History
In the 1800's this little spit of land at the mouth of the Mawdach estuary was bought by a Mr Arthur McDougal of 'McDougal’s Flour' fame. His intention was to build a holiday resort to rival Barmouth.
One of the first things Mr McDougal did was to build a railway station. He was approached by local people requesting the station be called 'Ynysfaig, the original name for the area but unfortunately, Mr McDougal had already decided on the name for his new holiday resort and had painted a sign for the station. Thus 'Fairbourne’ was born.
What is now Friog and Fairbourne Village Hall is one of Mr McDougal’s earliest buildings and started life as a chapel. As time went by it was used as the village school until the early sixties when a new school was built in Friog.
Sometime after this the Presbyterian Church sold it to the community of Friog and Fairbourne. The Village Hall is owned by the community and is managed by trustees on behalf of the community.
Since that time the building has undergone several renovations, the latest being in 2016/17. This was funded by a National Lottery grant. 
Taken in the 1930s, the Village Hall is the building on your left.
The Village Hall in 1900s
The class of 1967 was the last to be taught at Fairbourne School before becoming the Village Hall as we know it today