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 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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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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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 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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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 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 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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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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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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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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majority of services at Cwmbran, including routes from the valleys including Blaenavon, Abergavenny, Pontypool, Blackwood, Varteg, and Hereford, travelling through...
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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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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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Thomas Hill of Dennis (section Blaenavon)
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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railway station, also known as Waen Avon, was a station on the Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway in South East Wales. To the south of the station a short line...
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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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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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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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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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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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county of Monmouthshire, Wales, from 1912 to 1941 on the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway. The station was opened on 13 July 1912 by the Great Western Railway...
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Partnership Mid Wales Capital Region Tourism Forgotten Landscapes Project (Blaenavon) Transport consortia (defunct) South East Wales Transport Alliance South...
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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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Blorenge (category Blaenavon)
northwest into Cwm Llanwenarth. To the south, gentler slopes fall away to Blaenavon at the head of the Lwyd valley. Prominent peaks seen from the Blorenge...
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Cwmafon; translation: "river valley") is a hamlet about 2 miles south of Blaenavon and 4 miles north of Pontypool. The hamlet is part of the community of...
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