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    Blaenavon (Welsh: Blaenafon) is a town and community in Torfaen county borough, Wales, high on a hillside on the source of the Afon Lwyd. It is within...
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  • Blaenavon railway station may refer to: Blaenavon High Level railway station, now on the preserved Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway Blaenavon Low Level...
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    Torfaen (section Blaenavon)
    river") – which flows through the county borough from its source north of Blaenavon southward through Abersychan, Pontypool, and Cwmbran. The last three towns...
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    Blaenavon Ironworks is a former industrial site which is now a museum in Blaenavon, Wales. The ironworks was of crucial importance in the development of...
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    The Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Pont-y-pŵl a Blaenafon) is a 3.5-mile (5.6 km) volunteer-run heritage railway in South Wales,...
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    Blaenavon was an English indie rock band based out of Hampshire. The band was composed of Ben Gregory (vocals, guitars), Frank Wright (bass), Scott Roach...
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    Blaenavon Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Blaenafon) was a small community hospital located in Blaenavon, Wales. It was managed by the Aneurin Bevan University...
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    Football teams in the area are: Blaenavon Blues, Blaenavon Fairfield United F.C., Garndiffaith Forgeside AFC, Blaenavon Griffithstown AFC, Griffithstown...
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  • Blaenavon Rugby Football Club are a Welsh rugby union club based in the town of Blaenavon, South Wales. Blaenavon RFC is one of the older members of the...
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    Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, in and around Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales, was inscribed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000. The Blaenavon Ironworks...
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    Blaenavon Low Level railway station was the northern terminus of the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company line from Pontypool to Blaenavon in Monmouthshire...
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    majority of services at Cwmbran, including routes from the valleys including Blaenavon, Abergavenny, Pontypool, Blackwood, Varteg, and Hereford, travelling through...
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  • The Blaenavon Railroad was a horse drawn tramroad built to link Blaenavon Ironworks with the Monmouthshire Canal in south east Wales. In 1789 most of...
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    Blaenafon) are in Lion Street, Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales. The structure, which was used as the headquarters of Blaenavon Urban District Council, is a Grade...
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  • rock band, Blaenavon. The album was released through Atlantic Records on 7 April 2017. "Reviews and Tracks for That's Your Lot by Blaenavon". Metacritic...
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    Blaenavon High Level is a railway station on the preserved Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway, serving the World Heritage Site and town of Blaenavon, south...
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    Big Pit National Coal Museum (category Blaenavon)
    Pwll Mawr Amgueddfa Lofaol Cymru) is an industrial heritage museum in Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales. A working coal mine from 1880 to 1980, it was opened...
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  • Afon Llwyd, between Pontypool and Blaenavon. Varteg owes its origin to the fact that the land lease for the Blaenavon Ironworks was too big, and portions...
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  • The Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway was a railway line in South Wales, within the historic boundaries of Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire, originally built...
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  • Approximate date – Britain's longest tramroad tunnel is opened at Pwll du near Blaenavon in South Wales. The Pwll Du Tunnel is more than a mile (2400 m) in length...
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    County Borough Council Principal settlements Blaenavon Cwmbran Pontypool Electoral wards Abersychan Blaenavon Brynwern Coed Eva Croesyceiliog North Croesyceiliog...
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    Walls of King Edward I in Gwynedd; Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal; the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape; and The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales. Remnants...
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    railway station on the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway heritage line, adjacent to Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales. The station opened on 6 April...
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    Cardiff Blaenavon Nantgarw Dre-fach Felindre Llanberis Caerleon Swansea St David's Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, branded as simply Amgueddfa Cymru (formerly...
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    org "Blaenavon World Heritage Site: Blaenavon Ironworks: A Brief History". Archived from the original on 2013-02-10. Retrieved 2012-01-22. Blaenavon Ironworks...
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  • Ogof Draenen Location North of Blaenavon, Wales Coordinates 51°48′01″N 3°05′36″W / 51.8003°N 3.0933°W / 51.8003; -3.0933 Length 66 kilometres (41.0 mi)...
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    served mainly by the London and North Western Railway's Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway. The ironwork's main office building and quadrangle were designed...
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  • son, was an ironmaster, and the leading partner in the establishment of Blaenavon Ironworks in south east Wales. Thomas Hill was born near Stourbridge around...
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    staff in such a cruel and appalling manner." In conjunction with The Blaenavon Workmen's Hall, one of the finest remaining mining institute's in South...
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    Archived from the original on 12 June 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2018. Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, UNESCO, retrieved 28 July 2009 Castles and Town...
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