Blaenavon
in Torfaen County Borough of Wales, United Kingdom
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Cardiff International Airport (28 mi) - Bristol Filton Airport (28 mi)
- MOD St. Athan (30 mi)
- Bristol International Airport (31 mi)
- Gloucestershire Airport (40 mi)
- Swansea Airport (44 mi)
- RNAS Yeovilton (56 mi)
- Exeter International Airport (73 mi)
- Bournemouth Airport (87 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 7 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 68 mi)
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (Unesco heritage, 83 mi)
- Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (Unesco heritage, 98 mi)
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (Unesco heritage, 131 mi)
- Celtic Manor Resort (Golf course, 14 mi)
- Belmont Golf Club (Golf course, 23 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.774 and -3.085 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 46' 26" and W -3° 5' 7"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 06:50 AM (Monday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:44 am and 8:34 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.817 and 170.717 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Otakou - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-04-28 08:22:10
Discover Blaenavon
Blaenavon in Torfaen County Borough (Wales) with it's 5,647 citizens is a town in United Kingdom about 128 mi (or 206 km) west of London, the country's capital city.
Current time in Blaenavon is now 06:50 AM (Monday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 9 airports near Blaenavon, of which 4 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Cardiff International Airport in a distance of 28 mi (or 46 km), South-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in United Kingdom is Blaenavon Industrial Landscape in a distance of 7 mi (or 12 km), East. Also, if you like playing golf, there are a few options in driving distance. Looking for a place to stay? we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Pontypool, Cwm, Brynmawr, Crumlin and New Inn. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 10°C / 49 °F
| Morning Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 9°C / 48 °F |
| Night Temperature | 9°C / 49 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 14% |
| Air Humidity | 95% |
| Air Pressure | 1010 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 15 km/h (10 mph) from North |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Tuesday, 30th of April 2024
12°C (54 °F)
6°C (42 °F)
Moderate rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 1st of May 2024
10°C (49 °F)
8°C (46 °F)
Moderate rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Thursday, 2nd of May 2024
8°C (47 °F)
7°C (44 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
The Angel Hotel Abergavenny
Dragon Inn Crickhowell
Llanwenarth Hotel
BW PONTYPOOL METRO HOTEL
Bear Crickhowell
Pontypool
TRAVELODGE PONTYPOOL
Videos from this area
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Blaenavon heritage railway
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Darren Graceland Jones - See See Rider
Elvis Tribute Double Bill: Darren Jones + Ricky Rivers Recorded at Blaenavon Workman's Hall.
Bunkers Row, Blaenavon, Torfaen - Royal Commission Animation
An animation produced by RCAHMW and See3D Ltd showing the reconstruction and evolution of workers' housing at Bunkers Row, Blaenavon. The animation was carried out as part of the European ...
Darren Graceland Jones - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Elvis Tribute Double Bill: Darren Jones + Ricky Rivers Recorded at Blaenavon Workman's Hall.
Elgam & District Workingmen's Club. Blaenavon 2015
Elgam & District Workingmen's Club, Blaenavon. 3rd January 2015.
Flying Elephants Aerial Solutions: Blaenavon World Heritage Site using Drones / UAV
www.flyingelephants.co.uk | facebook.com/aerialelephants | twitter.com/flyelephants.
Linesides at Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway 15.10.11
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SOUND OF STEAM TRAINS AT PONTYPOOL & BLAENAVON RAILWAY 7
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Varteg
Varteg (Welsh: Farteg or Y Farteg) is a village in the county borough of Torfaen in Wales.
Ogof Draenen
Ogof Draenen (Welsh for Hawthorn Cave) is, at 66 km (official figure; the true length of passage is still being revised upward, with a rough modern approximation at it being 70 km), the longest cave system in Wales and the second longest in Great Britain behind the Easegill System, Lost Johns and Notts 2 system in North Yorkshire. The cave was known only as a small entrance on a steep hillside until several years of digging broke through into major passage development in October 1994.
Forge Side
Forge Side (Welsh: Ger yr Efail) is a small village of tightly packed rows of iron workers' cottages on the hillside to the west of Blaenavon in the north of Torfaen county borough, South Wales. Some of the rows retain the original naming system of 'C Row', 'D Row' 'E Row' etc. The Welsh name (a direct translation of the English) is fairly modern. Forgeside has a rugby team which play in the Welsh league division 6 East.
Coity Mountain
Coity Mountain is a flat-topped mountain in the South Wales Valleys, between Blaenavon and Abertillery. The highest points of both Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent unitary authorities are at the summit of Coity Mountain. The summit is also known as Twyn Ffynhonnau Goerion. Some 2km to the southeast lies a major subsidiary top of the hill, Mynydd Varteg Fawr (549m) at the southeastern end of whose broad ridge is a trig point at 544m.
Blaenavon Hospital
Blaenavon Hospital, located in Blaenavon, is a small community hospital of 9 beds which provides intermediate care for both female and male patients from a local population of approximately 6,500 individuals. There is a Minor Injuries Unit and numerous community clinics are held on the upper floor of the building.
Stack Square
Stack Square is a small group of cottages in the coal mining town of Blaenavon in South Wales, originally used as miners' cottages. Stack Square was featured in the BBC Wales television series Coal House and Coal House at War. The miners' cottages in Stack Square have been restored to their original design and form part of the Blaenavon Ironworks site.
Varteg railway station
Varteg railway station was a railway station which served the village of Varteg, in the county of Monmouthshire, on the Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway. Built by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) as an expansion to meet the Great Western Railway (GWR) at Abersychan and Talywain. It was sometimes referred to on old Ordnance Survey and British Railway Clearing House (RCH) as 'Varteg Halt', despite it having an extensive station building.
Abergavenny transmitting station
The Abergavenny transmitting station was originally built by the IBA in 1969 as a relay for BBC and ITV VHF 405-line analogue television. It consists of a 46 m guyed lattice mast carrying the aerials at the top. This structure was built on a 440 m hill known as Gilwern Hill overlooking the towns of Gilwern and Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, South Wales. The band III VHF television feeds were provided off-air from St. Hilary and Wenvoe, both near Cardiff.
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