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Big Pit: National Coal Museum

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Blaenafon, Torfaen
Open daily 9.30am-4.30pm. Last admission 3.30pm. Underground Tours 10am-3pm.

» Winter Opening 2011-12

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(029) 2057 3650

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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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Friday 25 May

Big Pit will be closed on Friday 25 May, for the arrival of the Olympic Torch Relay.

Highlights

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

What's On

  • billy elliot film
    Event

    Blorenge Wednesday

    Free film screenings

    14 March, 25 April, 16 May & 20 June

  • one big blow
    Event

    One Big Blow

    Set in a coal mining village in the 1980s, the drama, One Big Blow portrays the two sides of the miners' lives - the tough conditions under which they work and the effect this has on their health, and their escape from this when they play in the colliery brass band.

    15 & 16 June

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