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The Best of Blaenavon.
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Blaenavon (welsh) Blaenafon
Means “front of the river” or loosely “river source” in the welsh language.
Blaenavon grew around an ironworks opened in 1788, now part museum. The steel-making and coal mining industries followed.
Attractions in the town these days include the Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon Ironworks, The Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway a local tourist attraction.
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