maenofferen slate mine

March 2025 Following kind guidance from @HughieD, I visited Maenofferen with @Acid-reflux. I hadn't considered it before. However, after being a middle man in a chat about it, I checked out some online photos. My interest was soon sparked, so I tagged along with Acid for a closer look. It...

First post on here. I know this has been done a few times and this isn't my first visit here, but it was a cold foggy day I was bored and wanted get a bit of content up and this is local to me. Maenofferen state mine is now a derelict site. The quarry was opened a short time after 1800 and was...

An amazing place to explore with two main areas, one above ground in the old slate workshop and the other inside a mine. The locations are part of the Talwaenydd quarry which covers a large area however the most interesting section is located in the East section around 2km North East of Blaenau...