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 ...

The ruins of Talysarn's original village at Dorothea quarry in northwest Wales have been overtaken by nature, creating what ...

Plans are in to extend the life of a 200-year-old quarry in North Wales. Ffestiniog Quarry (also known as Oakeley Quarry or Gloddfa Ganol Mine) is located in the heart of Blaenau Ffestiniog. It has ...

Abandoned huts, sheds and slate equipment at Dinorwig Quarry provide a haunting reminder of an industry that once roofed the world. Yet long-time visitors are becoming angered by the way the quarry is ...

Rehoboth Welsh Chapel serves as a kind of long-standing poster for the Delta region in southeastern York County. The 1891 building has a slate roof and slate siding, door and windowsills, sidewalks ...

It has sat untouched for decades as Mother Nature reclaims the area ...

In 2024, the BMC Cymru (the British Mountaineering Council's Welsh department) has been actively collaborating with local groups to explore the historical place names of the popular climbing area of ...

The artworks were shipped to north Wales near the beginning of the war [The National Gallery, London] The National Gallery, London has unveiled a piece of art commemorating a Welsh quarry that housed ...

The aftermath of a huge landslide at a historic slate quarry has been caught on camera. An onlooker managed to record the moment clouds of dust erupted from Dinorwig Quarry after the reported ...