Blaenavon Community Museum

Refreshment Stops

The Heritage Site can offer a variety of eating experiences including fine dining, traditional welsh dishes and coffee and cake, all served in unique locations across the Site.

Big Pit National Coal Museum

Butterflies

Heritage Tea Rooms

Explore Blaenavon

1 Day Itinerary

Take a tour around the Blaenavon World Heritage Site. Venture 300ft underground, see the remains of the blast furnaces, walk through the industrial landscape and sample some of the locally produced ale.

Experience lunch in the Miners’ Canteen in the Pithead Baths, serving various refreshments including snacks, cakes and hot meals.

Blaenavon, NP4 9RL www.museum.wales/bigpit

The Lion Hotel offers a fantastic selection off fine dining dishes using the best ingredients that Wales has to offer.

Blaenavon, NP4 9NH www.thelionhotelblaenavon.co.uk

Parkway Hotel & Spa

Ideal refreshment stop for groups of all sizes. Freshest ingredients. Fine dining, buffet menus, etc,. Private rooms and entertainment can be arranged. Cwmbran, NP44 3UW www.parkwayhotelandspa.com

Butterflies Restaurant, situated in the heart of Blaenavon, offers a vast selection of traditional foods and a la carte menus.

Blaenavon, NP4 9PN butterfliesblaenavon.com

Little Crown

Specialising in traditional Welsh fare, game, grills and vegetarian dishes, there is definitely something for everyone in this unique pub.

Wainfein, NP4 6DR www.thelittlecrown.co.uk

Cafe Cwtch - Greenmeadow Farm Located in the Blaenavon World Heritage Centre, have lunch or coffee and cake whilst enjoying the views over the Coity Mountain.

Blaenavon, NP4 9AE www.visitblaeanvon.co.uk

Rifleman’s Arms

This traditional pub, on the outskirts of Blaenavon Heritage Town serves traditional dishes with a very comfortable, welcoming atmosphere.

Blaenavon, NP4 9QS tel: +44 (0)1495 792297

Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre

Delicious, home cooked food using own produce wherever possible. Suitable for groups of all sizes.

Cwmbran, NP44 5AJ www.greenmeadowcommunityfarm.org.uk

Home cooked good, especially known for afternoon tea. Great for groups up to 20 - private room can be provided.

Cwmbran, NP44 1PD www.lgac.org.uk

Stop 1 – Blaenavon World Heritage Centre The perfect place to start your visit, the Centre features an interactive Victorian schoolroom, film and multi-media displays telling the story of the World Heritage Site. Visit the gift shop and café. Admission FREE. www.visitblaenavon.co.uk

Stop 2 – Blaenavon Ironworks Visit the Stack Square cottages and see how generations of workers lived and call into the recreated company truck shop. Don’t miss the cast houses coming to life through sound and light. cadw.gov.wales/visit/places-to-visit/blaenavon-ironworks

Stop 3 – Blaenavon Heritage Town Take time to explore the town, the best preserved early iron town in Wales. Follow the town trail using the Blaenavon Digital Passport App and visit one of the cafes and receive a warm welcome. www.visitblaenavon.co.uk

Stop 4 – Big Pit National Coal Museum Big Pit National Coal Mining Museum is one of the few mining museums where visitors can descend in the pit cage. Visit the places where generations of coal miners worked. Admission Free. www.museum.wales/bigpit

Stop 5 –Rhymney Brewery Visitor Centre Journey through the history of the Rhymney Brewery up until the modern day in the Visitor Centre and watch the brewing process of award winning ales. Sample beers in the Brewery’s own pub. www.rhymneybreweryltd.com