Anglesey Barracks, Snowdonia

Tucked away in an abandoned slate quarry in north Wales – once the second largest in the world – sits Anglesey Barracks.

However, they’re not army barracks, and they’re not on Anglesey. These two rows of derelict houses mark an old street of quarry workers’ houses in Dinorwig Quarry. The quarry now makes up part of the World Heritage Site of the Slate Landscape of North Wales, and Anglesey Barracks is the best preserved of all of the houses that were once built here. It is in Llanberis, the home of Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon), the highest mountain in Wales at the heart of Snowdonia.

Watch my video to follow my walk around the quarry site and exploring the Barracks, including how they got their name. I walk to and look inside the houses, describing the living conditions (including the water, electricity, and latrine – or toilet – facilities), the rent, and how the workers built special pathways around the site to help them get from their lodgings to their workplace. I finish my walk at the National Slate Museum in Llanberis. For a shorter walk, you can visit Anglesey Barracks direct from the museum car park, albeit via a much steeper climb!

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