Big Pit National Coal Museum

Part of Big Pit


Coal Museum

Worked from 1983

Oct 26th, 2024 from MuseumList by BertyBasset

Oct 27th, 2024 by BertyBasset


South Wales
Blaenavon
51.7721252, -3.1056111
SO 2381 0874
Private Land
#26,491

Cafe, Museum, Mine tours, Free entry

Now home to the national coal mining museum of Wales which is free to visit. Remains on site include;

  • Headframe
  • Pithead Baths
  • Blacksmiths Shop
  • Stable
  • Fan + Coity pits shaft
  • Dodds Slope adit
  • 1980 Working mine closes
  • 1983 Opened to public as Big Pit (Blaenavon) chartitable trust
  • 2001 Incorporated into National Museums and Galleries of Wales as National Mining Museum of Wales

Forge Side, Blaenavon,NP4 9XG
03001112333
bigpit@museumwales.ac.uk
Daily 9:30am - 4:30pm, Slighter longer in Summer

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