UKDave's Tourist Photo Tour of Blaenafon
25 photographs of the area with some good anecdotes
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
Good visitor & heritage info with some downloadable leaflets
Blaenafon
Tourist Information Centre
Help with researching Blaenavon ancestors and a good guide to coming events
Blaenavon Town Council Website
Local Government details
Blaenafon Cheddar Company
Local cheese matured deep undergroung in Big Pit
Rhondda
Heritage Park
Travel to pit bottom , visit reconstructed 1950s street and more
Abergavenny net
Good multi-lingual official guide packed with information
Abergavenny - Mountains, Markets & more...
Shorter town directory and guide
The New Millennium Crickhowell Web Site
Reflects the friendly, lively atmosphere of this pretty little town
Usk Town Website
Lots of details about eating, drinking, hotels etc
Welcome to Monmouth
Fact-filled site about the town
Cordell Country
Car tours to places featured in the books of Alexander Cordell
Brecon Beacons National Park Authority
Directory and guide
Wye Valley & Vale of Usk
Good guide to the regions
Dan-yr-Ogof Caves
Vast caves (largest in W Europe) also Iron Age farm, dinosaur park
Visit Wales
Information & ideas for planning a visit to the principality
Britain Express Virtual Tour of Wales
Cardiff & Coast and Valleys of Southern Wales
Countryside Council for Wales
The national wildlife conservation authority
Southern Wales Guide
In English, French, German and Dutch
National Museums & Galleries of Wales
Details of the seven National Museums of Wales
Channel 4 Time Team - The Lost Viaduct
Looking for the world's first railway viaduct in Blaenafon
Blaenafon Community Heritage & Cordell Museum
Small museum beneath the town library
The Valley Inheritance Museum
Located in Pontypool Park with research library, arty guest exhibitions
RCAHMW
Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Wales
UNESCO
World Heritage nomination details
The
Chapels Heritage Society
Encourages the study and preservation of the chapel heritage of Wales
The
Castles of Wales
Plenty of information on the Welsh castles
Welsh Castle Tours
Photo tours of 5 castles, Tintern abbey and St David's Cathedral
Roman Legionary Museum
One of the best in the UK
Usk Rural Life Museum
Life in the Welsh Borders 150 years ago
Local history of Gwent's lower valleys
A timeline from pre-history on Crosskeys local site
The Crumlin Viaduct
Famous star of 'Arabesque' with Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren
Ruperra Castle
Ruperra Conservation Trust site
Pwlldu
Tunnel
Details of old tramway tunnel, fascinating but not updated
National
Mining Museum of Wales
Big Pit tour details
Bedwas Navigation Colliery
Comprehensive history, facts, diagrams and photos
Cefn
Coed Colliery Museum
Old pit buldings house museum next to working drift mine
Tower
Colliery, Hirwaun
A miners co-operative runs the last deep working colliery in Wales
General
History of Welsh Mining
From the Bronze Age to the present day
Welsh Coal Mines
An ex-collier's tribute, including stories and poems
Monmouthshire,
Brecon & Abergavenny Canal Trust
Well featured site of the present canal
Brecknock & Abergavenny Canal
Book lists, photos and more with links to boat hirers
Victorian Powys History
Educational details of Brecon & Abergavenny Canal history
Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway
Official site gives full details of locos and service
Griffithstown Railway Museum
Fine collection of railway memorabilia and model railway
The Great Little Trains of Wales
Nine railways - all good tourist attractions
Brecon Mountain Railway
Nearest narrow guage railway to Blaenafon
Railways in Wales
An independent survey of both current and heritage lines
UK Heritage Railways
A guide to the entire heritage railway scene in the UK
Blaenavon Workmen's Hall
Details of cinema, live events and some historical background
Blaenavon
Male Voice Choir
Home of one of the best Welsh choirs
Blaenavon Town Band
Latest news and calendar of performances
Blaenavon Blues AFC
Local Amateur Football Club site
Blaenafon Mountain Tours & Cycle Hire
Good walking tours with a expert local guide, also mountain bike hire
SE Wales Hang Gliding & Paragliding Club
Take off from the Blorenge & enjoy great views of Blaenafon
East Gwent Genealogy Research Agency
Help with tracing your family tree in the Eastern valley
Walks around Abergavenny
Good walk across the Blorenge
Eisteddfod
Eisteddfod 2007 will be held near Mold, Flintshire
