Visitor attractions and information - Pontypool
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 Big Pit National Mining Museum, Blaenavon,
Torfaen, NP4 9XP. Tel: 01495 790311. Big Pit as part of the National
Museums and Galleries of Wales make no charge for entry. Visitors
must be 5 years of age or at least 1 metre tall to go underground.
Catering including taste of Wales in the original miners' canteen.
Gift shop. Refreshments. Souvenirs. About 6 miles north of Pontypool. |
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Griffithstown
Railway Museum, Station Road, Griffithstown, Pontypool, Torfaen,
NP4 5JH. Tel. (01495) 762908. A fine collection of railway memorabilia
and model railway. Model Shop. Steam Train rides through the
grounds of the museum. Refreshments also available. www.griffithstownrailwaymuseum.co.uk. Location: On the outskirts of Pontypool. |
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Llanyrafon Farm and Mill, Llanfrecha Way,
Llanyrafon, Cwmbran, NP44 8HT. Tel: 01633 861 810. There is evidence
that there was a mill here in 1632. Collection details Science
and Technology, Social History. Location: About 3 miles south of Pontypool. |
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The Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway Co.,
'The Railway Shop', 13a Broad Street, Blaenavon, Torfaen, NP4
9ND. Tel: 01495 792 263. The Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway
was started in 1980, and is operated exclusively by volunteers
who form the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway Company (1983)
Ltd. and its support group the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway
Society. www.pontypool-and-blaenavon.co.uk. About 5 miles north of Pontypool. |
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Pontypool lies in Gwent, a preserved county in southeast
Wales consisting of City of Newport, Blaenau Gwent county borough,
Torfaen county borough, Caerphilly county borough and Monmouthshire.
The region has numerous attractions including the many stone
castles built and fortified by the Normans, Offa's Dyke and the
Black Mountains where tiny villages and churches are set in a
rolling green landscape of picturesque hills and valleys.
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