closed to goods on 4 May 1964 and passengers on 18 January 1965. The route is now part of the Mawddach Trail and is popular with walkers.

Incidents

Fifteen people, including four children, drowned on 22 July 1966 when the ferry Prince of Wales hit the toll bridge. The ferry had been taking 39 people on a pleasure trip from Barmouth to the hotel in the village. Though 27 lives were saved, nobody was officially recognised for bravery. A memorial was held beside the signal box on the 50th anniversary of the disaster in 2016, and a plaque was unveiled commemorating the victims.

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"Mawddach Trail". Snowdownia National Park.
(22 July 2006). "Service for 1966 drowning victims". BBC.
(22 July 2016). "Penmaenpool ferry disaster victims remembered 50 years on". BBC News.

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