In 1992 the Ffestiniog Railway built a hostel to house volunteers working on the line.

[1] The stations are approximately quarter of a mile from the start of the mile-long drive to the Italianate hotel-village of Portmeirion.

Ysbyty Bron y Garth was built as the Ffestiniog Union Workhouse in 1839 at a cost of £3,200 and was intended to house 150 inmates.

In recent years the buildings were used as a community hospital operated by North West Wales NHS Trust.

[2] Minffordd is a thriving Welsh speaking village, where the language is used every day.