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Inigo Jones & Co Ltd
Tudor Slate Works, Y Groeslon, Caernarfon, Gwynedd,
LL54 7UE
Tel: 01286 830242
Email: slate@inigojones.co.uk
Website: http://www.inigojones.co.uk
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Inigo Jones Slate Works is on the main A487,
6 miles south of Caernarfon on the way to Porthmadog.
Access is easy from a roundabout and the works are very well sign posted in advance.
(For exact map please see bottom of the page)
Inigo Jones Slate Works was founded in 1861 primarily to produce school writing slates.The workshops continue to prefabricate slate products and are also open all the year round to the public for tours. The site has a large free car park, a cafe and a showroom where it sells slate craft and garden products as well as other welsh craft items.
Today the company produces architectural. memorial, craft, landscape and garden products from the same raw material namely 500 million year old natural welsh slate.
Architectural slate products includes cills, copings, flooring, hearths,copings, steps and cladding. All these are made to order except flooing tiles that are made to standard sizes and are a stock item.
Memorial slate products includes headstones, plaques and vases and these are all made to order and then engraved.
Craft slate products which are all sold in the shop include placemats, picture frames, mirrors,clocks, lamps,barometers, coasters,thermometers writing slates and wine racks.
Nameplates and numberplates are also engraved to order and special designs and logos can also be included.
Landscape and garden slate products include chippings, rockery stone,sundials, bird baths, water features and obolisks.
The company has an online shop and the company's products can be bought online on our secure site.
www.inigojones.co.uk
SLATE WORKSHOP TOURS
The self guided tour of the works includes a video presentation on how slate is quarried and then a walkman provides a full description on the various machines and processes. Geological, historical, calligraphy and letter cutting exhibitions form part of the tour. There is also an opportunity to have a go at engraving on a piece of slate that you get to keep as a souvenir. Also there is a children's quiz for which there is a slate prize.
The on site cafe appropriately named the Welsh Rock Cafe has a wide variety of snacks and has a wide selection of home made cakes, bara brith and scones.
Lon Eifion is a cycle track and public footpath which runs adjacent to the works.This runs from Caernarfon to Criccieth and is off road and so is safe to walk along and to ride bikes on. Bikes are available for hire from Caernarfon which is less than 6 miles away and this is an ideal healthy way for a family to spend a morning afternoon or day outside in the countryside.
The Workshops are open daily all year except Christmas Day Boxing Day and New Years Day.
Entrance to the showroom is free and the self guided tour of the workshop costs £4.50 for adults and £4.00 for concessions and children. A family ticket ( 2+ 2) costs £15.00.
Websites for further info:
www.inigojones.co.uk
www.attractionsnorthwales.co.uk
