Cwmavon Waterworks Substation

Cwmavon Waterworks Substation is an electrical substation in Blaenavon, Torfaen County Borough, Wales. Cwmavon Waterworks Substation is situated nearby to Cwmavon Reservoir, as well as near the historic building Former Westlake’s Brewery.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Blaenavon High Level railway station and Blaenavon Ironworks.

Blaenavon High Level railway station

Railway station

Blaenavon High Level is a railway station on the preserved Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway, serving the World Heritage Site and town of Blaenavon, south Wales. Blaenavon High Level railway station is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Cwmavon Waterworks Substation.

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. Blaenavon Ironworks is situated 2 miles northwest of Cwmavon Waterworks Substation.

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. Big Pit National Coal Museum is situated 2 miles northwest of Cwmavon Waterworks Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cwmavon and Varteg.

Cwmavon

Village

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Cwmavon is a hamlet about 2 miles south of Blaenavon and 4 miles north of Pontypool. The hamlet is part of the community of Abersychan in the county borough of Torfaen in south east Wales, and is within the boundaries of the historic county of Monmouthshire.