Welcome to Visit Pwll Du Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Pwll Du
Visit Pwll Du places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Pwll Du places to visit. A unique way to experience Pwll Du’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Pwll Du as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Pwll Du Walkfo Preview Pwll Du (meaning a black or dark pool or pit) was a village in Monmouthshire, Wales. It was declared a slum in 1960 and demolished in 1963. The main employment was provided by nearby limestone quarries and by the iron works in Blaenavon. When you visit Pwll Du, Walkfo brings Pwll Du places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Pwll Du Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Pwll Du
Visit Pwll Du – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 34 audio plaques & Pwll Du places for you to explore in the Pwll Du area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Pwll Du places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Pwll Du history
Pwll Du was established in the 1820s and had two pubs, two chapels, a school and a shop. The 300 residents were miners, quarrymen, ironworkers and their families. Employment declined from the 1930s and people began to move out. In 1960 the village was declared a slum and the houses were demolished in 1963.
Why visit Pwll Du with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Pwll Du places with Walkfo Pwll Du to hear history at Pwll Du’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Pwll Du has 34 places to visit in our interactive Pwll Du 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 Pwll Du, 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 Pwll Du places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Pwll Du & the surrounding areas.
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Walkfo Pwll Du tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Pwll Du
Best Pwll Du places to visit
Pwll Du has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Pwll Du’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Pwll Du’s information audio spots:
Blaenavon Blaenavon is both a town and a community in Torfaen county borough, Wales. It is within the boundaries of the historic county of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent. Parts of the town and surrounding country are inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
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.
Llanwenarth Baptist Chapel Llanwenarth Baptist Chapel, Govilon, Monmouthshire is the oldest Baptist chapel in Wales. Founded in 1652, the present building was constructed in 1695. The chapel is a Grade II* listed building and remains an active Baptist chapel.
Smart’s Bridge Smart’s Bridge, Llanelly, Monmouthshire, was built in 1824. It gave access to the Clydach Ironworks, the most significant industrial enterprise in the gorge. The bridge was designated a Grade II* listed structure in 2000.
Ogof Craig a Ffynnon Ogof Craig a Ffynnon (Welsh for “Rock and Fountain Cave”) is a cave in Wales. The cave is located at the base of a quarried rockface in Clydach Gorge. Water flowing out of the cave is a resurgence of water draining off Llangatock Mountain above.
Clydach House, Llanelly Clydach House, Llanelly, Monmouthshire is a house dating from 1693. Constructed as the home for the manager of an ironworks in the nearby Clydacht Gorge, it is a Grade II* listed building.
Cwm Clydach National Nature Reserve Cwm Clydach National Nature Reserve is a 24.8 hectares (61 acres) area of steeply sloping valley-side. It is protected for its ancient semi-natural beech woods, designated by the Nature Conservancy Council.
Gilwern Hill, Monmouthshire Gilwern Hill is a 441 m high hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Monmouthshire, Wales. It lies west of the Blorenge and is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
St Elli’s Church, Llanelly The Church of St Elli, Llanelly, Monmouthshire, is a parish church with its origins in the 14th century. It underwent three major restorations, in 1867–1868, 1897 and 1910–1911. The church is dedicated to the 6th-century Saint Elli.
Ty-uchaf Farmhouse, Llanelly Ty Uchaf Farmhouse, Llanelly, Monmouthshire is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century. Located 0.5km north-west of the Church of St Elli, it is a Grade II* listed building.
Visit Pwll Du plaques
0 plaques herePwll Du has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Pwll Du plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Pwll Du using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Pwll Du plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.
Experience Pwll Du audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Pwll Du allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Pwll Du’s 34 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Pwll Du freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Pwll Du Map App
Our visit Pwll Du map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Pwll Du & surrounding areas using the Walkfo digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has plaque, building, street or area information on history, culture or tourism.
You can set your Walkfo’s Pwll Du tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Pwll Du centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Pwll Du area at LONG:-3.0946722222222, LAT:51.797027777778.
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Things to do & visit in Pwll Du / surrounding areas
● Blaenavon ● Blaenavon Industrial Landscape ● Blaenavon Hospital ● Blaenavon Ironworks ● Forge Side ● Big Pit National Coal Museum ● Coity Mountain ● Garn-yr-erw ● Llanwenarth ● Llanwenarth Baptist Chapel ● Govilon ● Clydach Gorge ● Smart’s Bridge ● Clydach, Monmouthshire ● Ogof Craig a Ffynnon ● Clydach House, Llanelly ● Cwm Clydach National Nature Reserve ● River Clydach, Monmouthshire ● Gilwern Hill, Monmouthshire ● Llanelly ● St Elli’s Church, Llanelly ● Ty-uchaf Farmhouse, Llanelly ● Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal ● Pwll Du Tunnel ● Ogof Draenen ● Pwll Du ● Dyne Steel Incline ● Llanwenarth Ultra ● Llanwenarth House ● Gilwern
● Garnddyrys Forge ● Blorenge
Getting to / around Pwll Du – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Pwll Du using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Pwll Du places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Pwll Du Public Transport Stations
Pwll Du Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Blaenavon High Level railway station
Blaenavon Low Level railway station
Big Pit Halt railway station
Gelli Felen Halt railway station
Abergavenny transmitting station
Waenavon railway station
Whistle Inn Halt railway station
Govilon railway station
Clydach railway station
Gilwern Halt railway station
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Local Pwll Du historians & Pwll Du tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Pwll Du? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Pwll Du’s places, attractions & landmarks ability to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & using our simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. – Creating a new audio experience for your Pwll Du place is free* and quick (15+ minutes if you prepare text content) to use, with Walkfo Creator doing the hard work of generating AI audio files for geo-spots from the text you provide with a simply click on a map. – The 100 Amazing Pwll Du Places is just one example of an outdoor museum created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) for people to safely explore during Covid-19 times whilst visiting a city. Our tool is open to tourism organisations, travel destinations & National Trust locations to create their own audio walks to offer free when people visit Pwll Du destinations. – Walkfo itself is looking to partner with websites offering things-to-do / what’s on events listings to enhance the content of our ‘visit-Pwll Du’ web pages (for example: www.visitPwll Du.com). If you are interested in partnering, please contact us to discuss options.
* Walkfo Creator is free to use for a limited number of audio spots within a map with a license fee applicable when more than 20 audio spots within location walk are created. v1.1336
Visit Pwll Du places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Pwll Du places to visit. A unique way to experience Pwll Du’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Pwll Du as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Pwll Du places with Walkfo Pwll Du to hear history at Pwll Du’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Pwll Du has 34 places to visit in our interactive Pwll Du 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 Pwll Du, 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 Pwll Du places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Pwll Du & the surrounding areas.
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