Petrol Pump statue detail portmeirion village wales
Portmeirion is an Italianate resort village in Gwynedd, on the coast of Snowdonia in Wales. The village is located in the community of Penrhyndeudraeth, on the estuary of the River Dwyryd, 2 miles south east of Porthmadog, and 1 mile from the railway station at Minffordd, which is served by both the narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway and Arriva Trains Wales (Cambrian Line). Portmeirion has served as a location for films and television shows, most famously serving as the Village in The Prisoner. There is a National Benzole petrol pump dating from 1926 outside Neptune, embellished with an elegant early 19th Century pine figurehead. Petrol was not widely available at that time and this was therefore an essential facility next to the lock-up garages. The original figurehead was stolen in 1983 and replaced by a copy made by artist Nigel Simmons from sketches by Susan Williams-Ellis. In 1996 the original turned up in the pages of Country Life and was duly recovered.
Size: 3744px × 5616px
Location: PORTMEIRION, Gwynedd, LL48 6ER, Wales
Photo credit: © Neil Setchfield / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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