Blaenavon World Heritage Site: Homepage

Robert Gulliford

“I like Blaenavon because of its wealth of interest and important sites of tourism for locals and visitors of all ages.”

Description:: The World Heritage Centre will be open seven days a week between 1st February and 5th April
Date:: 08/02/2010

Description:: Blaenavon World Heritage Centre will be hosting a Wedding Fayre on Saturday 30 January 2010
Date:: 13/01/2010

Description:: Blaenavon has been brought to a standstill by weeks of heavy snow throughout December and January.
Date:: 13/01/2010

Description:: The Community Heritage and Cordell Museum provides a deeper insight into the work of the author Alexander Cordell and is a treasure trove of artefacts and historical records relating to Blaenavon's past.
Location:: Blaenavon
Type:: Museum
Telephone:: 01495 790991
Address:: Lion Street, NP4 9QA

Description:: Start your visit to Blaenavon at the World Heritage Centre, where the story of Blaenavon and all of its attractions is told. It also contains the Tourist Information Centre.
Location:: Blaenavon
Type:: Heritage site
Telephone:: 01495 742333
Address:: Church Road, NP4 9AS

Description:: Blaenavon Ironworks was the setting of the BBC series Coal House. It is the best preserved 18th Century ironworks in the world and contains much to interest visitors of all ages.
Location:: Blaenavon
Type:: Heritage site, Museum
Telephone:: 01495 792615
Address:: North Street, NP4 9RQ
Website:: www.cadw.wales.gov.uk

Description:: The Heritage Railway is the highest standard gauged preserved railway in England and Wales. It passes the picturesque Garn Lakes and commands spectacular views of the Industrial Landscape.
Location:: Blaenavon
Type:: Heritage site, View point
Telephone:: 01495 792263
Address:: Furnace Sidings, NP4 9PT
Website:: www.pontypool-and-blaenavon.co.uk

Description:: Big Pit offers the unique experience of going underground to learn about coalmining. If you don't wish to go underground, there is plenty to see and do on the surface too.
Location:: Blaenavon
Type:: Heritage site, Museum
Telephone:: 01495 790311
Website:: www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/bigpit/

23/12/2009 - 13/02/2010

Ffarwel Cymru (Farewell Wales) - an exhibition on Welsh migration overseas

06/01/2010 - 26/02/2010

Textiles Exhibition by Torfaen Textile Artists curated by Jane Dorsett

13/02/2010

Make your own Valentine’s card at the Blaenavon World Heritage Centre

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