Statement by the Blaenavon Partnership

Blaenavon Industrial Landscape World Heritage Site. Designated November 2000

From the mid 18th Century the people who lived in and around Blaenavon played a leading role in the United Kingdom iron and coal industries and helped change the world through the Industrial Revolution.

As representatives of the people and of leading heritage bodies in Wales, we are committed to work together to provide effective stewardship of the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape so that this unique experience will be conserved for future generations to appreciate in the new millennium.

Increasing recognition of its extraordinary past is helping to change the perception of our community. This is greatly assisting in the sensitive regeneration of the area which suffered so badly, both economically and socially, following the decline of the iron and coal industries.Our proposals for the area have been developed by a wide partnership of interests in close consultation with local people.