Most visitors to North Wales do so on the assumption that the country is basically rural, with pictures of mountains, coastline, castles and sheep in mind. Visitors to North Wales do so knowing that they are entering an ancient land. They don’t expect much in the way of industrial heritage.
The key to this is that most of what they are seeing was formed as part of the industrial process. Not all of the slate quarries that blanket North Wales were created by the industrial process – some were natural. But many, if not most, were not. And the ones that were not created by the industrial process were certainly transformed by it. We don’t see North Wales as it was in 1800. We see it as it was in 1880, after decades of quarrying. For a stay in a Luxury Hotel Llandudno, visit https://stgeorgeswales.co.uk
The industrial heritage is as much a part of the natural beauty of North Wales as the natural world is. The difference is that the natural beauty doesn’t take as much work to see. The industrial heritage is on the other hand a lot of work to see. Visitors to North Wales want to see the industrial heritage because it is a part of the natural beauty but because they don’t want to take the time to find it, it is generally ignored.
North Wales is, of course, famous for its slate mines. These were the reasons that the railways were built to the region and they’re what made the slate industry so big. The slate industry was important to the economy of North Wales for over 100 years and it was as much of a part of the natural beauty of this region.