By the 1870s, slate was one of Wales' major industries and Blaenau Ffestiniog had become an industrial town. The Dinorwig and Penrhyn quarries were the two largest slate quarries in the world ...

For four years the hills of Manod, near the slate mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, became the hidden underground home for nearly 2,000 of the world's greatest artistic masterpieces. The ...

Bleanau Ffestiniog is a town in the county of Gywnedd. It is the slate capital of North Wales, and while the mining of slate is not at the level it once was it is still what the town is known for.

Deep Sleep is located in a disused Victorian slate mine below Snowdonia in Wales ... at 5 pm at their Tanygrisiau Base, near ...

Getty Images Blaenau Ffestiniog has evolved from slate mining town to tourist destination That could involve coming up with ideas and then applying for grant funding to carry them out.

"The weather is one of the huge draws there for me." On a wet and misty day he concedes Blaenau Ffestiniog's blue-grey slate spoil tips could appear desolate to some. "It can feel somewhat stark I ...

The A470 runs right through the village which lies just south of the famous slate town of Blaneau Ffestiniog. From the pub head up the main road, passing the village school and turn right before ...