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344About Welsh Slate</h1> 345 346<p><span style="font-size:large"><strong>Welsh Slate is the world'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. Penrhyn Quarry has been producing roofing slate since the 13th century and has been the centre and the focal point for UK natural stone for over 700 years. Our industrial minerals plant in Ffestiniog supplies the UK and Europe. </span></p> 349 350<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> 351 352<p> </p> 353 354 355 </div> 356 357 </div> 358 359</div> 360 361 362 363 364 <div class="slant page_content_area" id="page_content_area_2"> 365 366 <div class="container counter_slant"> 367 368 <div class="page_content_side_nav"> 369 370 371 372 373 374 <div class="scroll_reveal"> 375 <h2>Widely recognised as the finest natural slate in the world</h2> 376 377<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> 378 379<p> </p> 380 381<p> </p> 382 383<p> </p> 384 385<p> </p> 386 </div> 387 388 389 390 </div> 391 392 </div> 393 394 </div> 395 396 397 398 399 </div> 400 401 402 403 <div class="side_menu"> 404 405 406 407 408 <div class="side_menu_box"> 409 410 411 <div class="slant side_menu_box_image_container"> 412 <div class="counter_slant side_menu_box_image"> 413 414 <img src="/clientfiles/images/side_menu_boxes/customer-service1.jpg" alt="" height="280" width="280" /> 415
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