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The Great Orme Mines, Llandudno
Description: City: Llandudno Newest Review: ... of more than ten people When you pay for your ticket you will be given a brochure telling you a bit about the mines and the ... more  ... 6 points of the tour. You can also buy a tour guide for £1, but we didn’t bother with this.
Come with me and I will take you on the tour…..
AUDIO VISUAL
The first stop is a room with church pews and a TV and video recorder where you are invited to sit and watch two short films of about 2 minutes each. One tells a bit about the history of the Orme site itself and the other tells a bit about the process of copper smelting.
UNDERGROUND TOUR
On your way out of the Audio Visual presentation you have to don a hard hat...more |
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The Great Orme Mines, Llandudno: Going underground! (1084 words)
by SusanLesley - written on 17.02.05 (Very useful, 372 readings)
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I have already done opinions about the Great Orme here in Llandudno and the Tramway that runs up to the sunmmit so I thought I'd tell you all about the Bronze Age Copper Mines that are next to the half way tram station. For those of you who haven't read about the Great Orme it is the headland that separates the two beaches of Llandudno, The North Shore and The West Shore (where we live). The Bronze Age Mines are about half way up and can be reached by road (there’s a decent sized car park), by means of The Great Orme Tramway (the mines are right by the halfway stop) or by good old-fashioned Shanks’ Pony – that’s walking for the uninitiated amongst ...
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