Nantgarw China Works Museum
Explore the history of the works and view Billingsley’s exquisite porcelain. Experience the conditions under which the famous porcelain was made.
Learn of the importance of the Glamorganshire Canal, which formed the Western boundary of the site on its route from Cyfarthfa, Merthyr Tydfil to Cardiff Bay.
View the Pardoe pipeworks and examine the tools and technique of clay-pipe manufacture, and the stable area now converted to a classroom for school groups.
Nantgarw China Works is the only remaining archaeological site of porcelain production in the UK!
The grounds contain remains of factory buildings and bottle kilns. The Nantgarw China Works Museum has won an award for its education services under the National Heritage Museum of the Year Award scheme.
Contact
Nantgarw House
Tyla Gwyn
Nantgarw
CF15 7TB
Telephone: 01443 841 703
Website: www.friendsofncwm.org
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