Garndolbenmaen, known colloquially as Garn, is a village in the county of

Gwynedd Gwynedd (; ) is a county and preserved county (latter with differing boundaries; includes the Isle of Anglesey) in the north-west of Wales. It shares borders with Powys, Conwy County Borough, Denbighshire, Anglesey over the Menai Strait, and C ...

, Wales. It lies near the

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, approximately north west of

Porthmadog Porthmadog (; ), originally Portmadoc until 1974 and locally as "Port", is a Welsh coastal town and community in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd and the historic county of Caernarfonshire. It lies east of Criccieth, south-west of Blaenau Ffest ...

, in the

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of Dolbenmaen, which has a population of 1,300. The closest villages are

Dolbenmaen Dolbenmaen () is a village and community in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, located in Eifionydd, of which it was the administrative centre until 1239. The community includes the villages of Bryncir (), Cenin, Garndolbenmaen, (the largest settlem ...

and Bryncir. The ''

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'', the local

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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. 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 Gwyneth Glyn (born Gwyneth Glyn Evans, 14 December 1979) is a Welsh language poet and musician. Biography Gwyneth Glyn was born in St David's Hospital in Bangor, Gwynedd, and grew up at her family home in Llanarmon. She was educated at Ysgol G ...

, ''Wyneb Dros Dro'', were recorded. The producer and musician Dyl Mei also lives in Garndolbenmaen. Approximately 50 pupils attend Ysgol Gynradd Garndolbenmaen, many pupils travel from nearby villages including

Pant Glas Pant Glas ( Welsh for ''Green Hollow'' - in Welsh, as in other Celtic languages, "glas" may mean both 'green' and 'blue') is a hamlet on the A487 road in Gwynedd, Wales, in the community of Clynnog. Historically in Caernarfonshire, it is locate ...

, Bryncir,

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and

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. 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

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s. There is a

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in the village, the Cross Foxes (this is now closed) . However at the turn of the 20th century there were several pubs including the Cross Pipes and Dafarn Faig, this was located on the "lôn gefn" (back road) leading to Bryncir. The

county councillor for the Dolbenmaen ward, Steve Churchman, a member of the Liberal Democrats, is the postmaster and he used to run a small shop (this is now closed). The magazine

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is published by Roy C. Link in Garndolbenmaen

Climate

Garndolbenmaen has an

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(

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: ''Cfb'').

Famous residents

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(1775–1845), poet and hymn writer

References

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