Get fantastic views of a pair of nesting choughs that have made the cavern their home for the last nine years.

Choughs at Llechwedd Slate Caverns

19 April to 18 July

Join us at the famous Llechwedd Slate Caverns to see a pair of nesting choughs – the rarest member of the crow family.

With live CCTV footage of the nest showing at the visitor centre, see these fantastic birds in their natural environment.

Learn more about choughs in Wales and their liking for nesting in disused mine-shafts, quarries and caverns from Wales' industrial past, and find out more about the lives of the miners and the conditions they had to work in.

Step on board the Miners Tramway and, if you're lucky, watch the glossy black adults fly in and out of the cavern with food for their noisy chicks.

Entry to the visitor centre, café and shop, and to view the nestcam is free. There is a charge for taking a Deep Mine and Miners Tramway tour. RSPB members get £1 off the tramway train ride.

Opening times

Llechwedd Slate Caverns are open every day except Christmas day between 10 am-6 pm. Our webcam can be viewed 10 am-4.30 pm.

Facilities

Unfortunately, there is no disabled access on the trains.

Refreshments are available from a number of places, including the Victorian Confectionary Shop, The Miners' Arms pub serving a full lunch during the summer months, a café serving hot meals and light snacks and a retail shop.

How to get there

By road
Llechwedd Slate Caverns are situated on the A470 between Blaenau Ffestiniog and Dolwyddelan, only 3/4mile from Blaenau.

By rail
Blaenau Ffestiniog train station is approximately 3/4mile from Llechwedd Slate Caverns.

Why not make a day of it?

The Ffestiniog/Welsh Highland Railway runs from Porthmadog to Blaenau Ffestiniog on a 13½ mile journey through the picturesque Welsh valleys.

The beautiful Italianate village of Portmeirion, scene of the cult TV series The Prisoner, is approximately 20mins away by car or go to Minffordd Station which is on both the Cambrian Coast line and the Ffestiniog SteamRailway lines.

Our Aren't birds brilliant! Glaslyn Osprey Project is just 12 miles away at Pont Croesor.

• The Ffestiniog/Welsh Highland Railway
• Portmeirion

This is a partnership project with Llechwedd Slate Caverns.