Blaenavon Ironworks
Blaenavon Ironworks, officially spelled Blaenafon Ironworks since 2024, 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.
- Museum
- …lies at an elevation of 1,165 feet (355 metres)
- …is operated by Cadw
- Opening hours: November–March Friday–Sunday 10:00 AM–4:00 PM and April–October 10:00 AM–5:00 PM
- Description: former ironworks transformed into a museum, in Blaenavon, Wales
- Also known as“Blaenafon Ironworks”“Gwaith haearn Blaenafon”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Blast Furnaces, Blaenavon Ironworks and Balance Tower, Blaenavon Ironworks.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blaenavon and Pwll Du.
Blaenavon Ironworks
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Latitude
51.77692° or 51° 46′ 37″ north
Longitude
-3.0894° or 3° 5′ 22″ west
Open location code
9C3RQWG6+Q6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritage
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Blaenavon Ironworks” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Blaenavon Ironworks”
- Basque: “Gwaith haearn Blaenafon”
- Catalan: “Blaenavon Ironworks”
- Catalan: “Gwaith haearn Blaenafon”
- Dutch: “Blaenavon Ironworks”
- French: “Blaenavon Iron & Steel Company”
- French: “Blaenavon Iron and Coal Company”
- French: “Blaenavon Iron and Steel Company”
- French: “Blaenavon Ironworks”
- French: “Gwaith haearn Blaenafon”
- French: “Usine sidérurgique de Blaenavon”
- German: “Blaenavon Ironworks”
- Hebrew: “מפעל הברזל בלאנבון”
- Irish: “Blaenavon Ironworks”
- Irish: “Gwaith haearn Blaenafon”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Blaenavon Ironworks”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Blaenavon Ironworks”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Gwaith haearn Blaenafon”
- Swedish: “Blaenavon Ironworks”
- Swedish: “Gwaith haearn Blaenafon”
- Ukrainian: “Блайневонський металургійний завод”
- Welsh: “Gwaith Haearn Blaenafon”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Blowing Engine and Blast Furnace No. 1.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Cast House and Storage Shed.
Wales: Highlights
Learn more about Cardiff and Swansea.
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
Curious Museums to Discover
Uncover intriguing museums from every corner of the globe.