Attractions / Activities
Inigo Jones Slate Works
Attraction
Inigo Jones Slate Works was founded in 1861 mainly to prefabricate school writing slates. Today the company uses the same raw material namely 500 million year old Welsh slate to produce architectural, memorial, landscape and craft products.
Llanfair Slate Caverns
Attraction
The slate in this mine, which is found in veins between layers of ancient Pre-Cambrian rocks, is among the oldest in the world. Many industrial towns in Britain and Ireland have the original roofs made of Llanfair slate.
Penrhyn Castle
Attraction
This enormous 19th-century neo-Norman castle sits between Snowdonia and the Menai Strait. It's crammed with fascinating items, such as a one-ton slate bed made for Queen Victoria, elaborate carvings, plasterwork and mock-Norman furniture.
Rhyddid Adventures
Activity Operator
Anyone, regardless of age, experience or background can enjoy the thrills and spills of adventure offered by Rhyddid Adventures, with fully qualified instructors fluent in Welsh and English.
1 Ty n y Weirglodd Terrace, Talysarn, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, LL54 6AY
Sir Henry Jones Museum
Attraction
This fascinating museum of Welsh rural life celebrates the remarkable life of Henry Jones, born in Llangernyw in 1852.
Snowdonia Mountain Centre
Activity Operator
MIC guides take out groups, families or individuals on walks, scrambling, climbing, sea level traversing, gorge walking etc.
3 Bryniau Terrace, Mynydd Llandygai, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 4BJ