Rehoboth Welsh Chapel serves as a kind of long-standing poster for the Delta region in southeastern York County. The 1891 building has a slate roof and slate siding, door and windowsills, sidewalks ...

Penrhyn quarry, Bethesda, is one of the oldest slate producers in the world One of the world's oldest slate quarries is set to continue until 2035 after council planners approved its expansion. The ...

FROM the ambitious restoration some of the world’s oldest railway building and heritage skills, to the rescue of a quarry hospital, to ...

CELEBRITY designers' desire for clean lines and natural products has created an increasing demand for Welsh slate in middle-class homes. CELEBRITY designers' desire for clean lines and natural ...

Young workers are needed to support growing demand for slate from Wales, a quarry firm has said. Welsh Slate is expanding its operations at Penrhyn quarry near Bethesda, Gwynedd, and reopening two ...

Slate. It is part of the look and feel of Wales, and now there are efforts to have its iconic status more formally recognised on the international stage. Experts want it listed as one of the great ...

An Eryri museum which tells the story of how Welsh slate once roofed the world will see its new shop topped with metal and a visitor shelter with corrugated sheets. Queries over why slate wasn't used ...

Kyle McDougall has been fascinated by the slate landscapes of north Wales since first visiting in 2022 A Canadian photographer and YouTuber has said he has fallen in love with the "otherworldly" ...

Campaigners say that the Welsh names of north Wales' quarries are being eradicated Areas of slate quarries in Wales are being stripped of their traditional Welsh names and replaced with English ones, ...

Workers at a North Wales slate quarry will be balloted on strike action. Unite members working for Welsh Slate Breedon at Cwt Y Bugail and Penrhyn Quarry in Gwynedd voted to reject the company's pay ...