Operating from its quarries in North Wales, Welsh Slate has been supplying the world with high-quality slate for hundreds of years. Penrhyn Quarry has been producing Welsh roofing slate since the thirteenth-century.
Penrhyn Quarry has been at the centre and the focal point for UK natural stone and its heritage for 700 years and a major operation for over 400 years.
pictured: Heather Blue slate
The worldwide use of slate from the eighteenth-century onwards followed the trade routes of the major British shipping lines complementing the import of cotton from America and wool from Australia as two prime examples.
UK Slate stocks both Heather Blue slate from Penrhyn Quarry and also Dark Blue Grey slate from Cwt-y-Bugail quarry, located high above Blaneau Ffestiniog.
