UNESCO World Heritage Site
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape is a cultural UNESCO World Heritage Site in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, inscribed in 2000.
The area around Blaenavon is evidence of the pre-eminence of South Wales as the world's major producer of iron and coal in the 19th century. All the necessary elements can still be seen - coal and ore mines, quarries, a primitive railway system, furnaces, workers' homes, and the
The area around Blaenavon is evidence of the pre-eminence of South Wales as the world's major producer of iron and coal in the 19th century. All the necessary elements can still be seen - coal and ore mines, quarries, a primitive railway system, furnaces, workers' homes, and the social infrastructure of their community.
- Inscribed
- 2000
- UNESCO reference
- 984
- Area
- 3,310 ha
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Counts are based on Zikzak's current UNESCO World Heritage dataset, sourced from UNESCO. Last updated 7 August 2026. UNESCO insights