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Harlech, United Kingdom

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Llanfair Slate Caverns Reviews | Rating 4.5 out of 5 stars (5 reviews)

Llanfair Slate Caverns is located in Harlech, United Kingdom on Cae Gethin Farm. Llanfair Slate Caverns is rated 4.5 out of 5 in the category tourist attractioncave in United Kingdom. Llanfair Slate Caverns is a company based out of Cae Gethin, Harlech, United Kingdom.

Address

Cae Gethin Farm

Phone

+44 1766780247

Headquarters

Harlech

Amenities

Good for kids

Accessibility

Wheelchair-accessible car park

Open hours

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Martin Summers

It's a fascinating excursion, especially if you're at Shell Island and even more so if it's a hot day as its very cool down there. You go to the reception, pay your money, get your helmets and torches and make your own way around reading the display boards. It doesn't take a huge amount of time to get round but there's no pressure to do so, or anyone even in the mine to speak to you or guide you which is fine but may be weird for people expecting something more structured. The history of the mine is interesting so make sure you do take it in and imagine how it was to be down there. A negative is that It's a little bit of a pain if there's anyone walking around at the same time as you have to wait for them to move so you can read the signs. So don't race round it, give yourself time at the entrance to let anyone else in front of you finish. It wasn't too busy when I went but I can see that situation being worse on a busier day. I do feel they could probably improve the experience with perhaps atmospheric audio or even live actors and better clearer signage (minus the minor spelling errors!). It's basically a tourist attraction that runs itself and must make the owners a fortune as they don't need to do anything at all currently so far as I can see other than provide some lighting around the darker areas. I wonder how long the appeal of that will last. Its not something I need to visit again once I've been though I would if there was something new. The cafe on site is worth a visit on its own, worth pointing out they can take card for everything on site (I still find thay very weird having been a regular visitor to Wales during the 90's) and the view from the car park across the coast is amazing. Also the gift shop was easy to spend money in as they have some good stuff although I'd like to see more objects made of slate such as more modern clocks perhaps. So all in all, do go and have a look, it's as a whole definitely worth a visit.

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Simon Clayton

We spent a very enjoyable couple of hours at cafe and down the slate caverns. Very interesting to find out more about the slate mining. Enjoyed by all the family.

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Cassandra Warren

These caverns were amazing. We ventured down and found out all about the history of the miners. Thank you to Rob for spending time talking to us and answering our questions. Definitely worth a visit!! The lady in the shop was lovely too!

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darren humphrey

Cheep day out. About 2hrs there. Parking is free .we didn't have children so didn't go to the children's farm bit but it looked good . Nice caves and good info

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Christopher Marshall

Absolute must see place just off shell island and not expensive either with some good information scattered in the caves. Highly recommended for all ages and dog friendly !

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