Editing Portmeirion

{{short description|Village in Wales}}
{{About|the Welsh village|the pottery|Portmeirion Pottery}}
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| official_name               = Portmeirion
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| constituency_westminster    = [[Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency)|Dwyfor Meirionnydd]]
| constituency_welsh_assembly = [[Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Senedd constituency)|Dwyfor Meirionnydd]]
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'''Portmeirion''' ({{IPAc-en|p|ɔːr|t|ˈ|m|ɛr|i|ə|n}};<ref>{{Cite web |title=Portmeirion |url=https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/portmeirion |publisher=[[Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English]]}}</ref> {{IPA|cy|pɔrtˈmei̯rjɔn}}) is a [[folly]]<ref name="folly">*{{cite web |title=Exploring The Architectural Folly Of Portmeirion |url=https://www.worldwidewriter.co.uk/architectural-folly-of-portmeirion.html |website=worldwidewriter.co.uk |access-date=18 July 2023 |date=14 July 2017 |archive-date=18 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718120055/https://www.worldwidewriter.co.uk/architectural-folly-of-portmeirion.html |url-status=live }}
*{{cite web |title=Portmeirion |url=https://www.discoveringbritain.org/activities/wales/1816/portmeirion.html |website=Discovering Britain .org |publisher=The [[Royal Geographical Society]] |access-date=18 July 2023 |language=en |archive-date=18 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718120053/https://www.discoveringbritain.org/activities/wales/1816/portmeirion.html |url-status=live }}
*{{cite web |title=A Welshman's folly was an entire town of follies: Portmeirion |url=https://www.lookandlearn.com/blog/15123/a-welshmans-folly-was-an-entire-town-of-follies-portmeirion/ |website=look and learn |access-date=18 July 2023 |date=28 December 2011 |archive-date=18 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718120058/https://www.lookandlearn.com/blog/15123/a-welshmans-folly-was-an-entire-town-of-follies-portmeirion/ |url-status=live }}</ref> tourist village in [[Gwynedd]], [[North Wales]]. It lies on the estuary of the [[River Dwyryd]] in the [[community (Wales)|community]] of [[Penrhyndeudraeth]], {{convert|2|mi|km}} from [[Porthmadog]] and {{convert|1|mi|km}} from [[Minffordd railway station]]. Portmeirion was designed and built by [[Clough Williams-Ellis|Sir Clough Williams-Ellis]] between 1925 and 1975 in the Baroque style and is now owned by a charitable trust. It has served as the location for numerous films and television shows, most famously as [[The Village (The Prisoner)|"the Village"]] in the 1960s television show ''[[The Prisoner]]''.

Many of the buildings within the village are [[Listed building|listed]] by [[Cadw]], the Welsh historic environment service, for their architectural and historical importance, and the gardens are listed, at Grade II*, on the [[Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales]].

==History==
[[File:Views of Portmeirion (26275785812).jpg|thumb|upright|Sir [[Clough Williams-Ellis]] at Portmeirion in 1969]][[File:Portmeirioncastle.jpg|left|thumb|[[Castell Deudraeth]]]]

Sir [[Clough Williams-Ellis]], Portmeirion's architect, denied repeated claims that the design was based on the fishing village of [[Portofino]] on the [[Italian Riviera]]. He stated only that he wanted to pay tribute to the atmosphere of the [[Mediterranean]]. He did, however, draw on a love of the Italian village stating, "How should I not have fallen for Portofino? Indeed, its image remained with me as an almost perfect example of the man-made adornment and use of an exquisite site."<ref>Headley, Gwyn and Meulenkamp, Wim. [https://books.google.com/books?id=cZlMAAAAYAAJ&q=Portmeirion ''Follies: a National Trust Guide''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402160528/https://books.google.com/books?id=cZlMAAAAYAAJ&q=Portmeirion |date=2 April 2023 }} Cape, 1986. p.156</ref> Williams-Ellis designed and constructed the village between 1925 and 1975. He incorporated fragments of demolished buildings, including works by a number of other architects. Portmeirion's architectural [[bricolage]] and deliberately fanciful [[nostalgia]] have been noted as an influence on the development of [[postmodernism]] in architecture in the late 20th century.

The [[The Hotel Portmeirion|main building of the hotel]] and the cottages "White Horses", "Mermaid", and "Salutation" had been a private estate called ''Aber Iâ'' ({{langx|en|Ice estuary}}), developed in the 1850s on the site of a late 18th-century foundry and boatyard. Williams-Ellis changed the name (which he had interpreted as "frozen mouth") to ''Portmeirion'': "Port-" from its place on the coast; "-meirion" from the county of Merioneth (Meirionydd) in which it was sited.<ref name="bbcdocu">"Portmeirion" a BBC Wales documentary, 2006</ref> The very minor remains of a [[mediaeval]] [[castle]] (known variously as Castell Deudraeth, Castell Gwain Goch and Castell Aber Iâ) are in the woods just outside the village, recorded by [[Gerald of Wales]] in 1188.

