Big Pit National Coal Museum

Big Pit National Coal Museum is an industrial heritage in , , . 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.
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  • Museum
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • …is operated by National Museum Wales
  • Opening hours: 9:30 AM–5:00 PM
  • Description: former coal mine and industrial heritage museum in Blaenavon in south-east Wales, United Kingdom
  • Address: Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, NP4 9XP
  • Email: bigpit@museumwales.ac.uk
  • Also known as
    “Amgueddfa Lofaol Cymru”
    “Big Pit”
    “Big Pit Mining Museum”
    “Big Pit: The National Mining Museum Of Wales”
    “Pwll Mawr”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Big Pit Halt railway station and Coity Mountain.
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is a railway station… is situated 780 feet north of Big Pit National Coal Museum.
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is a flat-topped mountain in the South…
Alan Stanton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, officially spelled Blaenafon… is situated 4,100 feet northeast of Big Pit National Coal Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blaenavon and Pwll Du.
Alan Stanton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in Torfaen, .
Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
was a village in , Wales. is situated 2 miles north of Big Pit National Coal Museum.
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is a ward of . is situated 2½ miles southwest of Big Pit National Coal Museum.

Big Pit National Coal Museum

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Latitude
51.77189° or 51° 46′ 19″ north
Longitude
-3.10568° or 3° 6′ 20″ west
Open location code
9C3RQVCV+QP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 107285798
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q4906133

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Big Pit National Coal Museum” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Amgueddfa Lofaol Cymru”
  • Basque: “Big Pit National Coal Museum”
  • Catalan: “Amgueddfa Lofaol Cymru”
  • Catalan: “Big Pit National Coal Museum”
  • Chinese: “大坑國家煤炭博物館”
  • Danish: “Big Pit National Coal Museum”
  • Dutch: “Big Pit National Coal Museum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف بيج بيت الوطنى للفحم”
  • French: “Amgueddfa Lofaol Cymru”
  • French: “Big Pit National Coal Museum”
  • French: “Musée national du charbon, mine de Big Pit”
  • German: “Big Pit National Coal Museum”
  • Irish: “Amgueddfa Lofaol Cymru”
  • Irish: “Big Pit National Coal Museum”
  • Italian: “Big Pit National Coal Museum”
  • Japanese: “ビッグ・ピット国立石炭博物館”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Amgueddfa Lofaol Cymru”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Big Pit National Coal Museum”
  • Spanish: “Big Pit National Coal Museum”
  • Swedish: “Amgueddfa Lofaol Cymru”
  • Swedish: “Big Pit National Coal Museum”
  • Welsh: “Amgueddfa Lofaol Cymru”
  • Welsh: “Big Pit: Amgueddfa Lofaol Cymru”
  • Welsh: “Pwll Mawr”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Electricity Power House, C Row (NW Side) and Coity House (Doncasters Ltd).

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