Inigo Jones Slate Works
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!
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Rose B
2 contributions
Aug 2024 • Couples
My husband and I visited Inigo Jones whilst on holiday and were so glad we did - from the friendly lady in the reception who explained about journeying round the self guided tour and it's different components (9 locations to travel round), to the craftsman shaping the slate in one of the workshops who came out to chat to us it was such an interesting experience. For the very fair entrance fee we thought it was more than worth the money - an audio tour of about an hour visiting various locations from a 10 minute video presentation at the beginning to fantastic exhibitions and workrooms and then the opportunity at the end to carve your own little piece of slate as a memento. The shop we browsed round at the end is full of handmade slate products very reasonably priced and there is also a cafe next door if you fancy a cuppa. A wonderful venue, we will certainly be visiting again when we holiday again in Wales!
Written 26 August 2024
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Happy Nana
Congleton, UK2 contributions
May 2024 • Family
Spacious gift shop with ample parking. Extremely impressed with the wide selection of items available to purchase at reasonable prices.
Staff were very helpful and accommodating especially as our 2 young grandchildren wanted to pay half of the cost of their purchase each, on their individual payment cards, for a present for their parents.
The item was carefully wrapped and protected.
Staff were very helpful and accommodating especially as our 2 young grandchildren wanted to pay half of the cost of their purchase each, on their individual payment cards, for a present for their parents.
The item was carefully wrapped and protected.
Written 13 May 2024
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Dawn S
47 contributions
Aug 2024 • Family
Visited the slate shop & the cafe. Lady in the shop was super lovely. Lots of wonderful gifts, garden, house numbers to purchase. Could've spent a fortune! Good quality & so nice to go home with some Welsh Slate. Will return to do the tour. Dogs welcome in all areas.
Written 1 August 2024
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Jacqueline B
Bedford, UK1,061 contributions
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
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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jennycosens
Wiltshire, UK187 contributions
Aug 2020 • Couples
We managed to book a tour for a stormy day and at only £6.50 per adult it was a decent price. The shop is lovely and has some great bits. The tour is self guided following the numbers and audio. A video kicked it off which was interesting. The tour itself was great (number 4 was a bit confusing) with lots of info given. We were also able to have a go at calligraphy and engraving our own slate (which they provide as part of the tour) which was just amazing and great fun. Overall a great morning out for a fab price! Highly recommend.
Written 25 August 2020
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Many thanks for visiting us and delighted you enjoyed your visit and found it value for money.
Written 26 August 2020
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Louise J
Ware, UK61 contributions
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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Pippa S
East Coast Scotland56 contributions
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.
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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ayia napa21 contributions
Feb 2020
One of the few places in Wales that opens in the winter and very worthwhile. The film and tour are fascinating, with an opportunity to watch and talk to craftsmen at work. The shop has a huge range of slate products at reasonable prices. Highly recommended.
Written 6 February 2020
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PnJlancs
191 contributions
Aug 2021 • Friends
Had a interesting hour here. Managed to book a tour as we were in the shop. The lady was very helpful.
Watched a small video and then proceeded on the tour which we enjoyed, my boys (aged 11 and 8) enjoyed doing the quiz, and the prize at the end.
Their favourite part was engraving and chiselling a block of slate.
A great way to pass an hour or so and not baldy priced.
Watched a small video and then proceeded on the tour which we enjoyed, my boys (aged 11 and 8) enjoyed doing the quiz, and the prize at the end.
Their favourite part was engraving and chiselling a block of slate.
A great way to pass an hour or so and not baldy priced.
Written 2 September 2021
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Lynn A
Oxford, UK11 contributions
Aug 2020 • Family
Visited with our 2 kids, aged 12 and 14 and all really enjoyed it. Self guided tour was really interesting and with the opportunity to try calligraphy and slate engraving. The kids did the quiz, resulting in a lovely slate prize. We were able to take our dog and it was a good wet weather option as most of the tour was inside the workshops. Lovely giftshop, friendly staff and then a very welcome homemade soup in the cafe.
Written 6 August 2020
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Many thanks for your review and delighted you enjoyed your visit to Inigo Jones
Written 7 August 2020
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Hi my wife and i visited your slate works and had a brilliant hour and a half . very educational , self audio was brilliant .we participated in the caligrapy and slate engraving .we even bought a lovely slate sundial which was very reasonably priced .10 out of 10 will be returning with family thank you mr and Mrs Jones Liverpool.
Written 5 October 2019
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