Blaenavon

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community former industrial town town

Blaenavon is a historic Welsh town in Torfaen, renowned for its rich coal and ironworking heritage and its designation as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Label Occurrences
Blaenavon canonical 19
Blaenavon area 3
Blaenavon town 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf community ⓘ
former industrial town ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeCounty Torfaen ⓘ
surface form: Torfaen County Borough
conservationStatus protected historic landscape ⓘ
country Wales ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of Welsh industrial heritage ⓘ
economicHistory heavy industry ⓘ
economicTransition from coal and iron to heritage and tourism ⓘ
elevationCharacteristic upland town ⓘ
governingBody Torfaen County Borough Council ⓘ
hasEducationalFacility Blaenavon World Heritage Centre education services ⓘ
hasFeature historic industrial remains ⓘ
terraced workers’ housing ⓘ
hasLandmark Big Pit National Coal Museum ⓘ
Blaenavon Ironworks ⓘ
Blaenavon World Heritage Centre ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding St Peter’s Church, Blaenavon ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageManagement Cadw involvement in site preservation ⓘ
heritageTheme Industrial Revolution ⓘ
historicalActivity coal extraction ⓘ
iron ore extraction ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfGrowth 19th century ⓘ
industrialComplex Blaenavon Ironworks ⓘ
knownFor coal mining ⓘ
industrial heritage ⓘ
ironworking ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ
locatedIn South Wales Valleys ⓘ
surface form: South Wales

Torfaen ⓘ
historic county of Monmouthshire ⓘ
valleys of South Wales ⓘ
locatedNear Abergavenny ⓘ
locatedOn edge of the South Wales Coalfield ⓘ
miningSite Big Pit colliery ⓘ
nearNaturalFeature Brecon Beacons in Wales ⓘ
surface form: Brecon Beacons National Park
partOf Blaenavon Industrial Landscape ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
postalCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
region Blaenau Gwent and Torfaen area ⓘ
tourismType industrial heritage tourism ⓘ
transportHistory served by former railway lines for coal and iron ⓘ
UNESCOSiteType cultural site ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2000 ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blaenavon Industrial Landscape → locatedIn → Blaenavon ⓘ
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape → contains → Blaenavon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blaenavon town
Torfaen → containsSettlement → Blaenavon ⓘ
Torfaen → hasTown → Blaenavon ⓘ
Pontypool → hasNearbyTown → Blaenavon ⓘ
Gwent → contains → Blaenavon ⓘ
Afon Llwyd → flowsThrough → Blaenavon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blaenavon area
Blaenavon Ironworks → locatedIn → Blaenavon ⓘ
Garn-yr-erw quarries → locatedIn → Blaenavon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blaenavon area
Garn-yr-erw quarries → locatedNear → Blaenavon ⓘ
Hafod Arch → locatedNear → Blaenavon ⓘ
Hill’s Tramroad → locatedIn → Blaenavon ⓘ
Pwll Du quarries → locatedIn → Blaenavon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blaenavon area
Pwll Du quarries → near → Blaenavon ⓘ
Pwll Du tunnel → locatedIn → Blaenavon ⓘ
Big Pit colliery → locatedIn → Blaenavon ⓘ
Torfaen County Borough Council → governs → Blaenavon ⓘ
Torfaen (UK Parliament constituency) → containsTown → Blaenavon ⓘ
Abersychan → locatedNear → Blaenavon ⓘ
Blorenge → hasRoadAccessFrom → Blaenavon ⓘ
South Wales iron industry → majorCenter → Blaenavon ⓘ
NP postcode area → hasPostTown → Blaenavon ⓘ
Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway → locatedIn → Blaenavon ⓘ
Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway → connectsTo → Blaenavon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blaenavon town