Article: Competition from `free' Big Pit may close show cave; TOURISM: Abolition of museum charges threatens attraction that took millions of years to form.(News)

Article: Show caves under threat; DAN YR OGOF.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  July 4, 2002 ;     408 words ... ... money in Dan yr Ogof Caves in Abercrave. Big Pit in Blaenavon is one of the eight National ... visitors of the caves are now visiting nearby Big Pit rather than paying the pounds 8 admission ... Culture Committee. ``Free entry into Big Pit has had a devastating effect on Dan yr ...

Article: Go underground in a tour of Missouri's show ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  October 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... one hole in the ground, you needn't see another _ well, t'aint so, as I learned after touring six of Missouri's "show caves" earlier this month. The calcite formations themselves can take on extraordinarily different forms. I saw stalactites and ...

Article: Unique trip to the Big Pit; There is plenty to do ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  October 8, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... museum of the year. Universally known as Big Pit, the museum at Blaenavon offers the sort ... ground for generations of coal miners, Big Pit really cannot be topped. The guided tours ... mineshaft by pit cage. Some of the original Big Pit colliery buildings have been preserved ...

Article: Big Pit in running for award.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  January 14, 2005 ;     488 words ... ... KAREN PRICE Western Mail Mining museum Big Pit is in the running for Britain's biggest ... Gulbenkian Prize for Museum of the Year. Big Pit joins nine other UK museums and galleries ... finalists will be announced on March 18. Big Pit is the result of a pounds 7m redevelopment ...

Article: Cash at old coalface as Big Pit wins Museum of the ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  May 27, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... attraction lands pounds 100,000 prize BIG PIT will mine a seam of celebration celebrating ... now have museum professionals say that Big Pit is doing everything right is priceless ... of our visitors are school parties.o Big Pit, which is part of the Blaenavon world ...

Article: Short Breaks: FAMILY OUTINGS: Big Pit mining ...
The Independent on Sunday;  July 11, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... need warm clothing and sturdy shoes. Big Pit and much of the industrial landscape around ... designated Unesco World Heritage Site. Big Pit alone has 39 listed buildings. Something ... site's three levels. How to get there Big Pit: National Mining Museum of Wales, Blaenafon ...

Article: Looking beyond the Big Pit.(Features)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  October 8, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... sign pointing you in the direction of The Big Pit, than one showing you the way to Blaenavon ... site and Book Town, lies alongside The Big Pit. It is easily bypassed en route to other ... historical points of interest like the Big Pit and the Ironworks, but this has also ...