Inigo Jones Slate Works
Inigo Jones Slate Works
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Inigo Jones Slate Works produces a wide range of products from 500 million year old natural Welsh slate. These products are available at our Showroom, located in Groeslon, North Wales. As well as our Showroom, there is also a popular Workshop audio-tour for all the family to enjoy geological, historical, calligraphy and letter cutting exhibitions, and children can also compete in our quiz to win a slate prize. There is also a cafe which offers snacks and drinks to our customers. Come and have a look!
Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales

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Nicola S
Colne, UK8 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2024 • Friends
Went here with my Mum a couple of days ago in an off season sightseeing tour of Snowdonia. I’ve been several times before but it was a first time visit for my Mum.

We did the self guided tour which is well thought out and a fascinating way to spend an hour or two. The tour starts with a 10 minute film and then proceeds with a walk around the workshops and exhibitions using a personal audio guide with headphones (supplied) and which you pace yourself by pressing the corresponding numbered button on the audio device as you move around numbered exhibits.

There’s a good mix of exhibits illustrating the geology, production and application of slate and the evolution of the slate trade to keep pace with changing markets and world demand.

There’s both chaos and authenticity in the workshops. As someone interested in art and human endeavour I found it all fascinating. If however you’re someone who likes a sanitised idea of workplaces then you may be taken aback by the scale of what appears to be disorganisation. It’s clear that nothing here goes to waste and those with disabilities may find it tricky to move around some areas as piles of offcuts surround you at every turn.

I found an offcut that fascinated me and (having bought a number of prepared pieces on a previous visit) asked if I could buy it. A price was agreed thanks to staff who are more than accommodating of enquiries and ignorance! The shop staff couldn’t have been friendlier or more welcoming and my Mum also left with souvenirs of her visit from the shop.

There are toilets on the premises and a cafe and farm shop next door. Well worth a trip to visit and having now been a few times it’s clear that they’re continually adding to the wares on sale in the shop. Though I’d like to see a return of the key rings which state what region they were mined from - even if they’re a ruse I still like the idea of a memento of the places I’ve visited/valleys I’ve hiked in!
Written 1 February 2024
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Pippa S
East Coast Scotland47 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2023
Loved this attraction, a proper, honest, working slate works where you can learn about the history, the process and see the men working the machines and try your hand at some lettering.

For £7 you get a film presentation, and audio tour around the site, you can ask the men working the slate questions, you hear funny tales of double decker busses and finally you get to take a chisel in hand and have a try at lettering for yourself.

The staff are so lovely, knowledgeable and happy to talk to you without pressuring you to buy, a lovely wee stop with a wonderful souvenir at the end.
Written 23 August 2023
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William T
5 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2023 • Couples
Very interesting tour, commentary explains everything in a very interesting manner. The shop has a wide range of items which aren’t overpriced.
Written 28 June 2023
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923Dan
Swindon, UK3,067 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2023 • Family
Interesting slate works on way into Caernarfon, well worth stopping off to admire the unusual slate shop (and works if you have time for the tour).
Toilets if you need them.
Shows the range of products that can be made from the locally quarried slate - not just roofing tiles!
Written 20 June 2023
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Cathy H
9 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2023
We didn't do the tour, just went in to the shop to find something in particular. It's a very classy place without being prohibitively expensive. We got what we wanted and another couple of things as well.
On a day with really horrible weather, it was the best thing we did!
Written 30 March 2023
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Tina H
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3.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2022
we were told that the experience had wheelchair access apart from one area. the wheelchair user in our group opted out as they did not want to miss out. however the rest of our group did do the tour. the recorded commentary was good. the tour takes about an hour. but be aware ALL THE PATHS are too narrow to accommodate a wheelchair making the tour inaccessible to wheelchair users. the shop and cafe do have wheelchair access. there is disabled parking. If the company understood what needed to change access could be provided.
Written 12 September 2022
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Joolia808
North Wales, UK46 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2022 • Business
We went especially to order a headstone for my step son. Unfortunately, paperwork was lost, and in spite of many many phonecalls and a lack of response, 7 months down the line, we still have no headstone. Steer clear.
Written 1 September 2022
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Louise J
Ware, UK66 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2022 • Family
We needed something to fill an hour or so and chose Inigo Jones from a tourist information leaflet. The woman on the desk was lovely and started us on the self guided audio tour. The audio guide gave just enough information without being overloaded to take you round the various sections, and there was plenty of visual information at each spot. My kids were given a quiz, and we all had a small piece of slate to engrave. There was also a chance to do a bit of calligraphy. It’s not a pristine exhibit, and small kids would need to be supervised closely in parts, but it suited us perfectly. The shop had some nice things to buy at very reasonable prices, and there was a café outside which we didn’t try.
Written 21 July 2022
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Les T
Driffield, UK47 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2022 • Business
Absolutely terrible service from these people!! Don’t buy anything and let them say they’ll post you it on!!! They don’t but simply come up with excuses and the goods don’t arrive as promised.
My partner lost a child and ordered a small memorial for her. She was promised it would arrive within 30 days, that was too months ago!!
She rang up and first they hadn’t got around to it, then their machine was broken, and now it’s broken again and the parts have to come from Japan!
They’re aware that my partners mother is seriously ill and wants to see the memorial but her chances are vanishing day by day, Inigo Jones don’t care about their customers at all. We were English on holiday and foolishly believed this was a reputable company, how wrong we were!!!
Written 20 July 2022
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Jacqueline B
Bedford, UK367 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2022 • Couples
We were staying in Harlech so on a rainy day we decided to drive the 40 minutes to visit here, we were greeted by Sue who explained that the tour goes at our own pace using an audio guide.

It starts with a very interesting film that lasts about 10 minutes, then you step outside and follow the audio guide to the 9 different sheds, in each place you are told what work is done in here you even go into one where you can engrave your initial on a price of slate that you are given with your ticket, that was great fun. As you walk around you see lots of scrap pieces of slate but nothing goes to waste and one day all these pieces will be used. I walk with a crutch as I am disabled and had no problems, probably took about an hour to see everything, but we were the only ones there.It is situated off of a round about.

Lovely shop to wander around we bought ourselves a slate clock. We didn't visit the cafe but it looked nice, plenty of free parking

We didn't stop at the cafe but made our way home
Written 12 May 2022
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