Inigo Jones Slate Works

Sehenswürdigkeit | Caernarfon | Wales | Großbritannien

Die Inigo Jones Slate Works in der Nähe von Caernarfon, Wales, sind ein historisches Schieferwerk, das seit 1861 besteht. Ursprünglich gegründet, um Schiefertafeln für Schulen herzustellen, hat sich das Unternehmen im Laufe der Zeit diversifiziert und produziert heute eine Vielzahl von Produkten aus walisischem Schiefer, darunter architektonische Elemente, Gedenktafeln, Kunsthandwerk und Landschaftsgestaltungselemente.

Selbstgeführte Touren
Besucher haben die Möglichkeit, an einer selbstgeführten Tour durch die Werkstätten teilzunehmen. Diese Tour beinhaltet eine Video- und Audiopräsentation, die Einblicke in die Geschichte des Schieferabbaus, die Verarbeitungstechniken und die vielfältigen Anwendungen von Schiefer bietet. Während des Rundgangs können Gäste verschiedene Ausstellungen erkunden, die sich mit Geologie, Geschichte, Kalligraphie und der Kunst des Buchstabenmeißelns beschäftigen. Für Kinder gibt es ein Quiz, bei dem sie ein Schiefergeschenk gewinnen können.

Handwerkliche Aktivitäten
Ein besonderes Highlight für Besucher ist die Möglichkeit, sich selbst in Kalligraphie zu versuchen oder ein Stück Schiefer zu gravieren, das als persönliches Souvenir mit nach Hause genommen werden kann. Diese interaktiven Erlebnisse bieten einen praktischen Einblick in die traditionellen Techniken der Schieferbearbeitung und fördern ein tieferes Verständnis für dieses historische Handwerk.

Showroom und Café
Im Showroom der Inigo Jones Slate Works wird eine breite Palette von Schieferprodukten präsentiert, die vor Ort gefertigt wurden. Dazu gehören personalisierte Namensschilder, Gedenktafeln und verschiedene Kunsthandwerksartikel. Zusätzlich werden andere walisische und keltische Geschenke angeboten. Ein Café vor Ort lädt Besucher dazu ein, sich zu entspannen und lokale Spezialitäten zu genießen.

Bedeutung und Erbe
Die Inigo Jones Slate Works sind nicht nur ein funktionierendes Beispiel für die industrielle Geschichte Nordwales, sondern bieten auch einen wertvollen Einblick in die kulturelle Bedeutung des Schiefers für die Region. Durch die Kombination von Bildung und praktischen Erfahrungen ermöglichen sie es den Besuchern, die reiche Tradition der Schieferproduktion und -verarbeitung hautnah zu erleben.

Ein Besuch der Inigo Jones Slate Works bietet somit eine einzigartige Gelegenheit, die Geschichte und das Handwerk der Schieferindustrie in Nordwales kennenzulernen und die vielfältigen Anwendungen dieses Materials zu entdecken.

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Adresse
Tudor Slate Works
LL54 7UE Caernarfon

Kartenansicht

Öffnungszeiten

Sonntags--
Montags9:00 - 17:00
Dienstags9:00 - 17:00
Mittwochs9:00 - 17:00
Donnerstags9:00 - 17:00
Freitags9:00 - 17:00
Samstags9:00 - 17:00

Bewertungen

91 Bewertungen

Matt B
27.09.2024

Intersecting place to visit, friendly staff.
Allan
27.09.2024

Interesting and worth a visit, the shop has a variety of slate made products and the designs of some pieces are fantastic. Recommend a visit and has some well priced items, book selection and a good place to stop and learn about slate and an interesting designer.
Stewart Cashen
11.09.2024

Went to buy 6 placemats, & ended up buying 18, as gifts. Very good price.
Allan Blackett
26.08.2024

My wife and I visited last week and went on the tour. It was really interesting and lasted about an hour with a great audio guide along with practical things to do. I highly recommend visiting and at the end looking around the shop. We will certainly visit again if in the area.
Joanne
13.07.2024

Been waiting for some items since before Easter. Chased many times and always get promises but then nothing. So frustrating when you try to buy local.
neil nutter
07.07.2024

Lovely place and shop with wonderful things to suit all budgets.
alexandra craig
02.07.2024

A great place to buy interesting slate and Welsh gifts
sharon oswald
06.06.2024

Beautiful items. Too many to choose from.
Robert Roberts
02.02.2024

Extremely pleased with our New house Number and carved picture of a Robin. Great service and we were kept updated on the progress from start to finnish . Highly recommended.
helen Postle
29.01.2024

