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266<li class="level3"><a href="/about/our-heritage/cwt-y-bugail-slate-quarry/">Cwt-y-Bugail Slate Quarry</a></li>
267<li class="level3"><a href="/about/our-heritage/ffestiniog-slate-quarry/">Ffestiniog Slate Quarry</a></li>
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344About Welsh Slate</h1>
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346<p><span style="font-size:large"><strong>Welsh Slate is the world&#39;s leading supplier of high-quality slate for a range of exterior and interior design applications.</strong></span></p>
347
348<p><span style="font-size:large">Welsh Slate own and operate the famous Penrhyn, Ffestiniog and Cwt-y-Bugail quarries in North Wales and has been supplying the world with high quality slate for hundreds of years.&nbsp; Penrhyn Quarry has been producing roofing slate since the 13th century and has been the centre and the focal point for UK natural&nbsp;stone for over 700 years. Our industrial minerals plant in Ffestiniog supplies the UK and Europe.&nbsp;</span></p>
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350<p><span style="font-size:large"><strong>Welsh Slate is a part of the Breedon Group plc which is the largest independent construction materials group in the UK.</strong></span></p>
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375								<h2>Widely recognised as the finest natural slate in the world</h2>
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377<p><span style="font-size:large">In recent decades new sources of roofing slate have come into production from all over the world but none have come close to matching the appearance and performance of Welsh Slate. </span></p>
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426Bangor<br />
427Gwynedd<br />
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713				<p><strong>Welsh Slate</strong><br />
714Penrhyn Quarry<br />
715Bethesda<br />
716Bangor<br />
717Gwynedd<br />
718LL57 4YG</p>
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7306051 AD Maasbracht<br />
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