Welsh Slate
Welsh Slate is the world's leading supplier of high-quality slate for a range of exterior and interior design applications. Over 500 million years old, the material is widely recognised as the finest natural slate in the world.
Welsh quarries have been supplying the world with the highest quality slate for hundreds of years. Welsh Slate own and operate the famous Penrhyn, Ffestiniog and Cwt-y-Bugail quarries in North Wales.
Natural Welsh slate is sustainable with a life expectancy of well over 100 years and can withstand the most extreme environmental and weather conditions. Combine this with its unique natural beauty, makes Welsh Slate the material of choice for an extensive range of diverse applications.
Roofing
Natural slate from Welsh Slate’s Penrhyn, Ffestiniog and Cwt-y-Bugail quarries is globally recognised as producing the finest roofing slates in the world. It is the heritage and durability which sets Welsh Slate roofing tiles apart from other roofing slates, this is derived from its density and the unique geological formation found exclusively in North Wales.
View rangeHard Landscaping
Welsh Slate's use in hard landscaping has long been a favourite among architects, designers, home owners, builders, and landscapers. The inherent durability and versatility of Welsh Slate, together with its availability in a range of stunning colours and choice of finishes, make it the perfect solution.
View rangeExteriors
Welsh Slate is often used for walling, cladding and paving, because it provides the home owner and designer with immense scope for creativity. Available in a variety of exquisite colours, Welsh Slate possesses naturally occurring veining and variations in tone which add to its beauty.
View rangeInteriors
Slate’s versatility, sophistication and durability make it the surface material of choice for so many homeowners, architects and designers, Welsh Slates' unique properties make it practical, easy to maintained, and beautiful to look at. Which is why it's used in interiors from floor tiles to worktops for its natural beauty, hard-wearing properties and uniqueness. Welsh Slate adds a smooth warm to touch finish or texture which gives depth to any space.
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Skilled craftsmen, stone masons and interior designers often choose sawn scant from Welsh Slate because of its unique aesthetic characteristics. Whether unfinished, textured or honed, Welsh Slate sawn scant allows the artisan craftsman to create a host of beautiful individual pieces. Anything from memorial stones and decorative plaques, to a functional rainscreen system or designer kitchen and bathroom worktops.
View rangeAggregates & Minerals
Welsh Slate aggregates are available in four beautiful natural colours, it can be used in both decorative and practical residential and commercial landscaping applications. Whereas Welsh Slate minerals can be bonded with resin, or used in the production of bituminous roofing felts, and are available in a range of pigmented and natural colours.
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Direct to you
Anyone can buy Welsh Slate direct, whether you are a home owner, developer or specifier.
If you need some help or advice you can speak with our customer services team on (+44) 01248 600656. If you want the best price on smaller quantities then visit our online sales store www.ukstonedirect.com or click below to find out more.
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Latest News and Case Studies
Hard Landscaping
FROM COMICS TO COPINGS
The house, which was designed as one of a pair by AHR Architecture, uses Welsh Slate products on various aspects – as vertical cladding on elevational features including a “chimney” on the house, and for hard landscaping, as walling and copings to terrace
Ffestiniog Quarry
THE WORLD RENOWNED FFESTINIOG BLUE GREY SLATE IS BACK IN FULL PRODUCTION
Formed by the Ordovician slate beds laid down over 470 million years ago. Ffestiniog Quarry has been producing slates from 1818
Community
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
A presentation to Year 11 students at Ysgol Dyffryn Ogwen Bethesda on jobs, training and progression opportunities provided for by the company, and the scope of different jobs available within Welsh Slate and within the wider Breedon Group.
Roofing
WELSH SLATES HELP A NATIONAL MUSEUM WITH A NEW TOP HAT
Almost 150 years after work first started on its purpose-built home, the Netherland’s national museum is enjoying a new lease of life with Ffestiniog Blue Grey roofing slate
Ffestiniog Quarry
FROM FOGS TO FAME, WITH WELSH SLATE
Some 30,000 Ffestiniog Blue Grey slates were used for the reroof of the roof of the Central range, while Penrhyn Heather Blue slates were used by Mundy Roofing on the eastern and western ranges of London’s historic Kings Cross railway station.
Ffestiniog Quarry
ST MARTIN’S GOES BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH WELSH SLATE
Welsh Slate has supplied roofing slates from both its Penrhyn and Ffestiniog quarries to provide a like-for-like replacement for an old 19th century roof at London’s famous St Martin-in-the-Fields church complex.
Ffestiniog Quarry
WELSH SLATE TOPS AN ICONIC GATEWAY TO EUROPE
Some 80,000 Ffestiniog 500mm x 300mm slates were installed on the roof of the Barlow Shed St Pancras Station as part of the station’s award-winning £380 million refurbishment.
Ffestiniog Quarry
WELSH SLATES HELP A NATIONAL MUSEUM WITH A NEW TOP HAT
Almost 150 years after work first started on its purpose-built home, the Netherland’s national museum is enjoying a new lease of life, thanks in part to Ffestiniog Welsh Slate.
Roofing
FROM FOGS TO FAME, WITH WELSH SLATE
Some 30,000 Ffestiniog Blue Grey slates were used by T&P Lead Roofing for the reroof of the roof of the Central range, while Penrhyn Heather Blue slates were used by Mundy Roofing on the eastern and western ranges.
Roofing
WELSH SLATE HELPS HISTORIC COUNTRY MANSION WITH A NEW LEASE OF LIFE
Cwt-y-Bugail Dark Blue Grey roofing slates from the leading UK manufacturer have been used over 1,000m2 of roof at Bank Hall in Bretherton, Lancashire, which has been converted into luxury residential accommodation and exhibition spaces.
Aggregates & Minerals
WELSH SLATE GOES LIVE ISSUING ELECTRONIC PROOF OF DELIVERIS
Following a successful pilot within the Group, the PODFather ePOD solution, which comprises a cloud-based back-office system and easy-to-use smartphone app for drivers, is now being implemented at the Penrhyn Quarry weighbridge
Roofing
WELSH SLATE TOPS ANTRIM ALMSHOUSES
Welsh Slate’s Penrhyn Heather Blue slates feature on the front elevations of 31 almshouses in Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland,