Blaenavon
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Blaenavon is a town and community in Torfaen county borough, Wales, high on a hillside on the source of the Afon Lwyd. It is within the boundaries of the historic county of Monmouthshire and the prese
Blaenavon War Memorial and Workmen's Hall
The Church in Wales church of St Peter
The Church in Wales church of St Paul
The Former Municipal Offices in Lion Street
Book town
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A book town is a town or village with many used book or antiquarian bookstores. These stores, as well as literary festivals, attract bibliophile tourists. Some book towns are members of the Internatio
Blaenavon
…National Coal Museum. Government, publishers and mainly Welsh writers sought in 2003 to attract more visitors by introducing Blaenavon as Wales' second "book town" (the first being Hay-on-Wye on the English border). However, the project did not succeed. This can be attributed to a combination of the town's remote…
Hay Castle bookshop in Hay-on-Wye, Wales, with other bookshops on the road behind.
Bookshops seen along Main Street in Hobart, NY