🏭 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
Coal and iron heritage in South Wales
📋 Fast Facts
- Located in South Wales, United Kingdom (51.77639, -3.08806)
- UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 2000
- Blaenavon Ironworks founded in 1789
- Documents coal mining, iron production, and Industrial Revolution social change
The Blaenavon Industrial Landscape in South Wales represents a comprehensive record of coal and iron production during the 18th and 19th centuries. The site spans valleys, hills, and settlements fundamentally reshaped by mining and manufacturing. It illustrates the technological innovations, labour systems, and environmental transformations that accompanied industrialisation in Britain ...