Photograph © Jim Woodward-Nutt

Waterwheel at the National Slate Museum, Llanberis

Location

Grid reference: SH 586 603
OS sheet: 115
Postcode: LL55 4TY
Off A4086 at Llanberis. Follow signs to Llyn Padarn Country Park.

The 50-ft diameter suspension waterwheel, built in Caernarfon in 1870, provided power for the Dinorwic slate quarry workshops and ran until 1925. The wheel again turns, and the workshops and foundry are restored as one of the attractions at the National Slate Museum. One of the National Museums and Galleries of Wales. Café & gift shop. Slate splitting demonstrations, restored slate-carrying incline and quarrymens' houses.

Opening times

Daily, 10.00-17.00, except 24th-26th December & 1st January.

Contact

Tel. 01286 870630.

Email

post@museumwales.ac.uk

Web site

www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/slate