Attractions / Activities
Aberconwy House
Attraction
A 14th-century merchant's house, Aberconwy House is the only medieval merchant's house in Conwy to have survived almost six centuries of turbulent history in the town.
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.
Llanberis Lake Railway
Attraction
This lovely little line runs alongside Llyn Padarn in the Padarn Country Park for a there-and-back journey of five miles. Stop off for a lakeside picnic at Cei Llydan, or visit the National Slate Museum at Gilfach Ddu.
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.
Tŷ Mawr Wybrnant
Attraction
The first person to translate the Bible into Welsh was the bishop from the Tudor era, Bishop William Morgan, and at Ty Mawr Wybrnant farmhouse, near Penmachno, in the Conwy Valley,you can visit the site of his birthplace.
National Slate Museum
Attraction
The National Slate Museum is sited in the Victorian workshops built in the shadow of Elidir mountain, site of the vast Dinorwig quarry.