Blaenavon Ironworks

Blaenavon Ironworks is a significant industrial heritage site that reflects Wales’s role in the Industrial Revolution. Established in the late eighteenth century, it was once one of the world’s leading iron producing centres and played a key part in shaping the surrounding landscape and community.

Today, visitors can explore the preserved furnaces, casting houses and workers’ cottages to gain insight into the lives of those who worked there. Blaenavon Ironworks offers a powerful and informative experience, bringing industrial history to life in an authentic setting.