Additional Information All year
Opening Hours* Thursday: 10:00-13:00, 14:00 -16:00 Friday: 10:00-13:00, 14:00-16:00 Saturday:10:00-13:00 Coffee Morning: Thursday: 10:00-13:00 *Other Opening Hours Can Be Arranged For Special Visits.

Peak £5.00 for 5 runs – Weekends and Holidays

Off peak £5.00 7 runs – Out of holidays, before 3.30 pm midweek

Additional runs available at discount on most days

OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday open from 10.00am to 5.30pm.

Sunday open from 11.00am to 5.00pm.

Late finish on Thursdays 10.00am to 7.00pm!

While you are here, check out our fantastic gallery full of photographs taken by staff and the public. Why not add your own?

There is also a recent addition of a closed circuit cycling track with more cycling initiatives planned. The Park is ideally situated on the doorstep of the Brecon Beacons and Black Mountains and the Visitors Centre and Bunkhouse accommodation offers an ideal base for cyclists and walkers to explore the rich heritage, beautiful countryside and wildlife it offers. The Park offers a wide variety of facilities and activities, please click on the links or contact Parc Bryn Bach. Parc Bryn Bach is conveniently situated just off the A465

If you would like to help us with this important work, then return to the HOMEPAGE and click on MEMBERSHIP.

Please check the web site for times of running trains.

Entry is Free

Open weekdays throughout the year.

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 10.00 - 12.00 and 14.00 - 16.00.
Wednesday - 9:30 - 12.00.
Thursday Evenings - 18.00 - 20.00.

Family friendly

Accessibility information

Museum on first floor - level access and lifts throughout

The aim of the Society is to set up and maintain a museum in Abertillery, to hold monthly talks, and to promote history in the area. The Abertillery and District Museum originally opened on the 13th of January 1972 on the ground-floor of Abertillery library. This was the Museum home until August 1996. The Museum was then temporarily put into store in the Metropole Building. During this period the Society began an intensive fundraising campaign, seeking funds for a new Museum building.

On the 21st June 2001 a new Museum was opened on the ground floor of the Old Market Hall in the Metropole Building by our President Sir Richard Handbury Tenison and Councillor Nigel Daniels. A grant was obtained from the Heritage Lottery Fund for new cases, displays, and a children's education area in 2006. A refurbished and a very much improved Museum re-opened in July 2007.

All this and the world-famous Underground Tour. 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. Big Pit became part of Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales on 1 February 2001. After major redevelopment, it re-opened in 2004 and went straight on to win the prestigious Gulbenkian Prize for Museum of the Year.

The redevelopment turned the original features, like the Pithead Baths, into fresh displays that bring life at the coalface vividly into focus. However, perhaps its most famous feature is still the trip 90 metres down the shaft to explore working conditions underground. An award-winning national museum that still retains many traits of its former role as a coal mine, standing high on the heather-clad moors of Blaenafon, the tunnels and buildings that once echoed to the sound of the miners now enjoy the sound of the footsteps and chatter of visitors from all over the world.

The museum is set in a unique industrial landscape, designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000 in recognition of its international importance to the process of industrialisation through iron and coal production. Big Pit is a living, breathing reminder of the coal industry in Wales and the people and society it created.

Open daily 9.30am–5pm. Last admission 4pm.

Warfare broke out between the earls in 1290 and they were severely admonished and fined by Edward I who had to march down from north Wales to intervene. The castle was captured by Madog ap Llywelyn in 1294. It was probably never fully completed and was too remote and exposed to serve as a residence.

At Pontsticill you can alight from the train and visit the Cafe, admire the view across the water to the peaks of the Brecon Beacons, and go for a ramble alongside the reservoir. There is a play area here for children. On your return to Pant, visit the workshop where old steam locomotives are repaired - follow the footpath to a picnic site which has an amazing panoramic view of the valley. Visit our Licensed Tearooms and buy a souvenir of your visit in our shop.

The displays tell the story of this historic market town from prehistory through to the present day. The displays are on several levels, with some help most areas are accessible to wheelchair users.

Our features include:

• Regular programme of temporary exhibitions. These include new acquisitions and work by local artists.
• Activity Room for children, where there is the opportunity to colour, cut and stick. At certain times we offer workshops led by museum staff. (Please contact us before your visit to find out about forthcoming workshops.)
• Staff willing to try and answer any historical queries you may have about Abergavenny and the surrounding area.
• Small gift shop to enable you to purchase a souvenir of your visit.

