Blaenavon World Heritage Centre — Attraction in Wales

It was good if you like trains. Was a bit disappointing. We paid £22 for two adult tickets (kids were free on this occasion). The journey seemed to go back and forth, rather than from point a to point b, but there wasn't anything to do at any of the stops. Journey lasted about an hour's and about 15-20 minutes of this was stationary to have pictures of the kids in the engine itself if you wanted to. Appreciate totally it's a volunteer run thing but we were just expecting something else after looking at the website and having done these trips before. Not saying don't go by any means, just don't...

We were overall dissapointed, as website and advertisements made t by e area out to be more than it is. I guess we were expecting something different. Positives: -Great scenery on the drive up there. -Ponds were pretty with nice walk. -Heritage center had informative presentations. -Iron Works looked good, but we didn't pay to go in. -Free parking Negatives: -Town very very run down. -Cafe couldn't serve us for an hour and there was nowhere else to eat in the town. (Got co-op sandwiches) -Museum was closed. -Library was closed -Advertised shops...

The museum part was very informative and interesting, some of the videos were OK. Mining and Stee productionl in Wales brought so much benefit to the country, but at such a high cost to the workers! Fascinating historical centre. Disappointed by the Cafe, they had 45 minutes to go before closing, but had already cleaned the coffee machine, to benefit themselves. They offered me instant coffee! Oh well that's 2024 workers for you. They could learn a lot from the hardworking miners that used to population these...