Blaenavon - town in Torfaen, Wales, UK
Blaenavon (Welsh: Blaenafon) is a town in Torfaen, South Wales. The Blaenavon Industrial Landscape has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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
See
- The Big Pit, 51.7724°, -3.105°, +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
- Blaenavon Ironworks, NP4 9RN, 51.7765°, -3.08876°, +44 1495 792615. Free
Do
- Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway, Broad Street, NP4 9ND, 51.778615°, -3.111294°, info@pbrly.co.uk.
Buy
- Blaenafon Cheddar Company, 80 Broad St, 51.773762°, -3.083887°, +44 1495 793123. 2016-11-09
Eat
- Butterflies, 31 Old Queen St,, 51.774385°, -3.081524°, +44 1495 791 044. 2016-11-09
Drink
Sleep
- Oakfield B&B, 1 Oakfield Terrace, Varteg Road, Blaenavon, Torfaen, NP4 9DS, 51.7694°, -3.0843°, +44 1495 792829, enquiries@oakfieldbnb.com. Family run friendly bed and breakfast accommodation in the World Heritage Site
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Related: UNESCO World Heritage List
Torfaen County Borough
2nd-order administrative division
Wales
Primary administrative division