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Zip World Penrhyn Quarry houses the world's fastest, and Europe's longest zip line, known as Velocity 2. The four parallel zip lines span almost 1 mile (1.6 kilometres) across and 500 feet (150 m) over the quarry's lake, reaching speeds over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h).
The zip line Velocity 2 flies over an abandoned and partially flooded part of the quarry. [ 9 ] Welsh slate such as that quarried at Penrhyn was designated by the International Union of Geological Sciences as a ' Global Heritage Stone Resource ' early in 2019 in recognition of its significant contribution to world architectural heritage.
Saint Martin's Rockland Estate Rainforest Adventures zip-line (opened 24 November 2017), dropping 320 metres (1,050 ft) across the 853 metres (2,799 ft) of cable. [41] The Letalnica bratov Gorišek zip-line, on the ski jumping hill in Planica, Slovenia (opened 19 September 2015). It is 566 metres (1,857 ft) long with a 202 metres (663 ft ...
Sean Taylor gave evidence at the Welsh Affairs Committee on how to make the country a global tourist destination.
The dominant language of the town is Welsh and can be seen written and heard spoken in most settings. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, 77.5% of the residents are Welsh-speaking (with some parts being over 80.0%+), [20] higher than the average for both Gwynedd and Wales as a whole. In successive census returns (1901 and 1911 ...
While Scotland and Northern Ireland received proportional funds to HS2, Wales has been designated a share of Network North project. Fact check: North Wales main line will receive £1 billion of ...
In 2014 the Bounce Below attraction, described as "the world's largest underground trampoline", opened in the mine caverns [4] along with the Zip World wire course outside. [5] As part of the 2014 developments a new guided Victorian Mine Tour opened combining the funicular, the tunnels from the two previous tours and some tunnels newly opened ...
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