Documents

Various publications and leaflets are available for electronic download. Certain documents, such as the World Heritage Site Nomination Document, are out of print and therefore only available in this format.

Other publications, such as walks leaflets, can be obtained from the Blaenavon World Heritage Centre for a small charge, or can be freely downloaded from the Plan your visit| area of the website. Copies of our local newsletter, Heritage News|, can be downloaded here.

 

Draft Management Plan (2011-2016)

The Blaenavon WHS Partnership has drafted a Management Plan| for the World Heritage Site for the period 2011 to 2016. This document is currently being reviewed to reflect comments made during public consultation in April and May 2011. 

Executive Summary of Draft Management Plan (2011)

The Executive Summary| explains the significance of the Blaenavon WHS, achievements 2000-2010 and summarises the contents of the draft WHS Management Plan, 2011-2016.

 

Nomination Document (1999)

The Nomination Document| provides a detailed description of the features of the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape that make the World Heritage Site so important to the world's social, cultural and industrial history.

 

Original Management Plan (1999) 

The original WHS Management Plan| provides a broad vision of the quality, significance, condition and potential of the site. 

 

Forgotten Landscapes

Documents concerning the Forgotten Landscapes Partnership Scheme| can be downloaded here|.

 

Other Useful Documents

Other useful documents and studies relating to the World Heritage Site include:

 

• Blaenavon WHS Design Guide 2011
• Blaenavon Conservation Area Appraisal & Management Plan (2011) - COMING SOON
• Cwmavon Conservation Area Appraisal & Management Plan (2011)
• Visitor Experience and Interpretation Plan 2007
• Blaenavon Town Conservation Plan 2003 
• Destination Blaenavon 2003 
• Blaenavon Traffic and Transport Study 2006 
• Miller Blaenavon Retail Distinctiveness Study 2009 
• DTZ Pieda Blaenavon Heritage and Regeneration Study 1998 
• BILWHS Style Guide
• GGAT Blaenavon Historic Landscape Characterisation Study
• GGAT South East Wales Industrial Ironworks Landscapes Study

• The North Torfaen Holistic Area Regeneration Plan 2008 (Vol 1)
• The North Torfaen Holistic Area Regeneration Plan 2008 (Vol 2)
• The North Torfaen Holistic Area Regeneration Plan 2008 (Vol 3)

 

For online publications, papers and documents relating to World Heritage Sites, please visit the UNESCO World Heritage website|.