Visit Blaenavon

23/05/2026

🤩 2074 Llantarnam Abbey, 1873 Jessie & 37029 are all in operation this Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday for our 2026 ‘Pit to Port’ Coal Train Event!

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Come step back into South Wales’ industrial past and experience how Blaenavon helped fuel the Industrial Revolution.

🚂 Join us as we operate an extended working timetable, featuring both passenger services and demonstration coal trains. See first-hand how coal was moved from pit to port, just as it would have been during the height of the coal industry.

⛏️ Continue your coal-themed visit by alighting at Big Pit Station and exploring the award-winning Big Pit National Coal Museum.

👷🏻‍♂️ Take the famous underground tour, led by a real former miner, descending 300 feet below ground into the original mine workings. This immersive experience offers a living, breathing insight into what life was really like for the men who worked at the coal face, bringing the human story of the coal industry vividly to life.
(Separate attraction – see https://museum.wales/bigpit/ for more information.)

🎟️ Find out more information and book your tickets online now at: www.bhrailway.co.uk/pit-to-port-coal-train-event

I.S.B Media

23/05/2026

Opening times for our cafe at Blaenavon Railway.
Dont forget we're open to the public as well!
We're dog friendly ! (Dogs must be kept on leads)
Last hot food orders 1400hrs!

15/05/2026

Tickets are flying out for this show. Get yours now via Ticketsource.
Will be a legendary night!

www.ticketsource.com/blaenavonworkmenshall/the-jersey-boys-and-show-waddy-waddy/e-loqxqb

15/05/2026

15/05/2026

‼️Not Long To Go - Blues Festival 26‼️

⚽ Teams are SOLD OUT ⚽

📅Saturday 30th May!

🚨The event is open for everyone!🚨

🍻🍷Licenced Bar
🍔🍕 Food Vendors
⚽🥎 Football Game/Trampolining
🎮🕹️ Gaming Bus/Fut Card
🫟🖍️ Face Painting/Hair Spraying
🎙️🎵 Live Music at 5pm!

🔥Gates open from 8.15am until late!🔥

💷 Entry £2 per adult, U16s Free

🅿️ Car Parking available at the Cricket Pitch £3 per car!

14/05/2026

08/05/2026

Roedd Foxhunter (1940–1959) yn bencampwr neidio ceffylau a farchogwyd gan Harry Llewellyn, a oedd fwyaf adnabyddus am ei gyfraniad at sicrhau unig fedal aur Prydain Fawr yng Ngêmau Olympaidd yr Haf 1952 (yn y digwyddiad marchogaeth Neidio Tîm).

Bu farw Foxhunter ym 1959 a chladdwyd ei gorff ar Fynydd Blorens, rhwng Y Fenni a Blaenafon. Mae plac coffa sy’n rhestru cyflawniadau Foxhunter yn nodi’r safle ar y Blorens ac mae yna faes parcio gerllaw. Pan fu farw Syr Harry ym 1999 taenwyd ei lwch o amgylch cofeb y ceffyl.

08/05/2026

Foxhunter (1940–1959) was a champion show jumping horse ridden by Harry Llewellyn, best known for their part in securing Great Britain's only gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics (in the Team Jumping equestrian event).

Foxhunter died in 1959 and his hide was buried on the Blorenge mountain, between Abergavenny and Blaenavon.[4] A memorial plaque listing Foxhunter's achievements marks the Blorenge site and a car park is situated nearby. When Sir Harry died in 1999 his ashes were scattered around the horse's memorial.