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

Blaenavon from the grounds of the Big Pit museum

See

• The Big Pit, ☏ +44 1495 790311. Dec-Jan: 10AM–4:30PM, Feb-Nov: 9:30AM–5PM. The National Museum of Wales has turned this former coal mine into a look back at what mining life was like in days gone by. The highlight of the trip is an underground tour of the mine itself, led by a retired Welsh miner. Free. 
• Blaenavon Ironworks, NP4 9RN, ☏ +44 1495 792615. Free. 
• Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway, Broad Street, NP4 9ND, info@pbrly.co.uk. 

Sleep

• 1 Oakfield B&B, 1 Oakfield Terrace, Varteg Road, Blaenavon, Torfaen, NP4 9DS, ☏ +44 1495 792829, enquiries@oakfieldbnb.com. Family run friendly bed and breakfast accommodation in the World Heritage Site