Find out the story behind the "secret" Blue Lake, located near Fairbourne, Gwynedd, and hear from people that have visited ...

Dinorwig slate quarries gained UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 2018 The slate quarries of north-west Wales gained UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 2018. Once, slate carved from here was sent ...

A Canadian photographer and YouTuber has said he has fallen in love with the "otherworldly" beauty of a former slate town in north Wales. Kyle McDougall has previously photographe ...

The Welsh industrial landscape was appallingly under-represented in silent film days when almost all features set in Wales ...

At its peak during the second half of the 19th century, the slate mining industry dominated the economy in North Wales, employing almost 17000 men at quarries dotted around the country including the ...

"Going to Dinorwig quarry for the first time I was like ... People have been quarrying slate in north Wales for over 1,800 years [Kyle McDougall] "You never know what you're going to get and ...

An introduction to the slate industry in north Wales by means of a visit to the National Slate Museum on the site of the former Dinorwig quarry in Llanberis. It includes views of the area as well ...

For first-time visitors Vivian Quarry appears as a fairytale lagoon ... Sign up now for the latest news on the North Wales Live Whatsapp community Running Phoenix Watersports with Leanne is ...

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"There's this rawness and kind of pure wilderness to the north Wales landscape that I ... and hillsides dotted with slag heaps of slate spoils, its old quarry sites and abandoned machinery.