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Criccieth is a town and area on the Llyn peninsula in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd in Wales. The community exists 5 miles (8 km) west of Porthmadog, 9 miles (14 km) east of Pwllheli as well as 17 miles (27 km) south of Caernarfon. It had a population of 1,826 in 2001, reducing to 1,753 at the 2011 census. The town is a seaside resort, preferred with families. Tourist attractions consist of the ruins of Criccieth Castle, which have considerable sights over the town as well as surrounding countryside. Neighboring on Ffordd Castell (Castle Way) is Cadwalader’s Ice Cream Parlour, opened in 1927, whilst Stryd Fawr (High Street) has a number of bistro-style restaurants. In the centre exists Y Maes (“The Field”, or community square), part of the original medieval town common. The community is kept in mind for its fairs, hung on 23 May as well as 29 June yearly, when great deals of individuals visit the fairground and also the marketplace which spreads via most of the streets of the town. Famous people related to the community consist of the British prime minister, David Lloyd George, who grew up in the neighboring town of Llanystumdwy, as well as poet William George. Group Captain Leslie Bonnet, RAF police officer, author as well as begetter of the Welsh Harlequin Duck and also his better half Joan Hutt, musician, both lived at Ymwlch just outside Criccieth from 1949 until their deaths in 1985. Criccieth hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1975 and in 2003 was approved Fairtrade Town status. It won the Wales in Bloom competition yearly from 1999 to 2004. The community styles itself the “Pearl of Wales on the Shores of Snowdonia”.