Late last month, a humble winding house building was torched at Dinorwic slate quarry, Gwynedd. While it may lack architectural merit, its heritage value is uncontested. The old drum house ...

Llanberis Slate At its peak during the second half of the 19th century ... and then collapsed after the Second World War. The Dinorwic quarry above Llanberis was the second largest mine in North Wales ...

A 19-year-old man has been airlifted to hospital following a fall at a quarry in Gwynedd. Rescuers were called to Dinorwic Quarry, near Llanberis, on Thursday at about 11:50 BST. An HM Coastguard ...

"While the slate houses in Dinorwic waste away, becoming more weather-worn and defaced by vandals, the ones in Vivian Quarry remain untouched. There’s a whole other world down there and yet only ...