Cost: Free admission for all (charges apply at some special events).

At the Castle you can admire the extensive fine and decorative art collections, including Swansea, Nantgarw and Wedgwood porcelain. Stroll through the atmospheric social and industrial history galleries, which chart the rise of this once great ironmaking town; learn about Richard Trevithick's Penydarren Locomotive of 1804, the first locomotive to pull a load along rails; discover the roots of the Labour movement, from the Merthyr Rising of 1831, and the martyrdom of Dic Penderyn, to the first Labour MP - Keir Hardie; see our 'museum of a museum' including curiosities from around the world - ancient Egyptian grave goods, Greek and Roman artefacts, and Far Eastern decorative arts.

About a mile from Crickhowell on the A4077

Summer opening of Garwnant: 8am until 5pm daily (exit barrier remains open to those on site). Garwnant Visitor Centre open 9am until 5pm daily for information. The Terrace Restaurant is open from 10am until 5pm daily.

Garwnant Pay and Display

Car £2
Minibus £5
Annual ticket £20

Season tickets can be obtained at the ticket machine at the car park. The cost is £20.00 and you will need 20 pound coins.Please take the ticket to the Recreation Ranger in the office to exchange for a pass.

Garwnant is situated just off the A470 5 miles north of Merthyr Tydfil. It is well sign posted from the the A47 and 500m up a gentle slope.

Nestling at the foot of the Sugar Loaf Mountains, The Sugar Loaf Vineyards are set in area of outstanding natural beauty in the Brecon Beacons National Park and panoramic views over the Usk Valley.

The Sugar Loaf Vineyards have 7 varieties of grapes planted on 5 acres of south facing slopes this ensures excellent ripening of the grapes, while the balanced soils add a special character to the wine.

You can also choose to stay at their Holiday Cottages whilst in the area.

From our herd of  strong, fit Welsh cobs, and cob and thoroughbred crosses, we offer the ultimate riding experience for everyone through the outstanding scenery of the Brecon Beacons National Park - from genteel pony treks for complete novices to exclusive 6 day exploratory long-distance trail riding holidays for accomplished riders.

Ten thousand years ago the last ice age ended. The ice floes covering Northern Europe stopped where Penderyn Distillery lies today before retreating back to the Arctic. Here we produce just one cask per day of the finest malted barley spirit, which, when matured, is recognised worldwide as one of the finest malt whiskies. The majority of our spirit goes into cask for ageing in our cellars. Minute quantities are diverted to craft our other award-winning products.In a world dominated by the marketing departments of multinational and multibrand companies we take great pride in our authenticity, obsessive passion and attention to detail.

All exceptional whiskies bring together the crucial ingredients: the still, the wood and the water. If you take the time to read on about our products and process we are sure you will discover why, like Welsh gold, Penderyn Single Malt Whisky is so rare that it has to be on strict allocation to markets outside Wales. It is one of the rarest, finest and most delicate malt whiskies available. From the time when our cooper goes into the sustainable American white oak forests to hand select trees from which our barrels are made through to the bottling line at the distillery where dedicated staff hand polish every bottle as they come off the line our commitment to quality is uncompromising.

Enjoy the sights, sounds and smells of our beautiful Roman Garden. At weekends and school holidays, children can step back in time in a full-sized barrack room, try on replica armour and experience the life of a Roman soldier. We pride ourselves on our award winning Educational facilities and Family Fun area.

Open 10am–5 pm Monday–Saturday, 2pm–5pm Sunday

The National Showcaves Centre for Wales is open 7 days a week from Saturday March 27th until October 31st 2010. We open at 10.00 am, with tickets available throughout the day until 3.00pm - the last admittance in to the visitor attraction (this time does vary in the high season, please telephone for precise information - 01639 730 284).

Also open during December for our Father Christmas experience, and for the February half term week (please telephone for up-to-date information - 01639 730 284).

Adults - £13.50, Children - £7.00 (ages 3-16, children under the age of 3 are welcome at no charge) - prices subject to change.

(Prices correct at 7th September 2010)

One ticket for 10 attractions:
• Dan-yr-Ogof Showcaves
• Cathedral Cave
• Bone Cave
• Museum
• Mr Morgan's Farmyard
• Dinosaur Park
• Iron Age Village
• Shire Horse Centre
• Barney Owl's Play Area
• The Millennium Stone Circle