Llithfaen
Village
A view of a road leading up to Llithfaen's crossroads near the Central of Llithfaen
Llithfaen is located in Gwynedd
Llithfaen
Llithfaen
Location within Gwynedd
Population1,113 (2021)
OS grid referenceSH355431
• Dublin116 miles
Community
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPWLLHELI
Dialling code01758
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament

Llithfaen (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈɬɪθvaɨ̯n]) is a village[1] on the northern coast of the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales, in the historic county of Caernarfonshire. It is within the community of Pistyll.

There is a shop, pub, playground, community hall located in the village centre.

The population of Llithfaen was 1,113 in the 2021 census, with the population being 83% Welsh speakers.

There is a river called Afon Erch running from Llithfaen to the village of Abererch. The village of Trefor is nearby.

Pwllheli is the nearest town, approximately 9 miles (13 km) away and the town of Caernarfon is 15 miles (24 km) away Nant Gwrtheyrn is a Welsh Language Heritage Centre near the village. The nearest beach is Trefor Beach. Llithfaen is near Caernarfon Bay and the Irish Sea.

History

Llithfaen male choir (Conductor - R. O. Jones, Pwllheli), First Prize Winners National Eisteddfod Pwllheli, 1925

Llithfaen Calvinistic Methodist Chapel was built in 1780 and rebuilt several times to cope with the growing population. It was most recently rebuilt (Capel Isaf) in 1905.[2]

In the first half of the 19th century, many smallholders of the parish supplemented their incomes by taking heather cut from the slopes of Tre'r Ceiri to be sold as kindling in Pwllheli for sixpence a bundle.[3]

The population grew with the opening of granite quarries on Yr Eifl in the 19th century. Many houses were built, and the census in 1881 shows many immigrants from other areas of the peninsula, Penmaenmawr and as far as Scotland. Three quarries were close to the village, the last of which (Chwarel Carreg y Llam) closed in 1963. The other two were Y Nant and Caer Nant.[4]

As of 2002, musician Ian Brown had a holiday home in the village.[5]

Governance

The area is in the Senedd constituency of Dwyfor Meirionydd and the Westminster constituency of the same name.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Llithfaen.
  1. ↑ "Llithfaen Village (422189)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Llithfaen Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Llithfaen (7093)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Chwarel a chapel yn Llithfaen" [Quarry and chapel in Llithfaen] (in Welsh). BBC. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Llithfaen Heritage Trails Milestones". www.tafarnyfic.com.
  5. ↑ "Rock star sparks housing row". BBC. 10 October 2002. Retrieved 27 July 2012.


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