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Welsh Mining Museums |
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| The following museums are located in Wales and are either wholly or partly devoted to the mining of Coal, Slate & Metal Ores. They are listed in a geographical order, i.e. moving (more or less) from North-West to South-East. | |||
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North Wales |
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Isle of Angelsey |
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| Copper | The Copper Kingdom, The story of Parys Mountain. |
Amlwch Port | LL68 9DB |
Gwynedd |
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| Copper | Great
Orme Mines, Bronze Age Mining Centre (Another site for Great Orme Mines) |
Great Orme, Llandudno | LL30 2XG |
| Slate | Welsh Slate Museum | Padarn Country Park, Llanberis | LL55 4TY |
| Slate | Llechwedd
Slate Caverns (Another site for Llechwedd Slate Caverns) |
Blaenau Ffestiniog | LL41 3NB |
| Copper | Sygun Copper Mine | Beddgellert, Snowdonia | LL55 4NE |
| Slate | Chwarel Hen Llanfair Slate Caverns | Llanfair, Snowdonia | LL46 2SA |
Wrexham / Wrecsam |
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| Lead |
Minera Lead Mining Museum & Country Park |
Mold Road, Gwersyllt | LL11 4AG |
| Coal | Bersham Colliery Museum & Trust | Rhostyllen | LL14 4EG |
Powys |
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| Slate | King Arthur's Labyrinth
(Not a mining museum as such, but an 'Underground Experience' in Braich Goch Slate Quarry.) |
Corris Craft Centre, Machynlleth | N/A for SatNav |
| Slate | Braich Goch Slate Quarry CorrisMinesExplorers (1/2 day exploration trips in the underground workings of this quarry.) |
Corris Craft Centre, Machynlleth | N/A for SatNav |
| Lead | Bryntail
Lead Mine - Free Access
(Download the site guide.) |
Llyn Clyweddog, Llanidloes | |
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Mid & South Wales |
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Ceredigion |
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| Silver-Lead | The Silver-Mountain Experience
(Previously the 'Llywernog Silver-Lead Mining Museum'.) |
Ponterwyd, Aberystwyth | SY23 3AB |
Carmarthenshire |
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| Gold | Dolaucothi Gold Mines | Pumpsaint | SA19 8US |
Monmouthshire |
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| Coal | 'Big Pit' - NMGW | Blaenavon, Torfaen | NP4 9XP |
Glamorganshire |
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| Coal | Rhondda Heritage Park, Lewis Merthyr Colliery | Trehafod, Rhondda Cynon Taf | CF37 2NP |
| Coal | South
Wales Miners Museum Afan Country Park |
Cynonville, Neath Port Talbot | SA12 9SS |
| Coal | Cefn Coed Colliery Museum | Crynant, Neath Port Talbot | SA10 8SN |
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Museums rarely disappear, but their web addresses often change, leading to dead links. Similarly, you may be aware of other mining & quarrying museums in Wales which aren't listed above. In either case, please use the form below to advise me, and I'll make the necessary updates - many thanks indeed ! |
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