We enjoyed the small but very interesting tour of the place, fascinating to see the equipment and to try our hand at letter carving I was told I'd got the job unlike my husband (gloat, gloat lol) however don't think I would really make the grade The staff were so lovely especially the lady in the shop. Some really lovely items for sale would definitely recommend.
Kenneth Moyse
20.11.2023

Interesting audio tour of an old slate works, very informative you will know a lot more about slate once you finish! Nice shop too.
Peter B
10.10.2023

What an eye opener if your into a bit of heritage of Wales and looking for any slate products this is the place lovely café and shop local on site butcher as well.
Sally Allanson
06.10.2023

Disappointed that we drove all the way there to find it closed on the day we arrived when the web site for it clearly says it's open
Wild About Nature
26.05.2023

Sep23 - unfortunately, they kind of let me down recently, as I’ve waited and chased continuously a quote for quite a bespoke piece of slate, and they never came back to me either with the quote, or for any other information. After chasing five or six times I gave up and used Grey Slate & Stone (see my review there) which is sad as they usually great. Consequently, I’ve lowered my rating from a 4 to 2 stars. Original review: Really helpful and reasonable prices. I had some slate thresholds made to measure and they were beautiful, really edged and finished well and perfect for what I wanted. Would thoroughly recommend.
Jareth Bower
30.08.2023

Only went to the shop. Some really nice options as well as some that look closer to tacky gifts. Quite reasonable prices and much cheaper than online delivery. Friendly staff. Plenty of parking.
Claire Cronin (All Things Dark & Dirty)
12.08.2023

Lovely slate shop, able to take a tour and learn the history. Great shop for slate products at good prices as well. Dog friendly also. Worth a visit.
Linda Foster
12.08.2023

Been here previously when we've been in Wales & like it. The little cafe does good wholesome food & REAL chips which were lovely along with everything else. They also have a nice butcher's now on site which also stocks a few vegs etc. The slate shop was interesting & some nice pieces, we bought 6 different things out of the shop so a good stop for us all round & they allow dogs in the cafe & the shop a big bonus for us, thank you
David Millward
06.08.2023

Great cafe and excellent staff Definitely goto this cafe again
Iwan
17.07.2023

Well worth a visit, fantastic value for the ticket. And chisel your own piece of slate to take home with you!
Babs Hughes
29.06.2023

Visited today & able to bring our dog in too. Took about an hour to walk around, very interesting to learn the history. Given an audio guide which was very good. Were also give a small piece of slate to engrave with a chisel yourself. There are piles upon piles of pieces of slate everywhere, I guess waiting to be used. There were a couple of tradesmen working but they didnt interact. Shop is very good with some beautiful pieces. Cafè on site with indoor & outside seating & a butchers. Needs a bit of a tidy up tbh but interesting to visit. Cost £7 each for concessions.
Kev Mumford
21.06.2023

A great insight into the workings of the slate industry in North Wales.
Aidan P
18.04.2023

Great and educational day touring the slate works. Great café on site too with breakfast and dinner - pie and chips was fantastic
Laura Jacks
19.11.2022

Absolutely great experience, such an interesting museum! It's a live slate works as well as museum and even had interactive elements The on site shop also had a really nice variety of reasonably priced items made onsite Would definitely recommend!!
Liz Wills
26.10.2022

We took our teenage son this week for a visit. We all thoroughly enjoyed it. The audio commentary is interesting and informative he didn't get bored 😮👌 🤣. We especially enjoyed the slate engraving, it was fun and we came away with a souvenir. The staff were friendly and helpful.
Keith Williams
25.10.2022

We had an excellent experience here. The shop has some amazing things in there. Very helpful staff. Coffee shop worth a visit. Also a lovely butcher with a small green grocers attached. Lovely gentleman serviced us in butchers. My wife has allergies and he was extremely helpful. We didn't take the tour but we will be back. ASAP.
Chris Bichard
18.10.2022

The film followed by a headset tour was a real insight as to how this business has kept running since it started in the 1800s. Tried the engraving, gave it up as a bad attempt, can appreciate how hard it is to engrave an entire stone. My wife was better than me. The shop had plenty of stock and some interesting literature about slate mining and works in the area. Recommend a visit, about 2 hours should cover it.
Steve
12.09.2022

Prices seem to have rocketed here since Covid. It's a shame, as I nearly always purchased something every time I visited.
Simon Clayton
07.09.2022

fantasic varieties of slate products , dont bother with the cafe its rubbish the women did not want to serve us at 3 35 and said takeaway only !
Denise Taylor
31.08.2022

Very interesting 👌

 

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