Tredegar Tips
Tredegar is the head of the Sirhowy Valley. To the North are the majestic Brecon Beacons, West is the World Heritage site of Blaenavon. Tredegar, birthplace of both Aneurin Bevan and Neil Kinnock, is steeped in industrial, social and socialist history. Nye Bevan is remembered by a memorial of stones, on the mountainside between Tredegar and Ebbw Vale, marking where he held open-air meetings. Soon to be illuminated, these will form part of an initiative to light up our industrial heritage using electricity from renewable resources. Social historians will also want to visit The Cefn Golau graveyard where C19th cholera victims were buried and the site of the Brimore tramroad a C19th horse drawn railway running between Trefil and Tal–y-Bont on Usk. Don’t miss the waterfalls. To explore the life of a miner, head to The Big Pit at Blaenavon but ring in advance to check the time for underground tours. If you prefer to stay above ground Brynback and Bedwellty Park are good options – the former has a 36 acre man-made fishing lake. You can’t miss Tredegar’s clock tower - at 72 feet it can be seen from everywhere just as planned when built in 1858.
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