Big pit mining museum

PRESENTATION

 

Big Pit est une véritable mine de charbon et un des musées des mines les plus éminents de la Grande Bretagne

CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS

Open daily 9.30 am – 4.30pm.

Last admission 3.30pm. Underground tours 10am – 3pm.
Children must be over 1 metre in height to go underground. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
Audio guides are available.
The entry is free
Car park £2 per car per day , payable by pay and display .

LOCATION

Big Pit: National Coal Museum
Blaenafon, Torfaen
NP4 9XP
Phone: (029) 2057 3650
Switchboard (standard rate): 0300 111 2 333
Next to: Brecon beacons National park ( Le parc national brecon beacons) 

THE UNDERGROUND TOUR

Prepare to be lowered 90 metres (300 feet) down the Big Pit mineshaft for the famous underground tour - a captivating journey around a section of original underground workings.

Visitors wear the very same equipment – helmet, cap lamp, belt, battery and ‘self rescuer’ – used by miners. 

Take a seat in the miners Waiting Rooms before embarking on your journey . 

Yacine DJELLALI