Zion Baptist Chapel

Zion Baptist Chapel is a church in Blaenavon, Torfaen County Borough, Wales which is located on Forge Road. Zion Baptist Chapel is situated nearby to Forge Side Post Office, as well as near the building Electricity Power House, C Row (NW Side).

Type: Church
Description: Baptist chapel in Forge Side
Also known as: “Zion Baptist Church” and “Zion Baptist Church, Forge Road (S Side), Forge Side”
Address: Forge Road, Forge Side, Blaenavon, NP4 9DN

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Big Pit National Coal Museum and Electricity Power House, C Row (NW Side).

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 2,200 feet west of Zion Baptist Chapel.

Electricity Power House, C Row (NW Side)

Building

Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Electricity Power House, C Row (NW Side) is a building, which is situated 640 feet west of Zion Baptist Chapel.

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 2,700 feet northeast of Zion Baptist Chapel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blaenavon and Pwll Du.

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.

Pwll Du

Locality

Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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. Pwll Du is situated 2 miles north of Zion Baptist Chapel.