Blaenavon, St Peter

The Church of St Peter is on the Southwest side of the B4246 that runs roughly North-South through Blaenavon, at this point the road is also called, appropriately enough, Church Road. There is no parking on this road but there are nearby car parks.

Blaenavon grew during the Industrial Revolution and as part of the wealth generated at that time two local ironmasters, Samuel Hopkins and Thomas Hill, built the Church of St Peter and donated it to the parish in 1804. The ringing room in reached by climbing two flight of stairs and is situated behind the organ. The room is not particularly large but provides plenty of room to ring the 8 bells as well as proving a few seats. I only rang once but the bells seemed easy to ring and sounded rather nice.

I visited for the first time on Saturday 17^th May 2008 with the WDCRA as part of a Mini-Outing.

Today, the tower has a ring of 8 bells cast by John Taylor & Co. of Loughborough with a tenor weighing 9-1-0. Dove's Guide includes details of the bells at St Peter's Church.

The Llandaff & Monmouth DACBR also has some relevant information.