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National Slate Museum

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

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

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

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llanberis and Dinorwig.

Photo: Hefin Owen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village, community and electoral ward in , northwest , on the southern bank of the lake and at the foot of , the highest mountain in .

Village
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, historically spelled as Dinorwic in English, is a village located high above , near , in . The name is shared with the fort of Dinas , also within the community of , on a foothill 6 kilometres from village and 3 kilometres from the and also with Port Dinorwic, the anglicised name of .

Village
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is a village, which is situated 2 miles southeast of National Slate Museum.

National Slate Museum

Latitude
53.12065° or 53° 7′ 14″ north
Longitude
-4.11525° or 4° 6′ 55″ west
Elevation
374 feet (114 metres)
Open location code
9C5Q4VCM+7V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1310407275
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
11951795
Wiki­data ID
Q1967708
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“National Slate Museum” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Amgueddfa Lechi Cymru”
  • Basque: “National Slate Museum”
  • Catalan: “Amgueddfa Lechi Cymru”
  • Catalan: “National Slate Museum”
  • Chinese: “威尔士国家板岩博物馆”
  • Dutch: “National Slate Museum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف الاردواز الوطنى”
  • French: “Amgueddfa Lechi Cymru”
  • French: “National Slate Museum”
  • German: “National Slate Museum”
  • German: “Walisisches Schiefermuseum”
  • German: “Welsh Slate Museum”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון הלווחה הלאומי”
  • Irish: “Amgueddfa Lechi Cymru”
  • Irish: “National Slate Museum”
  • Japanese: “国立スレート博物館”
  • Russian: “Национальный музей шифера”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Amgueddfa Lechi Cymru”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “National Slate Museum”
  • Swedish: “Amgueddfa Lechi Cymru”
  • Swedish: “National Slate Museum”
  • Vietnamese: “Bảo tàng Đá phiến Quốc gia”
  • Welsh: “Amgueddfa Lechi Cymru”
  • Welsh: “Amgueddfa Llechi Cymru”

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