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On Your Doorstep: Nature, geology and archaeology in Wales. Visit us for free at Big Pit, a real coal mine with underground tours, miner guides and a warm welcome. Explore south Wales’ history of coal and industry, and enjoy our family activities and events.
See how the life and work of a miner has changed from 1850 to 2000. Learning about the geology and uses of coal, mining disasters and rescue, discovering the role and impact of Trade Unions and Nationalisation, and get a closer look at some mining memorabilia. Coal cutting machinery in the Conservation Stores.
Big Pit National Coal Museum (Welsh: Pwll Mawr Amgueddfa Lofaol Cymru) is an industrial heritage museum in Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales. A working coal mine from 1880 to 1980, it was opened to the public in 1983 as a charitable trust called the Big Pit (Blaenavon) Trust.
Experience the sights, sounds, smells and atmosphere of an authentic coal mine. Set in the unique Blaenafon Industrial Landscape and designated UNESCO World Heritage Site, Big Pit used to employ up to 1,300 workers.
Big Pit National Coal Museum. Take a unique underground tour of a real coalmine, where hundreds of men, women and children once worked to extract the precious mineral that stoked furnaces and lit the household fires of the world. Suggest edits to improve what we show.
Big Pit is a real coal mine and one of Britain’s leading mining museums. With facilities to educate and entertain all ages, Big Pit is an exciting and informative day out. Enjoy a multi-media tour of a modern coal mine with a virtual miner in King Coal: The Mining Experience, exhibitions in the Pithead Baths and Historic colliery buildings ...
Big Pit: National Coal Museum is the most popular attraction within the Blaenavon World Heritage Site. The museum is based around the former Big Pit Colliery, which was sunk in about 1860 and closed in 1980
Set in the unique Blaenavon Industrial Landscape and designated UNESCO World Heritage Site, Big Pit used to employ up to 1,300 workers. Now you can follow in their footsteps through award-winning interactive exhibits and our world-famous underground tour.
Big Pit is a living, breathing reminder of the coal industry in Wales and the people and society it created. Enjoy an exciting day out at Big Pit with a virtual tour of a modern coal mine, and exhibitions in the Pithead Baths and Historic colliery buildings.
Discover one of the hearts of the Industrial Revolution by exploring the county that made Wales a global centre for iron production. Big Pit National Coal Museum in Wales tells the story of the site that was once at the heart of the British coal industry. Located within a former...