In 1931 Williams-Ellis bought from the estate of his uncle, [[Sir Osmond Williams, 1st Baronet|Sir Osmond Williams, Bt]] (1849-1927), the [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] [[Battlement|crenellated]] mansion [[Castell Deudraeth]] with the intention of incorporating it into the Portmeirion hotel complex, but the intervention of the war and other problems prevented this. Williams-Ellis had always considered the Castell to be “the largest and most imposing single building on the Portmeirion Estate" and sought ways to incorporate it. Eventually, with support from the [[Heritage Lottery Fund]] and the [[European Regional Development Fund]] as well as the [[Wales Tourist Board]], his original aims were achieved and Castell Deudraeth was opened by the Welsh opera singer [[Bryn Terfel]] as an 11 bedroom hotel and restaurant on 20 August 2001, 23 years after Williams-Ellis's death.

The village of Portmeirion has been a source of inspiration for writers and television producers. [[Noël Coward]] wrote ''[[Blithe Spirit (play)|Blithe Spirit]]'' while staying in the ''Fountain 2'' (''Upper Fountain'') suite at Portmeirion, though Clough Williams-Ellis, in a television interview, said: "...the Watch House...where Noel Coward wrote that delightful thing of his, Blithe Spirit".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uybmg3cHtG0&ab_channel=Flycatchers1958 | title=On Show Portmeirion BBC2 Wales | website=[[YouTube]] | date=17 September 2016 }}</ref>  [[George Bernard Shaw]] and [[H. G. Wells]] were also early visitors. In 1956 the architect [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] came, and other famous guests included [[Gregory Peck]] and [[Ingrid Bergman]]. In the late 1950s, [[Stanley Long]], a former [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] photographer, came to create a collectible [[Stereoscopy|stereoview]] series through [[VistaScreen]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://brooklynstereography.com/2019/09/22/be-seeing-you-portmeirion-the-village-from-itvs-the-prisoner-in-3d/ |title=Be Seeing You: Portmeirion, The Village from ITV's "The Prisoner", in 3D |date=2019-09-22 |website=Brooklyn Stereography |language=en-us |access-date=2019-10-08 |archive-date=8 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008220404/https://brooklynstereography.com/2019/09/22/be-seeing-you-portmeirion-the-village-from-itvs-the-prisoner-in-3d/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The village has many connections to the [[Beatles]]. Their manager [[Brian Epstein]] was a frequent visitor, along with [[Paul McCartney]], and [[George Harrison]] spent his 50th birthday there in 1993. It was while Harrison was in Portmeirion that he filmed interviews for [[The Beatles Anthology]] documentary. Musician [[Jools Holland]] visited whilst filming for the TV music show ''[[The Tube (1982 TV series)|The Tube]]'', and was so impressed that he had his studio and other buildings at his home in [[Blackheath, London|Blackheath]] built to a design inspired by Portmeirion.

[[File:Portmerion Hotel - view from NE.jpg|thumb|left|Portmeirion Hotel]]
[[File:Portmeirion, Wales (49280865701).jpg|thumb|right|Battery Square]]
Portmeirion is now owned by a [[Charitable trusts in English law|charitable trust]], and has always been run as a hotel, which uses most of the buildings as hotel rooms or self-catering cottages, together with shops, a cafe, tea-room, and restaurant. Portmeirion is today a major [[tourist]] attraction in North Wales<ref>{{cite web |url=http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/holidays/topten |title=IcNorthWales - top 10 tourist attractions in North Wales |access-date=2006-08-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060818141555/http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/holidays/topten/ |archive-date=18 August 2006 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> and day visits can be made on payment of an admission charge.

