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Inigo Jones Slate Works 2025
Experience a day out and enjoy a self-guided tour that includes a film presentation and audio commentary. Add to this geological, historical calligraphy and letter cutting exhibitions, explaining how this 500 million year old product is mined, machined and marketed around the world. The showroom displays a wide variety of quality natural slate products and Welsh slate crafts, along with other Celtic and Welsh products.
Contacts
Operator: Inigo Jones & Co. Ltd
Address: Tudor Slate Works Y Groeslon Caernarfon Gwynedd LL54 7UE
- Telephone: 01286 830 242
- Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
- Website: View website
Open Days & Times
Showroom & Workshop: Daily Easter-Sep. Oct-Easter Mon-Sat 0900-1700. (Closed 25-26 Dec; 1 Jan 2026.) Visit website or facebook for more details.
Facilities
- Parking
- Refreshments
- Souvenir Shop
- Part disabled access
The works were founded in 1861 to produce school writing slates. Today the company prefabricates architectural, memorial, craft and landscape items from Welsh slate. Inigo Jones Slateworks is conveniently located near to Caernarfon and Snowdonia.
The owner at the time, Hugh Jones, started producing electrical panels in slate. These proved to be very popular and the company rapidly expanded, sourcing its slate from the whole of North Wales. The slate was enamelled and this was a slow, laborious process as the slate had to be baked in ovens for over 48 hours. Thousands of electrical slate panels were produced at Slateworks. The world famous Queen Mary, Mauritania and the Queen Elizabeth luxury liners all had panels from these works.
