Abertillery & District Museum, Abertillery

Name: Abertillery & District Museum
Address: Market St, Abertillery, NP13 1AH, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1495 211140

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Specialty museum, Museum

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Abertillery & District Museum (address: Market St) is a place located in Abertillery (Wales principality) and belongs to the category of specialty museum, museum.

It is situated at an altitude of 751 feet, and its geographical coordinates are 51°43'48"N latitude and 3°8'2"W longitude.

Among other places and attractions worth visiting in the area are: Guardian Sculpture (monuments and statues, 21 min walk), St Illtyd's Church (cemetery, 34 min walk), St Illtyd's Motte (forts and castles, 35 min walk).

Coordinates: 51°43'48"N, 3°8'2"W

Address

Market StAbertillery NP13 1AH United Kingdom

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+44 1495 211140

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Abertillery & District Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon Ironworks, Pen-y-fan Pond, Guardian Sculpture.

3.2 miN
Museum, Historical place, Specialty museum
Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon
81 min walk • Nestled in the rugged landscape of Wales, the Big Pit National Coal Museum offers a profound journey into the country's industrial past. As a key part of Blaenavon's UNESCO World Heritage Site, this authentic coal mine provides a poignant reminder of the community...
3.8 miNE
Museum, History museum
Blaenavon Ironworks, Blaenavon
96 min walk • 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.
2.5 miSW
Park
Pen-y-fan Pond, Blackwood
65 min walk • Pen-y-fan Pond is a man-made reservoir in South Wales built around 1794-6 as part of the engineering works for the Crumlin Arm of the Monmouthshire Canal. The reservoir was used to maintain the water level in the canal.
0.8 miS
Monuments and statues
Guardian Sculpture
21 min walk • The Guardian is a 20 m tall statue overlooking Parc Arael Griffin, the landscaped former Six Bells Colliery site, in the South Wales mining town of Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent. It was designed and created by artist Sebastien Boyesen.
4.4 miSE
Specialty museum, Art museum, Museum
Torfaen Museum, Pontypool
113 min walk • Torfaen Museum – formerly the Valley Inheritance Museum and Amgueddfa Pontypool Museum – is an accredited museum located in Pontypool, Torfaen, South Wales. It is managed by the Torfaen Museum Trust.
1.3 miS
Cemetery
St Illtyd's Church
34 min walk • St Illtyd's Church is a deconsecrated church in Llanhilleth, Blaenau Gwent, Wales. A Grade II* listed building, it is the oldest standing building in the county borough. The use of the site for worship dates back to pre-Norman times, with references to the church in a poem written in the 9th or 10th century.
3.8 miNE
51°46'36"N • 3°5'19"W
Stack Square, Blaenavon
96 min walk • Museum, History museum
3.3 miNE
, Archaeological site
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, Blaenavon
85 min walk • Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, in and around Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales, was inscribed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000. The Blaenavon Ironworks, now a museum, was a major centre of iron production using locally mined or quarried iron ore, coal and limestone.
2.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Coity Mountain
66 min walk • Coity Mountain is a flat-topped mountain in the South Wales Valleys, between Blaenavon and Abertillery. The highest points of both Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent unitary authorities are at the summit of Coity Mountain.
4.7 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Bedwellte
119 min walk • Mynydd Bedwellte is the name given to the broad ridge of high ground between the Rhymney Valley and the Sirhowy Valley in the Valleys region of South Wales. It straddles the boundary of the unitary areas of Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent.
3.7 miNE
Memorial
Dyne Steel Incline, Blaenavon
96 min walk • The Dyne Steel Incline was a steam-powered tramroad that carried tram loads of cast iron up and over the hill between the Blaenavon Ironworks and Pwll Du.