Blaenavon Industrial Landscape World Heritage Site

Official name

Blaenavon Industrial Landscape | UNESCO

Country

United Kingdom | Map

Continent

Europe

Location

Blaenavon,40 km NE of Cardiff, Wales
51.7763° Lat, -3.8800° Lon | Map

Code

984

Time Zone

Europe/London (BST, +0100)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 2000. 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.