This is a nice little site that Bishop and myself found about a year ago. The place had been boarded and burnt out many times, I have now recently got some shots of inside but havent had the chance to find them.
We were looking for something else when we stumbled along this litlte gem. We had a good look round thought we had found one way in but it was just a man made tunnel underneath the building and then hitting the underside of the floor. This made us chuckle a little bit. Bishop managed to get inside the first time, and his recce confirmed that it was just burnt out. Since then when i have been in there I have found tags and graff from the local kids and graff form another sect of UE explroers. Still dont understand the point of tags.
Here is a official summery of whats happening now.
Residents of Llanhilleth are celebrating as the old Pit Head Baths on the B4471 known locally as the Horseshoe Bend will be knocked down after Blaenau Gwent Council successfully bought the site for redevelopment under a Compulsory Purchase Order.
But the council is refusing to say who they bought the land from and how much they paid for it.
The news comes after years of protest from residents to get rid of the building on the 8,082 square metre site.
The pit head baths served the former Llanhilleth Colliery.
When the colliery closed in 1969, the baths remained and were used intermittently by other companies for light industry.
But for more than five years, the building has been up for sale and has fallen into a bad state of disrepair.
Under the CPO the council have acquired the site and plans are underway to knock it down and build houses.
Llanhilleth Tenants and Residents Association are delighted with the news.
"This is good news for the area," said committee member Ron Selway.
"Since the pit closed the baths have been used for many different things, none of which have really worked.
"Now its falling down and really looks awful, so we're glad its coming down."
Mr Selway said that he would like to see a lasting memorial to the colliery put on the site.
"There is a memorial to the colliery in amongst the bushes down over the banking opposite the baths," he explained.
"But you can't see it from the road and some people don't even know its there.
"I think the council would be better off putting a roundabout in the site to serve the connecting streets and then place the memorial on top so that everyone will know the history of the site."
The council have been trying to purchase the land since 2004, but the owners were unable to come to agreement with the local authority, so a CPO was pursued.
you can see if you walk around the right hand side of the building 4 old terraced miners houses that are all boarded up, and since found out that they are in the land package that the baths consist of.
If you walk down the adjacent steps that are next to the baths you will find a memorial of the mine, which is pitiful because it just hidden away from people.
This is a picture of the original mine workings that I got from a Welsh mining website.
Hope you all enjoy.
We were looking for something else when we stumbled along this litlte gem. We had a good look round thought we had found one way in but it was just a man made tunnel underneath the building and then hitting the underside of the floor. This made us chuckle a little bit. Bishop managed to get inside the first time, and his recce confirmed that it was just burnt out. Since then when i have been in there I have found tags and graff from the local kids and graff form another sect of UE explroers. Still dont understand the point of tags.
Here is a official summery of whats happening now.
Residents of Llanhilleth are celebrating as the old Pit Head Baths on the B4471 known locally as the Horseshoe Bend will be knocked down after Blaenau Gwent Council successfully bought the site for redevelopment under a Compulsory Purchase Order.
But the council is refusing to say who they bought the land from and how much they paid for it.
The news comes after years of protest from residents to get rid of the building on the 8,082 square metre site.
The pit head baths served the former Llanhilleth Colliery.
When the colliery closed in 1969, the baths remained and were used intermittently by other companies for light industry.
But for more than five years, the building has been up for sale and has fallen into a bad state of disrepair.
Under the CPO the council have acquired the site and plans are underway to knock it down and build houses.
Llanhilleth Tenants and Residents Association are delighted with the news.
"This is good news for the area," said committee member Ron Selway.
"Since the pit closed the baths have been used for many different things, none of which have really worked.
"Now its falling down and really looks awful, so we're glad its coming down."
Mr Selway said that he would like to see a lasting memorial to the colliery put on the site.
"There is a memorial to the colliery in amongst the bushes down over the banking opposite the baths," he explained.
"But you can't see it from the road and some people don't even know its there.
"I think the council would be better off putting a roundabout in the site to serve the connecting streets and then place the memorial on top so that everyone will know the history of the site."
The council have been trying to purchase the land since 2004, but the owners were unable to come to agreement with the local authority, so a CPO was pursued.
you can see if you walk around the right hand side of the building 4 old terraced miners houses that are all boarded up, and since found out that they are in the land package that the baths consist of.
If you walk down the adjacent steps that are next to the baths you will find a memorial of the mine, which is pitiful because it just hidden away from people.
This is a picture of the original mine workings that I got from a Welsh mining website.
Hope you all enjoy.
Well done. 
