Inigo Jones Tudor Slate Works
Caernarfon, Gwynedd
About Inigo Jones Tudor Slate Works
A visit to Inigo Jones Tudor Slate Works includes a self-guided tour and is both educational and fun.
There is an introductory video presentation, after which you can wander through the workshops at your own pace and view the machines and craftsmen in action, accompanied by your own personal taped commentary.
There are also Geological, Historical, Calligraphy and Letter Cutting Exhibitions. Try your hand at calligraphy and engrave on a piece of slate that you get to keep. Children can also compete in a quiz to win a slate prize!
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Interactive Activities and tour around functioning Slate Works
Commencing an informative film delving into the Welsh Slate story, experience blasting of the raw material at the mountain to the end use of Slate all around us.
Following the film and guided by a personal audio device, wander through exhibitions of geology and history whilst also partaking in Calligraphy and Letter Cutting activities, shaping your very own Slate Memento.
The tour continues at a leisurely pace through the original workshops, where guests can view the machines and craftsmen in action.
The Great Slate Tour - Self Guided Tour of the Welsh Slate Workshops Audio Commentary is available in French, German, Spanish, Chinese or Japanese for overseas visitors as well as English and Welsh.
Younger visitors can attempt our Quiz during the tour to win their very own Slate Prize!
Slate Craft Products made on site are available to purchase at the showroom along with other Welsh and Celtic Craft products.
Our café which is franchised to a local farmer who also has a butchery and farm shop adjacent to the café, is open year round to serve our visitors.
Tour, Cafe & Shop at Slate Works
Tour around functioning Slate Works and Informative Exhibition spaces with Participation Station.
Our Quiz and Slate prize!!!
An oportunity to use Calligraphy Pens to test their handwritting skills, as well as the Slate Dummy and Chisle to create their own work of art imortalised in 500 million year old Welsh Slate.
Facilities
Toilets
Gift Shop
Free Wifi
Onsite Parking
Accessible Toilets
Baby Changing
Food Available
Wheelchair Friendly
Dog Friendly
Pushchair Friendly
Card Payments Accepted
Opening Times
- Monday, 09:00 - 17:00
- Tuesday, 09:00 - 17:00
- Wednesday, 09:00 - 17:00
- Thursday, 09:00 - 17:00
- Friday, 09:00 - 17:00
- Saturday, 09:00 - 17:00
- Sunday, 09:00 - 17:00
Monday to Sunday 09:00 - 17:00 Summer Months,
Closed Sundays from October 1st - Easter.
Closed 25th & 26th December, 1st January.
Pricing & Tickets
- Child (5-16) : £6.50
- Adult (17-18+) : £7.00
Adults: £7.00
Kids/Concessions: £6.50
Family: £25.00
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Plan Your Visit
Typical visit time 1 - 2 hours
Suitable for Kids and Adults too
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Contact Details
Y Groeslon
Caernarfon
Gwynedd
LL54 7UE
Wales
Inigo Jones Slate Works is on the main A487, 6 miles south of Caernarfon on the way to Porthmadog. Access is easy from a newly constructed roundabout and the works is very well sign posted in advance. For Sat Nav, use postcode LL54 7UE and within 1/2 mile, at roundabout, look for the special white-on-brown signs.
Tel: 01286830242
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Train Services
Bangor Station (15 miles north) is on the main North Wales Coast line with connections to the rest of the UK and Ireland. Bus No. 5a & No. 2 connects to Inigo Jones.
The bus stop is immediately adjacent to the attraction.
No.5a Caernarfon to Penygroes and Talysarn.
No.1 Caernarfon to Porthmadog and Criccieth.
No.1c-1n Caernarfon to Nantlle.
No.1a Caernarfon to Penygroes and Nebo.
No.T2 Bangor to Dolgellau/Aberystwyth.
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