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There is no better way to see Welsh Slate than when it's in a completed project. Which is why this area of the website is dedicated to sharing with you, the exciting projects where Welsh Slate has been applied.

17 March 2023

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Welsh Slate's Ffiona has spent her volunteering hours giving a helping hand to 'warm space' an initiative run on behalf of Betws y Coed Community Council

20 February 2023

THE RT HON LIZ SAVILLE ROBERTS MP VISITS FFESTINIOG QUARRY

We were delighted to welcome The Rt Hon Liz Saville Roberts MP for Dwyfor Meirionnydd to site on the re-opening of Ffestiniog Quarry which will create 19 new jobs across our 3 sites, Ffestiniog, Cwt-y-Bugail & Penrhyn

1 February 2023

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

24 January 2023

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.

4 January 2023

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.

3 January 2023

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.

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