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Big Pit: National Coal Museum

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Blaenafon, Torfaen
Open daily 9.30am-5pm. Last admission 4pm. Underground Tours 10am-3.30pm.

Phone:
(029) 2057 3650

Switchboard (standard rate): 0300 111 2 333

Car parking: £2 per car per day.

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About the museum

Big Pit is a real coal mine and one of Britain's leading mining museums. With facilities to educate and entertain all ages, Big Pit is an exciting and informative day out.

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The Underground Tour
The pithead baths
Exhibitions — The Pithead Baths
Explosives
Historic Buildings
Mining galleries
Mining Galleries

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