Stilexo

Stilexo is a building in Blaenavon, Torfaen County Borough, Wales. Stilexo is situated nearby to the historic building Coity House (Doncasters Ltd), as well as near the building Blaenavon Hospital.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Big Pit National Coal Museum and Blaenavon Ironworks.

Big Pit National Coal Museum

Museum

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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 2,200 feet southwest of Stilexo.

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 1,900 feet east of Stilexo.

Big Pit Halt railway station

Railway station

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Big Pit Halt railway station is a railway station on the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway heritage line, adjacent to Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales. Big Pit Halt railway station is situated 1,700 feet west of Stilexo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blaenavon and Pwll Du.

Blaenavon

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Blaenavon is a town in Torfaen, South Wales. The Blaenavon Industrial Landscape has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Pwll Du

Locality

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Pwll Du was a village in Monmouthshire, Wales. It was declared a slum in 1960 and demolished in 1963. The main employment was provided by nearby limestone quarries and by the iron works in Blaenavon.