Fell Exhibition Slate Mine

Driving was initiated from the Barbara stoping level and leads to the fourth chamber of the Hope Mine.

Visitors can extensively tour tunnels, drifts, imposing chambers, chutes and pack walls.

Figures on display in the mine illustrate the difficult and dangerous work of slate miners.

The layout of the Slate Mining Trail is designed to allow individuals to plan a route best suited to their interest and physical fitness.

In front of the entry tunnels to the mines, ten roofed slate information boards can be found.

If weather and time permits, the buglers practise on Sunday mornings at the Fell Exhibition Mine and signal for the hunt.

At specific points in the mine, ex-miners describe their hard work while contemporary witnesses talk about their wartime experiences.