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Finding Us
Free Car and Coach Parking Available
Blaenavon’s Heritage Railway is situated in the UNESCO-listed Blaenavon Industrial Landscape on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park in South Wales. There are several ways to reach us from across the area by road and public transport.
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Ample free car and coach parking is available at Furnace Sidings, our main station. We are just off the B4248 at Garn-yr-Erw between Brynmawr and Blaenavon. Please use postcode NP4 9SF for satnavs and mobile devices. This will lead you to the junction of the B4248 and the road leading to the Garn Lakes and the railway, go down the hill until you reach our Furnace Sidings station car park. The road is signed using the tourist information brown steam train icon.
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Parking at Blaenavon's Heritage Railway is provided for visitors to the Railway and any other authorised party (subject to prior agreement with the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway Company (1983) Ltd (PBR)). The PBR accepts no liability for any loss, damage or theft of vehicles or any personal belongings left within the vehicles. All visitors park their vehicle at their own risk. Vehicles may not be parked overnight without prior agreement with the PBR. The PBR reserves the right to suspend visitor car parking or close the car park at any time.
BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT:
The nearest railway stations with easy connections to our railway are at Cwmbran and Newport. Alight at either station to connect onto Stagecoach in South Wales’s X24 service from Newport to Blaenavon, which departs from Cwmbran Bus Station Stand E and Newport Market Square Bus Station Stand 16 respectively. Either ask to alight at Varteg Road Cemetery or Sycamore Road, both of which are located a short distance from Blaenavon High Level. Look out for our overbridge and follow the side path to the station. To plan your journey, visit https://www.stagecoachbus.com/.
Please take care if alighting at Varteg Road Cemetery as there is no pavement. Although the road from Sycamore Road bus stop to High Level has a continuous pavement, some may find the gradient up the valley side challenging.
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Phil Anslow and Sons also operate local bus services around Blaenavon. Two of their services drop visitors off near our railway. The number 30 operates from Cwmbran Bus Station to Blaenavon on a different route to the Stagecoach X24. Alight at the Lion Street terminus, turn left, and then walk down Broad Street (passing The Railway Shop) until you are at the bottom of the valley. Then follow the B4246 up the other side of the valley until you reach Blaenavon High Level. The latter part of this route is the same as from the X24’s Sycamore Road stop, and therefore please note that some may again find the gradient challenging.
Phil Anslow and Sons also serve the Big Pit National Coal Museum on their number 31 service from Brynmawr to Blaenavon. Our Big Pit Halt station can be found at the bottom of the overflow car park. For more information on both services, please visit https://www.philanslowcoaches.co.uk/