The village was the setting of the inaugural [[Festival N°6]], which took place in September 2012 and featured headline acts [[Spiritualized]], [[Primal Scream]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/walesmusic/2012/04/festival-number-6-portmeirion-new-order-primal-scream-spiritualized.shtml |title=New Order, Primal Scream and Spiritualized for Portmeirion festival |date=24 April 2012 |publisher=BBC |access-date=25 May 2022 |archive-date=25 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525152722/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/walesmusic/2012/04/festival-number-6-portmeirion-new-order-primal-scream-spiritualized.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> The festival then ran each year in September at Portmeirion until 2018, when the festival organisers announced that the festival would be taking an indefinite break.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-44886319 |title=Gwynedd's Festival No.6 to take hiatus |publisher=BBC News |date=2018-06-19 |access-date=2021-12-01 |archive-date=1 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201200157/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-44886319 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Architecture==
{{see also|List of buildings and structures in Portmeirion}}
[[File:Town hall at Portmeirion.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Pantheon, also: ''The Green Dome'']]
[[File:The loos at Portmeirion (geograph 4474536).jpg|thumb|left|180px|[[Portmeirion Town Hall]]]]
Architecture critic [[Lewis Mumford]] devoted a large part of a chapter of his 1963 book ''The Highway and the City'' to Portmeirion, which he called <blockquote>an artful and playful little modern village, designed as a whole and all of a piece&nbsp;... a fantastic collection of architectural relics and impish modern fantasies. ... As an architect, [Williams-Ellis] is equally at home in the ancient, traditional world of the stark Welsh countryside and the once brave new world of "modern architecture." But he realized earlier than most of his architectural contemporaries how constricted and desiccated modern forms can become when the architect pays more attention to the mechanical formula or the exploitation of some newly fabricated material than to the visible human results. In a sense, Portmeirion is a gay, deliberately irresponsible reaction against the dull sterilities of so much that passes as modern architecture today. ...&nbsp;[I]t is prompted by [the] impulse&nbsp;... to reclaim for architecture the freedom of invention&nbsp;— and the possibility of pleasurable fantasy&nbsp;— it had too abjectly surrendered to the cult of the machine.<ref name="mumford">{{cite book|last=Mumford|first=Lewis|author-link=Lewis Mumford|title=The Highway and the City|url=https://archive.org/details/highwaycity00mumf/mode/2up|url-access=registration|year=1963|publisher=A Harvest Book , Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc|location=New York|lccn=63-10598|chapter=9: From Crochet Castle to Arthur's Seat|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/highwaycity00mumf/page/88/mode/2up|chapter-url-access=registration|pages=88–100}}</ref></blockquote>

[[File:Portmeirion. (48576915327).jpg|thumb|right|Round House]]
Mumford referred to the architecture as both romantic and picturesque in Baroque form, "with tongue in cheek." He described the total effect as "relaxing and often enchanting" with "playful absurdities" that are "delicate and human in touch", making the village a "happy relief" from the "rigid irrationalities and the calculated follies" of the modern world.<ref name="mumford" />

The houses Anchor, Arches, the hotel building, Lady's Lodge, the inside of the Pantheon and the vaulted ceiling of Gate House are decorated with murals and frescoes by the Frankfurt-born artist and friend of Clough Williams-Ellis [[Hans Feibusch]].

[[Portmeirion Town Hall]] is a grade I [[listed buildings|listed building]], incorporating stonework and the Hercules Hall from the demolished Emral Hall in Flintshire.<ref name="cadw-townhall">{{NHAW|num=4777|desc=Portmeirion Town Hall |grade=I|access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref> Many other buildings and structures within the village have their own listings.

=== Chronology of construction ===
{| class="wikitable"
! time
! building
|-
|19th century
|Existing buildings: White Horses, former blacksmith's shop; Castell Deudraeth (the hospital in ''[[The Prisoner]]''); main building; gardener's house, stables
|-
|1925
|Conversion of the [[The Hotel Portmeirion|main building into a hotel]], gardener's house becomes Mermaid; stables become Salutation
|-
|1925/26
|Angel & Neptune
|-
|1926
|Watch House, opening of the hotel
|-
|1927/28
|[[Campanile, Portmeirion|Campanile]]; Prior's Lodging
|-
|1928/29
|Government House
|-
|1929
|Toll House
|-
|1930
|Amis Réunis
|-
|1930s
|Town Hall (Hercules Hall); Pilot House; Battery Cottage, Dolphin; Fountain; Anchor, Trinity
|-
|1933/34
|Chantry
|-
|1937/38
|Camera Obscura
|-
|1954
|Lighthouse (after the end of building restrictions during the Second World War)
|-
|1954/55
|Gate House
|-
|1956/57
|Telford's Tower
|-
|1958
|Bristol Colonnade; High Cloister (porch of the dome)
|-
|1958/59
|Round House (residence of number 6 in ''The Prisoner''), Bridge House
|-
|1959
|Pantheon – dome (the green roofing had to be removed after renovations in the 1990s due to fire protection requirements)
|-
|1960
|Belvedere
|-
|1961/62
|Chantry Row
|-
|1962
|Playhouse
|-
|1963
|Triumphal Arch; Gothic Pavilion
|-
|1963/64
|Arches
|-
|1964
|Gloriette Balkon
|-
|1964/65
|Unicorn
|-
|1966
|Villa Winch; Central Piazza (replacing a tennis court)
|-
|1968/70
|Cliff House
|-
|1977
|New Toll Booth
|-
|1978
|Terrace, self-service restaurant
|-
|1981
|The hotel was destroyed by fire
|-
|1983
|Centenary Gazebo; ''Prisoner'' information centre opened in the Round House
|-
|1988
|Reopening of the hotel after reconstruction
|-
|1998
|Tudor Room, annex to the Hercules Hall
|-
|1999
|''Prisoner'' Information Centre closed; second pay kiosk opposite Toll Booth; Castell Deudraeth reopened as hotel after renovations.
|-
|2001
|New ''Prisoner'' shop in the Round House
|-
|2007
|Caffi Glas (The Blue Café), Italian restaurant (built 1950 as garages for guests)
|-
|2016
|Permanent chess set, built in remembrance of ''The Prisoner'' next to the central piazza
|-
|}

