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Big Pit is a real coal mine and one of Britain's leading mining museums.

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. Enjoy a multi-media tour of a modern coal mine with a virtual miner in the Mining Galleries, exhibitions in the Pithead Baths and Historic colliery buildings. Go 300 feet underground with a real miner and see what life was like for the thousands of men who worked at the coal face.



The Museum is free to enter.

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Website

museum.wales/bigpit/

Email address

bigpit@museumwales.ac.uk

Telephone number

bigpit@museumwales.ac.uk

Address

Blaenafon , Torfaen, NP4 9XP

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Opening Times

Wednesday: 10:00 - 17:00

Thursday: 10:00 - 17:00

Friday: 10:00 - 17:00

Saturday: 10:00 - 17:00

Sunday: 10:00 - 17:00

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