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Industrial Heritage Itinerary: Explore the Rich Industrial Heritage of Wales

Industrial Heritage Itinerary: Explore the Rich Industrial Heritage of Wales

Industrial heritage itinerary: explore the rich industrial heritage of

Wales has lots to offer in terms of its industrial heritage, with many industrial treasures which are well worth a 2 visit — including a site of such industrial importance it has been granted World Heritage status. The World Heritage landscape of Blaenavon, in the heart of the south Wales valleys, offers numerous attractions including the opportunity to experience life as a miner at Big Pit National Coal Museum, and as a worker at the , a site which had a significant impact on the world as we know it today. Further west is home to Big Pit National Coal Museum the National Wool Museum, located in the historic former Cambrian Mills, and in the heart of the Snowdonia At the heart of the UNESCO World Heritage landscape mountains in north Wales is the . of Blaenavon, around the corner from the Ironworks lies All four corners of Wales have an industrial story to tell… Big Pit, a former working coal mine. This award-winning museum offers an experience unparalleled in the country, and one of only two sites in the UK where 1 visitors can go underground in an original coal mine. Guided by ex-miners, visitors descend over 90 metres to the very depths of the mine and get a taste of what life was like for those who made their living at the coal face. There are further facilities to educate and entertain all ages above ground, including a multi-media virtual tour in the Mining Galleries and exhibitions in the Pithead Baths and historic colliery buildings. Admission is free.

Blaenavon Ironworks

Just under an hour’s drive from the capital city of , 3 in the famous south Wales Valleys stand Blaenavon Ironworks . The ironworks were a milestone in the history of the Industrial Revolution and at the time were at the cutting-edge of new technology. The power of steam was harnessed and a way of making steel using iron-ore was National Wool Museum developed, which led to a worldwide boom in the steel industry, taking Wales’s industrial might to a new height. Located in the heart of west Wales’s countryside, the Visitors to the site can see the refurbished Stack Square National Wool Museum tells the story of the once- cottages, to see how the workers lived through the ages, thriving woollen industry in Teifi Valley, which dominated and the recreated company truck shop. New, cutting-edge the area during its peak in the late nineteenth and early audio-post technology helps bring the story of the twentieth centuries. This gem of a museum is housed in Ironworks to life like never before. The landscape of an original mill building, where industrial machinery and Blaenavon has gained World Heritage status as a result of live weaving displays can be seen which bring to life the its revolutionary form and function. From mines to train process of 'fleece to fabric'. This once mighty industry lines, you can still trace the routes in and routes out, from produced clothing, shawls and blankets for the workers raw material to finished product. of Wales and the rest of the world. Admission is free. Industrial heritage itinerary: explore the rich industrial heritage of Wales

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Blaenavon and Big Pit can be reached from CW ar diff in just under an hour. The journey time from to the National O

Wool Museum is just over an hour. The National Slate Museum is s i t u a ted in the north Wales village of Llanberis at the

foot of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales, and approx. 1.5 hours from Liverpool.

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