Padarn Country Park

Location

OS Ref: SH 585 602

Last Visited: 1995

Based in the old Vivian and Dinorwig Slate Quarries, there are a number of attractions on the Padarn Country Park (Parc Gwledig Padarn) site including

• The surprisingly complete remains of Vivian Quarry Inclines. Many of the winding houses still have the drum and other machinery in place.
• The old Quarry Hospital, which includes displays of the gruesome medical equipment in use at the time.
• The Llanberis Lake Railway.
• The Welsh Slate Museum housed in the old quarry workshops at Gilfach-Ddu. This houses a huge waterwheel, as well as displays of quarrying equipment and demonstrations of slate splitting.
  
• Various water and other outdoor activities.

Adjoining the site are the Dinorwig Pumped Storage Scheme and Dolbadarn Castle.