Slate Trails
From the end of the 18th Century until the beginning of the 20th Century the slate valley communities of Gwynedd - Ogwen, Peris, Nantlle, Blaenau Ffestiniog and Corris - were dynamic, thriving industrial areas. Between them these areas consisted of over 60 quarries and mines employing over 18,000 people. The quarrymen and their families created distinctive communities, overwhelmingly Welsh speaking and Non-conformist. The slate industry itself dramatically changed the landscape - slate tips, quarry buildings and railways can still be seen today.
Management Plan
As part of developing the Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales World Heritage Site, a Management Plan must be developed in order to identify how we will manage change following the World Heritage Site designation.
The Draft Management Plan for the World Heritage Site was consulted upon over the Summer of 2019 and the full results of the consultation can be found here.
All over the World
Slate wrenched from the hills of North Wales has made an attractive and long-lasting roofing material since Roman times. Industrial revolution Britain was roofed in Welsh slate and by the 1870s so too were the expanding towns in Europe, America and Australia.
No other stone industry dominated world markets like Welsh slate. This is why a partnership of organisations both local and national in Wales believes that the industry’s contribution worldwide should be recognised and awarded UNESCO World Heritage Site status.
Project Partners
Cadw
Welsh Government
Plas Carew
Uned 5/7 Cefn Coed
Parc Nantgarw
Cardiff
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Tel:01443 336000
Young Ambassadors
It is important that our young people take an interest in their rich culture and history and take pride in their unique heritage here in Gwynedd.
Cian Iolen Rhys
I am very proud to have had the opportunity to contribute to this nomination, and would be delighted if it secured the World Heritage Site designation which would contribute to ensuring that the history of the industry is preserved, and will live on in memory for years to come
Lord Dafydd Wigley
Slate quarried from mountain-slope and valley-floor, or mined from the bowels of the earth, hewn by sweat, blood and silicotic lungs, was the all-purpose material of our community… I believe the World will want to know more about The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales, and will appreciate and enjoy its significance
Catrin Glyn
Walking the paths and mountains of Snowdonia is one of my hobbies, and I regularly walk along these important landscapes. There is something unostentatious in walking the same path as the people who worked here in such hard and brutal times. Learning about these areas and how the landscape has been formed not only honours these people but also creates the feeling of belonging.
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