Slate Mine Wales Zip Wire

Penrhyn slate quarry located near bethesda in north wales is home to zip world velocity 2 the fastest zip line in the world and the longest in europe.

Slate mine wales zip wire. Experiencing the thrill of velocity at zip world. The home of titan caverns and bounce below. Slate was used by romans in the first century ad and by medieval kings to shore up their defence. At its peak the slate industry in wales employed an army of 17 000 men.

Zipworld velocity set in penryn slate mine north wales is europe s longest zipline activity. Enjoy the view of zippers flying by from the blondin restaurant experience the penrhyn quarry tour on one of our famous red trucks or take on velocity 2 itself. Located at the head of honister pass in the centre of the lake district honister slate mine offers a range of indoor and outdoor adventures for a range of ages and abilities. Slate mountain also houses the world s best underground and above ground adventures.

Zip world wales turns heritage on its head penrhyn quarry at bethesda in north wales is a record breaker twice over once due to the efforts of thousands of victorian slate workers and more recently thanks to the vision of sean taylor and his zip world team. Helen ochyra introduces the world s fastest and the northern hemisphere s longest zip wire located at penrhyn quarry in snowdonia north wales. The most incredible underground zip line and adventure course. 4 people fly simultaneously upto 125 mph.

With views across snowdonia from the top of titan where you can zip 1890m from half the height of snowdon to the world s only subterranean playground of its kind bounce below and caverns the most incredible underground adventure zip line and adventure. Take on the longest zip line in europe based at penrhyn quarry in bethesda. Honister is also the last working slate mine in england and home to the iconic westmorland green slate. Home to a wealth of north wales slate mining history slate caverns now houses world first underground and above ground adventures.

Previously a slate mine employing two thousand men it s now home to exhilarating zip lines stretching across the stunning blue lake. Bbc radio wales reporter brendon williams steadied his. The historic slate mine is the venue to enjoy the thrills as we take you on a ride of a lifetime on two ziplines the first a meagre 800m of torpedo speed down the little zipper before taking the 20 minute guided tour up to the launch pad of the 1600m big zipper. But it wasn t until the advent of the industrial revolution that demand for the mighty grey rock really exploded.