Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, Blaenavon

Name: Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
Address: Blaenavon, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Blaenavon

Unesco, Archaeological site

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Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, Blaenavon

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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. Raw materials and products were transported via horse-drawn tramroads, canals and steam railways. The Landscape includes protected or listed monuments of the industrial processes, transport infrastructure, workers' housing and other aspects of early industrialisation in South Wales. ()

Unesco: from 2000Coordinates: 51°46'13"N, 3°5'32"W

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Blaenavon Industrial Landscape – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon Ironworks, Stack Square, Coity Mountain.

0.6 miW
Museum, Historical place, Specialty museum
Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon
15 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...
0.5 miN
Museum, History museum
Blaenavon Ironworks, Blaenavon
13 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.
0.5 miN
51°46'36"N • 3°5'19"W
Stack Square, Blaenavon
12 min walk • Museum, History museum
1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Coity Mountain
27 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.
0.5 miN
Memorial
Dyne Steel Incline, Blaenavon
12 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.

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Which popular attractions are close to Blaenavon Industrial Landscape?

Nearby attractions include Dyne Steel Incline, Blaenavon (12 min walk), Stack Square, Blaenavon (12 min walk), Blaenavon Ironworks, Blaenavon (13 min walk), Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon (15 min walk).