Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
|---|---|
Big Pit National Coal Museum | |
| Location | Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Criteria | Cultural: (iii), (iv) |
| Reference | 984 |
| Inscription | 2000 (24th Session) |
| Area | 3,290 ha (8,100 acres) |
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, in and around Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales, was inscribed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000. The Blaenavon Ironworks, now a museum, was a major centre of iron production using locally mined or quarried iron ore, coal and limestone. Raw materials and products were transported via horse-drawn tramroads, canals and steam railways. The Landscape includes protected or listed monuments of the industrial processes, transport infrastructure, workers' housing and other aspects of early industrialisation in South Wales.