Heritage Centre
You can find Heritage Centre, a museum, in Porthmadog. Around it, within 5 km, are 3 more places on our list. Its operator is Welsh Heritage Highland Railway.
Museum in Porthmadog
Inside Porthmadog
Heritage Centre is inside Porthmadog’s built-up area, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Which month to go
The warmest stretch in Porthmadog is June to September, at 18–20°C in the afternoon.
Heritage Centre
A short trip away is Castell Harlech, 8 km off.
- Type
- Museum
- Run by
- Welsh Heritage Highland Railway
- Town
- in Porthmadog
Heritage Centre and what surrounds it
Orange shows Heritage Centre; numbers mark the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Porthmadog’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns close to Heritage Centre
Of these 4 towns, the largest is Porthmadog (2,579 people). Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.
Porthmadog
Tremadog
Morfa Bychan
Penrhyndeudraeth
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Heritage Centre is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porthmadog | It’s in town | 2,579 | 5 |
| Tremadog | 900 m northwest of it | 736 | 5 |
| Morfa Bychan | 2.6 km southwest of it | 476 | 4 |
| Penrhyndeudraeth | 2.7 km east of it | 1,463 | 5 |
What else is near Heritage Centre
3 castles, 2 heritage railways and a historic house are among the 16 within 15 km.
Castle · CadwCastell Harlech8 km away2
Castle · CadwCastell Cricieth7.2 km away3
Heritage railwayWelsh Highland Heritage Railway100 m away4CastleCastleDinas Emrys11 km away5Heritage railwayHeritage railwayWelsh Highland Railway13 km away6
Historic housePlas Brondanw5.5 km away7
MuseumLloyd George Museum9.5 km away8Historic siteHistoric site · CadwFfridd Fron Kerb Cairn9.2 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting Heritage Centre
Where is Heritage Centre?
Heritage Centre is in Porthmadog, Gwynedd, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Heritage Centre?
Museum.
Who runs Heritage Centre?
Welsh Heritage Highland Railway.
When is the best time to visit Heritage Centre?
June to September are the warmest months in Porthmadog, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Heritage Centre?
Within 15 km: Castell Harlech (8 km), Castell Cricieth (7.2 km), Welsh Highland Heritage Railway (100 m) and Dinas Emrys (11 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Castell Harlech: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castell Cricieth: Barry Skeates from newbury, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Welsh Highland Heritage Railway: Nigel Cliff, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Plas Brondanw: Original uploader was Oosoom at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lloyd George Museum: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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