This post-industrial landscape holds a special place in the hearts of the people who live here and the cultural and social influence is still significant today. The site tells the story of evolution from an agricultural society to an area where industry dominated the landscape; where slate quarries, towns and villages appeared, and transport links carved their way through Snowdonia to ports that exported slate to global markets.
Explore the magnificent castle of Edward I at Harlech - which is inscribed on the World…
Beaumaris is the great unfinished masterpiece. It was built as one of the 'iron ring' of…
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Meols Hall manor-house and estate have been in the Hesketh family for 27 generations and…
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Ironbridge is known throughout the world as the symbol of the Industrial Revolution.
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Located in a rural area of northwest England, free from radio interference, Jodrell Bank…
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