Facilities and Contacts

Facilities & Contact Information

The upper building within the Heritage Centre is a multi-functional space which features a gallery and large teaching room.

The gallery is used as a temporary exhibition area and flexible study/teaching area for object handling workshops and creative activities. The gallery is also available as a packed lunch eating area.

The teaching room features a digital projector and can be used to view film media which is not available within the main exhibition.

Heritage Centre

The Heritage Centre features its own on-site café which can cater for groups and offers a wide range of refreshments, snacks and light meals. There are toilets on site.

Within the reception space, there is a tourist information office and a gift shop selling a range of pocket-money priced souvenirs.

Dedicated coach drop-off and parking is available opposite the World Heritage Centre which is accessed by means of a pelican crossing.

The Heritage Centre is fully-accessible to visitors with limited physical mobility. Audio-visual media is accompanied by hearing loops and subtitles. All information is available in English and Welsh; French is also available as an option for all audio-visual media and touch-screen interactives.

For educational bookings and enquiries, please contact:

Ceri Cadwallader on 01495 742333 or ceri.cadwallader@torfaen.gov.uk|

Blaenavon World Heritage Centre, Church Road, Blaenavon, Torfaen, NP4 9AS

Opening times

1 April to 30 September: 09.00 - 17.00  -  Tuesday - Sunday

1 October to 31 March: 09.00 - 16.00  -  Tuesday - Sunday