Blaenavon Christmas  

This year sees the launch of The World Heritage Town of Blaenavon's Christmas Extravaganza. With several events planned through December, including a Christmas Market, reindeer & sleigh, and a very special Christmas In The Parlour show in The Workmen's Hall, be sure to add Blaenavon to your Christmas shopping & entertainment places to visit.

More details will be confirmed soon, but please add yourself to our mailing list to be kept in touch.

If you would like to help or get involved in making this a special Christmas event then please contact us.

   Blaenavon Town
 
 
Blaenafon Cheddar Company

Blaenafon Cheddar Company

We are a specialist cheddar cheese company based in the World Heritage site of Blaenafon. At present we produce eight very distinctive cheddars and four varieties of goat's cheese. All our cheeses are hand made at our shop in Broad Street Blaenafon. Our Pwll Mawr cheddar is actually matured at the bottom of the mine shaft at Big Pit mining museum and can be bought at their gift shop.

Mountain Tours

Mountain Tours offers guided walks and mountain bike hire for the able bodied and disabled with a range of speciality cycles. Our guided walks are in and around the World Heritage Site of Blaenafon, South Wales. These are from easy rambles around the town to a 2 day pre-booked expedition. Our mountain bike routes will suit the able bodied and disabled. There is an optional pick up service available at 3 points along one of our suggested routes. See the gallery page for some great views you'll see on your walk or bike ride. Great countryside to mountain bike and walk in the Welsh hills of Gwent

www.chunkofcheese.co.uk

www.chunkofwales.co.uk

 

    

 

Blaenafon Cheddar Company & Mountain Tours present

Father Christmas Sleigh Event


13th December

This year sees the return of Father Christmas and his sleigh on his tour around the houses of Blaenavon. The route is confirmed as follows:

Start from the World Heritage Centre down Church Road, follow down to the slip road to the roundabout and then 1st left onto New Williams Street to Market Street; turn right into James St,then left into Ton Mawr Road and first right into New James St into Griffin Ave. 

The sleigh will wait alongside the green by Capel Newydd hill for children to come and meet Santa.  The sleigh will then move left onto Coed Road up the hill and turn right into Llanover Road.  Turning left at the Pottery pub up Giles Road where it will wait at the junction of Bryn-welon Close for children to come out. 

Moving forwards along Upper Coedcae Road to Hillside Ave stopping at Ael-y-bryn for children to come out.  Moving forwards along to Upper Woodland St and stopping at Elgam Green for Children to come out.  Moving forwards turn right following past Elgam Chip shop and turning left into Phillip Street.  Left into King St and following into Broad St, right into Lion St and left into High St, left into Church St, left into Ivor St to stop at the Crib in Market Square. 

Returning to the World Heritage Centre for tea & hot mince pies, and for the Children to meet, give letters and receive sweets from Santa. 

Collection bucket for the lions on Route

 
 
Blaenavon Christmas is organised and run by the Blaenavon Traders & Tourism Association