Blaenavon
Blaenavon is a locality in Torfaen County Borough, Wales. Blaenavon is situated nearby to the suburb Forge Side, as well as near the village Garn-yr-erw.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Big Pit National Coal Museum and Blaenavon Ironworks.
Big Pit National Coal Museum
Museum
Photo: Arafi, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Big Pit National Coal Museum is an industrial heritage museum in Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales. A working coal mine from 1880 to 1980, it was opened to the public in 1983 as a charitable trust called the Big Pit Trust.
Blaenavon Ironworks
Museum
Photo: Alan Stanton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blaenavon Ironworks is a former industrial site which is now a museum in Blaenavon, Wales. The ironworks was of crucial importance in the development of the ability to use cheap, low quality, high sulphur iron ores worldwide.
Coity Mountain
Peak
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coity Mountain is a flat-topped mountain in the South Wales Valleys, between Blaenavon and Abertillery. The highest points of both Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent unitary authorities are at the summit of Coity Mountain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blaenavon and Brynmawr.
Blaenavon
Photo: Alan Stanton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blaenavon is a town in Torfaen, South Wales. The Blaenavon Industrial Landscape has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Brynmawr
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brynmawr is a market town, community and electoral ward in Blaenau Gwent, Wales. The town, sometimes cited as the highest town in Wales, is situated at 1,250 to 1,500 feet above sea level at the head of the South Wales Valleys.
Blaina
Town
Photo: andy dolman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blaina is a small town, situated deep within the South Wales Valleys between Brynmawr and Abertillery in the unitary authority of Blaenau Gwent, ancient parish of Aberystruth, preserved county of Gwent and historic county of Monmouthshire. Blaina is situated 3 miles west of Blaenavon.
Blaenavon
- Type: Locality
- Location: Torfaen County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.7767° or 51° 46′ 36″ northLongitude
-3.0937° or 3° 5′ 37″ westElevation
1,152 feet (351 metres)Open location code
9C3RQWG4+MGGeoNames ID
7291967
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Blaenavon” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Blaenafon”
- Bulgarian: “Блайнавон”
- Chinese: “布莱纳文”
- Cornish: “Blaenafon”
- Danish: “Blaenavon industrielle landskab”
- Georgian: “ბლაენავონი”
- Hebrew: “בלנאפון”
- Hungarian: “Blaenavon ipartörténeti műemlékei”
- Irish: “Blaenafon”
- Japanese: “ブレナヴォン”
- Russian: “Блэнавон”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Blaenafon”
- Ukrainian: “Блайневон”
- Welsh: “Blaenafon”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Blaenavon Health Care Unit and Blaenavon World Heritage Centre.
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