Visit Blaina Places

Welcome to Visit Blaina Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Blaina

  

Blaina Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Blaina

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You can visit Blaina places with Walkfo Blaina to hear history at Blaina’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Blaina has 25 places to visit in our interactive Blaina map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Blaina, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Blaina places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Blaina & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 25 audio facts unique to Blaina places in an interactive Blaina map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Blaina Places Map
25 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Blaina historic spots	Blaina tourist destinations	Blaina plaques	Blaina geographic features
Walkfo Blaina tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Blaina

  

Best Blaina places to visit

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Blaina has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Blaina’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Blaina’s information audio spots:

Coity Mountain Coity Mountain (also spelled Coety Mountain, Welsh: Mynydd Coety) is a flat-topped mountain in the South Wales Valleys. The highest points of Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent unitary authorities are at the summit. The summit is also known as Twyn Ffynhonnau Goerion.

Valleys Radio Valleys Radio (Welsh: Radio’r Cymoedd) was an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the heads of the South Wales Valleys. The broadcast area was covered by two transmitters, 999 kHz from Aberdare and 1116 kHz from the Ebbw Vale transmitter.

Cwm, Blaenau Gwent Cwm (from Welsh: Y Cwm, transl. The Valley) is a former coal mining village, community and electoral ward three miles (4.8 km) south of Ebbw Vale in Blaenau Gwent, Wales. In the far north of the community lies Waunlwyd.

Mynydd Carn-y-cefn Mynydd Carn-y-cefn (grid reference SO1808) lies within the unitary area of Blaenau Gwent, formerly Monmouthshire. The broad-topped ridge runs NNW-SSE and achieves a summit height of 550 metres (1,800 ft) at a point crowned by a trig point.

Ebbw Vale Hospital Ebbw Vale Hospital was a community hospital in Wales. It was managed by the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. The hospital was known as Ysbyty Ynn Ybbw Vyllyllyll Vale Hospital.

Gwent Archives Gwent Archives (Welsh: Archifau Gwent) is the local records office and genealogy centre based in Ebbw Vale, South Wales for Monmouthshire. It covers the modern local authority areas of Blaenau, Caerphilly County Borough, Newport and Newport.

Ebbw Vale bus station Ebbw Vale bus station (Welsh: Gorsaf bws Glyn Ebwy), also known as Inner Bypass, is a bus terminus. It is located in the town centre of Ebbw Vale, South Wales.

Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan is a community hospital in Ebbw Vale, Wales. It is managed by the Aneuurin Bevan University Health Board.

Brynmawr Brynmawr is a market town, community and electoral ward in Blaenau Gwent, Wales. It is situated at 1,250 to 1,500 feet (380 to 460 m) above sea level at the head of the South Wales Valleys. It grew with the development of the coal mining and iron industries in the early 19th century.

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