==Y Gwyllt (gardens)==
The grounds (''Y Gwyllt'', meaning 'The Wild place') contain a collection of [[rhododendron]]s and other exotic plants in a wild-garden setting, which was begun before Williams-Ellis's time by the previous owner [[George Henry Caton Haigh]] and has continued to be developed since Williams-Ellis's death.

Y Gwyllt forms an approximately triangular shaped area on the peninsula to the north of the Hotel (the area was formerly the pleasure gardens of Aber Iâ mansion)<ref name="RCAHMW gwyllt">{{cite web |url=https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/301590/ |title=Portmeirion Grounds and Gardens |publisher=[[Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales]] |access-date=27 July 2023 |archive-date=24 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324050155/https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/301590/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and stretches down to the coast and the [[River Dwyryd|Dwyryd]] estuary.<ref>{{cite news |first=Hywel |last=Trewyn |url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/car-gets-stuck-narrow-footpath-2646981 |title=Car gets stuck on narrow footpath at Portmeirion |work=[[Daily Post (North Wales)|Daily Post]] |place=North Wales |date=26 November 2012 |access-date=27 July 2023 |archive-date=27 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727205846/https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/car-gets-stuck-narrow-footpath-2646981 |url-status=live }}</ref> Its location by the sea means it is frost-free, making it possible to grow rare plants such as [[camellia]]s<ref name="wanderlust">{{cite news |first=Juliet |last=Greenwood |url=https://www.wanderlust.co.uk/content/the-secret-gardens-of-snowdonia/ |title=The secret gardens of Snowdonia |work=Wanderlust |date=21 April 2012 |access-date=27 July 2023 |archive-date=27 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727202525/https://www.wanderlust.co.uk/content/the-secret-gardens-of-snowdonia/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and "an outstanding rhododendron collection of the early twentieth century".<ref name="RCAHMW gwyllt" /> The area also contains a Dog Cemetery.

The gardens are designated, at Grade II*, on the [[Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales]].<ref>{{NHAW|uid=158|num=PGW(Gd)29(GWY)|desc=Portmeirion|class=HPG|access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref>

== Filming location ==
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[[File:Portmeirionsquare.jpg|thumb|Battery Square and souvenir shops (2007).]]
[[File:Hercules statue by William Brodie (Portmeirion, Wales).jpg|thumb|upright|''Hercules'', a statue by [[William Brodie (sculptor)|William Brodie]] (c.&nbsp;1863; photo&nbsp;2006).]]
[[File:Stoneship 2.jpg|thumb|''Amis Reunis'' (2005).]]
}}
Television series and films have shot exterior scenes at Portmeirion, often depicting the village as an exotic European location. These include the 1960 ''[[Danger Man]]'' episode "View from the Villa" starring [[Patrick McGoohan]] and the 1976 four-episode ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story titled ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'' set in [[Renaissance]] Italy.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/entries/0acc1d3e-74c2-4a66-8a3a-20001cf377ca |title=The Welsh Connection: 5 Factoids about the Doctor and Wales |date=2015-03-01 |work=BBC |access-date=2015-03-01 |archive-date=2015-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150303133136/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/entries/0acc1d3e-74c2-4a66-8a3a-20001cf377ca |url-status=live }}</ref> The last episode of ''[[Citizen Smith]]'', the Christmas 1980 episode ''Buon Natale'', was filmed partly in Portmeirion. In 2002, some scenes were filmed there for the [[Cold Feet (series 5)#Episode 4|final episode]] (at the time) of the TV series ''[[Cold Feet]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2841059.stm |title=Portmeirion hosts Cold Feet finale |access-date=2007-09-17 |work=BBC News |date=2003-03-11 |archive-date=2007-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313001702/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2841059.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Both the [[CBeebies]] series ''[[Gigglebiz]]'' and its spin-off series ''Captain Adorable'' were shot in Portmeirion. The village of Llan-ar-goll-en, which appeared in the Welsh preschool show [[Llan-ar-goll-en|of the same name]] on [[S4C]], was also shot there.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.clothcatanimation.com/project/llan-ar-goll-en/ |title=Llan-ar-goll-en |access-date=2020-03-11  |archive-date=2020-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811023433/https://www.clothcatanimation.com/project/llan-ar-goll-en/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Portmeirion has been the location for music videos and concerts. The 1980s Scottish band [[Altered Images]] used Portmeirion in their video "See Those Eyes". [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] used Portmeirion as a setting in their 1987 recording of "The Passenger" for the "Laughing Prisoner" spoof. This video included various scenes from ''[[The Prisoner]]''.{{fact|date=June 2024}}

