National Slate Museum

The National Slate Museum is located at Gilfach Ddu, the 19th-century workshops of the now disused Dinorwic quarry, within the Padarn Country Park, Llanberis, Gwynedd.

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Type: Museum
Description: museum of the slate industry in Llanberis, North Wales, United Kingdom
Also known as: “Amgueddfa Lechi Cymru”, “Dinorwic Slate Quarry Workshops (Welsh Slate Museum Buildings)”, and “Welsh Slate Museum”
Address: Gilfach Ddu, Llanberis, LL55 4TY
Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dolbadarn Castle and Gilfach Ddu railway station.

Dolbadarn Castle

Castle

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Dolbadarn Castle is a fortification built by the Welsh prince Llywelyn the Great during the early 13th century, at the base of the Llanberis Pass, in northern Wales. Dolbadarn Castle is situated 1,500 feet south of National Slate Museum.

Gilfach Ddu railway station

Railway station

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Gilfach Ddu railway station is an intermediate station on the Llanberis Lake Railway, located in Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales. Most of the LLR was laid around 1970 on part of the trackbed of the closed and lifted Padarn Railway. Gilfach Ddu railway station is situated 740 feet north of National Slate Museum.

Llanberis railway station

Railway station

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Llanberis railway station is the southern terminus of the Llanberis Lake Railway, located in Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales. The line and station primarily serve tourists and railway enthusiasts. Llanberis railway station is situated 1,400 feet southwest of National Slate Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llanberis and Dinorwig.

Llanberis

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Llanberis is a village, community and electoral division in Gwynedd, northwest Wales, on the southern shore of Llyn Padarn and at the foot of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales.

Dinorwig

Village

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Dinorwig, historically spelled as Dinorwic in English, is a village located high above Llyn Padarn, near Llanberis, in Wales. The name is shared with the fort of Dinas Dinorwig, also within the community of Llanddeiniolen, on a foothill 6 kilometres from Dinorwig village and 3 kilometres from the Menai Strait and also with Port Dinorwic, the anglicised name of Y Felinheli.