Blaenavon
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.
See
- 🌍 The Big Pit, ☏ +44 1495 790311. Dec-Jan: call for hours, Feb-Nov: 9:30AM–5PM; Underground tours: 10AM-3:30PM. 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.
- 🌍 , NP4 9RN, ☏ +44 1495 792615. Free.
Do
- 🌍 , Broad Street, NP4 9ND, info@pbrly.co.uk.
Buy
- 🌍 Blaenafon Cheddar Company, 80 Broad St, ☏ +44 1495 793123.
Eat
- 🌍 Butterflies, 31 Old Queen St,, ☏ +44 1495 791 044.
Sleep
- 🌍 Oakfield B&B, 1 Oakfield Terrace, Varteg Road, Blaenavon, Torfaen, NP4 9DS, ☏ +44 1495 792829, enquiries@oakfieldbnb.com. Family run friendly bed and breakfast accommodation in the World Heritage Site
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