===''The Prisoner''===
In 1966–1967, Patrick McGoohan returned to Portmeirion to film exteriors for ''[[The Prisoner]]'', a [[Surrealism|surreal]] spy drama in which Portmeirion played a starring role as "[[The Village (The Prisoner)|The Village]]", in which McGoohan's retired intelligence agent, known only as "Number 6", was incarcerated and interrogated, albeit in pleasant surroundings. At Williams-Ellis' request, Portmeirion was not identified on screen as the filming location until the credits of the final episode of the series, and indeed, Williams-Ellis stated that the levy of an entrance fee was a deliberate ploy to prevent the Village from being spoilt by overcrowding.<ref name="bbcdocu"/> The show, broadcast on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] in the UK during the winter of 1967-68 and [[CBS]] in the US in the summer of 1968, became a cult classic, and fans continue to visit Portmeirion, which hosts annual ''Prisoner'' fan conventions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/164089.stm |title=Number's not up for The Prisoner |access-date=2010-10-12 |work=BBC News |date=3 September 1998 |archive-date=13 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313054016/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/164089.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

The building that was used as the lead character's home in the series was used as a ''Prisoner''-themed souvenir shop. Many of the locations used in ''The Prisoner'' are virtually unchanged after more than 50 years. A large outdoor chess board was installed in 2016 in homage to its appearance in the series.{{fact|date=June 2024}}

Because of its ''Prisoner'' connection, Portmeirion has been used as the filming location for a number of homages to the series, ranging from comedy skits to an episode of the [[BBC]] documentary series ''[[The Celts (1987 TV series)|The Celts]]'', which recreated scenes from ''The Prisoner''. Other instances have included:

*In 1987 Jools Holland starred in a spoof documentary, ''The Laughing Prisoner'', with [[Stephen Fry]], [[Terence Alexander]], and [[Hugh Laurie]]. Much of it was shot on location in Portmeirion, and it included archive footage of McGoohan.
*Portmeirion, along with the Welsh village of [[Morfa Bychan]], was used as the location for the filming of the [[Supergrass]] video "[[Alright (Supergrass song)|Alright]]". The video includes numerous references to ''The Prisoner''.
*[[Iron Maiden]] recorded a song called "The Prisoner" on their album ''[[The Number of the Beast (album)|The Number of the Beast]]'' (1982). In [[Classic Albums: Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast|a documentary programme]] about that album (as part of the ''[[Classic Albums]]'' TV series), lead singer [[Bruce Dickinson]] wanders through the avenues of Portmeirion and describes how the song was written and how the band's manager obtained permission from Patrick McGoohan to use dialogue from the show in the song's introduction.
*The [[Channel 4]] music programme ''[[The Tube (1982 TV series)|The Tube]]'' produced videos for [[XTC]]'s songs "The Meeting Place" and "[[The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul]]", both of which were filmed in Portmeirion with the band wearing costumes from ''The Prisoner''.
*In Series 12, Episode 13 of ''[[Wheeler Dealers]]'' the finished [[Caterham 7]] is taken to Portmeirion to pay homage to ''The Prisoner'', which featured the [[Lotus Seven|Lotus 7]], the predecessor of the Caterham 7.

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{{Wide image|Portmeirionpiazza.jpg|1083px|Panoramic view of the central piazza}}

==See also==
*[[List of gardens in Wales]]
*[[Plas Brondanw]]
*[[Popeye Village]]
*[[Portmeirion Pottery]]

==References==
'''Notes'''
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.portmeirion-village.com/ Official website]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUufnXCSrVQ The pleasure of Portmeirion], BBC Archive

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