Coal Mine - Museum - Blaenavon, Wales, Great Britain
N 51° 46.364 W 003° 06.388
30U E 492654 N 5735766
A UNESCO World Heritage Location & A National Museum of Wales Site. Pwll Mawr - Big Pit a real coal mine from 1860 to 1980 and now a National mining museum, a living, breathing reminder of industry in Wales and the people and society it created.
Waymark Code: WMGZ1B
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/26/2013
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Pwll Mawr - Big Pit Blaeanavon, an award-winning national museum that still retains many traits of its former role as a coal mine, standing high on the heather-clad moors of Blaenafon, the tunnels and buildings that once echoed to the sound of the miners now enjoy the sound of the footsteps and chatter of visitors from all over the world.
Entry is free to all Welsh Museums. There is a £2 car parking fee.
"Pwll Mawr - Big Pit Blaeanavon, is an anchor point on the European Route of Industrial World Heritage. The route comprises of 850 sites across 32 countries and is a fantastic way of finding out about the diverse industrial history across the continents.
The museum is set in a unique industrial landscape, designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000 in recognition of its international importance to the process of industrialisation through iron and coal production"
Text above is from the Museum of Wales Web site: (
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"The area around Blaenavon is evidence of the pre-eminence of South Wales as the world's major producer of iron and coal in the 19th century. All the necessary elements can still be seen - coal and ore mines, quarries, a primitive railway system, furnaces, workers' homes, and the social infrastructure of their community." Text Source: UNESCO World Heratige Site: (
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Pwll Mawr - Big Pit Blaeanavon, an award-winning national museum that still retains many traits of its former role as a coal mine, standing high on the heather-clad moors of Blaenafon, the tunnels and buildings that once echoed to the sound of the miners now enjoy the sound of the footsteps and chatter of visitors from all over the world.
Entry is free to all Welsh Museums. There is a £2 car park fee.
The "Official Tourism" URL link to the attraction: (
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Hours of Operation:
Open daily 9.30am-5pm. Last admission 4pm. Underground Tours 10am-3.30pm.
Admission Prices:
Free