Slate Mine

Slate Mine is a quarry in Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales. Slate Mine is situated nearby to the quarry Trial Level, as well as near the peak Manod Mawr.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Manod Mawr and Manod Mawr North Top.

Manod Mawr

Peak

Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.

Manod Mawr is a mountain in North Wales and forms part of the Moelwynion. Although known as a mountain in the eastern Moelwyns, it and its sister peaks are sometimes known as the Ffestiniog hills.

Manod Mawr North Top

Peak

Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.

Manod Mawr North Top is a mountain in North Wales and forms part of the Moelwynion. It lies directly to the north of its parent Manod Mawr, separated by the Graig Ddu Quarry.

The Blaen y Cwm quarry was a slate quarry located east of Blaenau Ffestiniog in Wales. It was first worked in some time between 1813 and 1818 and sporadically after that until 1914. Blaen y Cwm quarry is situated 1 mile north of Slate Mine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Manod and Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Manod

Village

Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Manod is a village.

Blaenau Ffestiniog

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Blaenau Ffestiniog is a small town in the Snowdonia Mountains in Wales. Blaenau Ffestiniog is a former slate-mining village and consists of one main road with all the others leading off it. Many visitors come to ride the historic narrow-gauge railway.