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Slate planing at Inigo Jones Slateworks

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Inigo Jones was founded in 1861 to produce school writing slates. Today the company prefabricates architectural, memorial, craft and landscape items from Welsh slate. There is a self guided tour of the works which includes a video and audio guide presentation. There is a craft showroom, gift shop and cafe on site, also open all year.

Workshop Tours | Great Slate Tour
The Great Slate Tour offers both an educational and fun insight into the slate industry of North Wales. Workshop Tours start every quarter of an hour from 9am to 3.30pm (last tour of the day) Monday to Saturday. To Secure your place on The Great Slate Tour, Pre-booking online is recommended and payment will be required when booking.  Please arrive 10 minutes before the start of your tour.   

Craft Showroom
Inigo Jones Slate Works showroom displays a wide variety of quality natural slate products and Welsh slate crafts, along with other Celtic and Welsh products. Slate Craft Products made on site are available to purchase at the showroom along with other Welsh and Celtic Craft products.

Gerlan Cafe and Farm Shop
The Gerlan Café is franchised to a local farmer who also has a butchery and farm shop adjacent to the café. The Cafe is open year round from 7am to 4pm Monday to Saturday through the Summer Season & 7am to 3pm during Winter.

History of Inigo Jones Slateworks
Inigo Jones Slate Works was founded in 1861 primarily to prefabricate school writing slates, when school writing slates were replaced by paper, the company had to diversify into prefabricating new products. The owner at the time, Hugh Jones, started producing electrical panels in slate. These proved to be very popular and the company rapidly expanded, sourcing its slate from the whole of North Wales.

The slate was enamelled and this was a slow, laborious process as the slate had to be baked in ovens for over 48 hours. Thousands of electrical slate panels were produced at Inigo Jones Tudor Slate Works. The world famous Queen Mary, Mauritania and the Queen Elizabeth luxury liners all had panels from these works. The original slate panels supplied to the Queen Mary can still be seen in Long Beach, California where the liner is now a tourist attraction.

More recently the company has supplied more slate for domestic use and these include such things as flooring, kitchen work tops and hearths. Also for the home, craft products have proved popular and these include such things as wall plaques, clocks, lamps, wine racks, place mats and mirrors. The company’s current specialist products are engraved plaques, nameplates and number plates as well as  printed plaques and trophies all of which are made especially to order.

The legacy of the slate industry is easy to find and the industry today is alive and well. Inigo Jones Slate Works are proud to share the story of this marvellous heritage – a heritage worth protecting. 

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Guide Prices

Ticket TypeTicket Tariff
Adult£7.00 per adult
Family (2 adults + 2 Children)£25.00 per family

Children & Concessions £6.50
Group Visits (10+) - 20% discount if pre-booked.

Facilities

Catering

  • On-site catering

Children

  • Baby changing facilities
  • Children welcome

Groups

  • Facilities for groups
  • Guided tours for groups

Parking

  • Free Parking

Property Facilities

  • Dogs Accepted
  • Gift shop
  • Public toilets

Target Markets

  • Accepts groups
  • Coach parties accepted

Map & Directions

Road Directions

Situated 6 miles South of Caernarfon on main A487 heading towards Porthmadog.

Accessible by Public Transport: Bangor station is 12 miles away.

Inigo Jones Slateworks

Type:Industrial Heritage

Tudor Slate Works, Y Groeslon, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, LL54 7UE

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