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Brief synthesis. The landscape of Blaenavon, at the upper end of the Avon Llwyd valley in South Wales, provides exceptional testimony to the area’s international importance in iron making and coal mining in the late 18th and the early 19th century.
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.
World Heritage Site Status. Blaenavon Industrial Landscape was inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000 in recognition of the exceptional testimony to the dynamic forces that drove the Industrial Revolution that is told through the areas heritage assets.
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape was designated a World Heritage Site (WHS) by UNESCO in 2000. It is considered to be of outstanding international importance and has special legal protection. Blaenavon is at the gateway to the South Wales Valleys and partly in the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park.
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A tour of the UNESCO World Heritage listed industrial landscape around Blaenavon in southern Wales. This small area of coal mines, ironworks, towns and mills...
The area around Blaenavon was recognised by UNESCO in 2000 as a valuable example of an industrial landscape, thanks to its well-preserved collection of ironworks, mines and other relics. As a local who lives just up the road from Blaenavon, here are a few of my historic highlights.
