The area that "roofed the 19th Century world" It is said to have "roofed the 19th Century world" as slate from its quarries was exported around the globe. Slate has been quarried in north Wales ...

The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...

Detailed plans have been published for a bid for Unesco World Heritage site status for slate industry sites in North West Wales. If it is successful the area will join sites like Australia's Great ...

An abandoned slate quarry in north Wales that's been submerged underwater for the last 20 years is set to open up as an underwater museum. Vivian Quarry in Gwynedd, once part of the world's second ...

A "world-first" underwater museum and escape room are set to launch in a historic Welsh slate quarry in just a few months' time. Both attractions at Vivian Quarry in Llanberis, Gwynedd ...