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Overflowing with maritime
history, Porthmadog was at one time a thriving
port taking slate overseas from the now redundant
quarries of Blaenau Ffestiniog via the Ffestiniog
Railway. Now purely a place of holiday pleasure on
Tremadog Bay, it was given both its name and its
pretty boat-bobbing harbour by local MP William
Madocks in the early 19th century. It
was from Porthmadog, according to Welsh legend,
that the intrepid Prince Madog sailed to North
America in the 12th century. Was he the
continent’s real discoverer?
