Blaenavon (Welsh: Blaenafon) is a town in Torfaen, South Wales. The Blaenavon Industrial Landscape has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Blaenavon from the grounds of the Big Pit museum
Get in
- Just south of the A465 Heads of the Valleys Road on the B4246 7 miles of Abergavenny.
- bus 34 from Brynmawr or X24 from Newport.
Get around
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51°46′25″N 3°4′58″W
Map of BlaenavonSee
- 1 The Big Pit, ☏ 44 1495 790311. Dec-Jan: 10AM–4:30PM, Feb-Nov: 9:30AM–5PM. The National Museum of Wales has turned this former coal mine into a look back at what mining life was like in days gone by. The highlight of the trip is an underground tour of the mine itself, led by a retired Welsh miner. Free.
- 2 , NP4 9RN, ☏ 44 1495 792615. Free.
Do
- 1 , Broad Street, NP4 9ND, ✉[email protected].
Buy
- 1 Blaenafon Cheddar Company, 80 Broad St, ☏ 44 1495 793123.
Eat
- 1 [dead link]Butterflies, 31 Old Queen St,, ☏ 44 1495 791 044.
Drink
Sleep
- 1 Oakfield B&B, 1 Oakfield Terrace, Varteg Road, Blaenavon, Torfaen, NP4 9DS, ☏ 44 1495 792829, ✉[email protected]. Family run friendly bed and breakfast accommodation in the World Heritage Site