Felin Fawr

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Heritage

The Felin Fawr Works site features a wealth of industrial and archeological heritage, one of the most important features is the Penrhyn Quarry Railway which dates from 1801. The Penrhyn Railway Heritage Trust and Society are volunteer organizations involved with the restoration and preservation of the railway. Penrhyn Railway website

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• Welsh Slate
• Gwynedd Business Network
• Business Advice
• Other Sites & Properties
• Cadw

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The Felin Fawr Works near Bethesda dates from 1800 and was once the backbone of the renowned Penrhyn Slate Quarry and included slate mills a foundry, engineering facilities and quarry railway. The works closed in September of 1965 when workshop facilities were centralized within the quarry itself and in 1990 Cyngor Gwynedd Council purchased the site in order to protect it. Listing by Cadw followed, with their report describing the site as "a remarkable complex of buildings that are amongst the finest of their kind in Wales" Part of the site including the slate slab mills were beautifully restored in 1990's and are now utilized as light industrial units, additional units utilising other historic buildings are currently in the planning and development stage.

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