Theatres · South Wales
Blackwood Miners Welfare Institute
Blackwood Miners Welfare Institute in Wales South, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Blackwood Miners Welfare Institute is a cinema or movie theatre in Wales South, United Kingdom, dating from 1925. Britain's listed cinemas span Edwardian picture palaces, Art Deco super-cinemas of the 1930s, and the surviving independent neighbourhood houses.
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The Blackwood Miners Welfare Institute (Welsh: Sefydliad y Glowyr Coed Duon) is an entertainment venue located at the north end of Blackwood High Street in Blackwood, Caerphilly, Wales and run by Caerphilly County Borough Council. Opened in 1925 as a miners' welfare institute, it originally was a single floor snooker hall but was expanded eleven years later. In the 1980s, the institute was the venue for some of the earliest performances by the Manic Street Preachers, a band formed in Blackwood in 1986. The hall was sold to Islwyn Borough Council in 1989 after falling into disrepair and was reopened as an entertainment venue in February 1992. It is a receiving venue for comedy, theatre and music and a producer in its own right.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Blackwood Miners Welfare Institute (Welsh: Sefydliad y Glowyr Coed Duon) is an entertainment venue located at the north end of Blackwood High Street in Blackwood, Caerphilly, Wales and run by Caerphilly County Borough Council. Opened in 1925 as a miners' welfare institute, it originally was a single floor snooker hall but was expanded eleven years later. In the 1980s, the institute was the venue for some of the earliest performances by the Manic Street Preachers, a band formed in Blackwood in 1986. The hall was sold to Islwyn Borough Council in 1989 after falling into disrepair and was reopened as an entertainment venue in February 1992. It is a receiving venue for comedy, theatre and music and a producer in its own right. Its co-productions with Black Rat Theatre Company tour across Wales. The institute is a Grade II* listed building. In July 2024, Caerphilly County Borough Council announced plans to close the venue as a cost-saving measure. A petition opposing the closure gained over 1000 signatures within a day of its launch.
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Background
History
Blackwood Miners Welfare Institute was opened after the final stones of the building were laid on 4 December 1925 and was used as a single floor snooker hall owned by the Coal Industry and the Social Welfare Organisation. The local Miners Welfare Fund provided a £7,000 grant whilst miners raised £850 from their wages. Eleven years later two more floors were built which included a stage, auditorium, dance floor, reading room, library, ladies room and rehearsal rooms for local societies. Blackwood Miners Welfare Institute is run by Caerphilly County Borough Council. Caerphilly County Borough Council approved restoration work to the interior and exterior of the building in June 2011 and this…
Architecture
Blackwood Miners Welfare Institute is a free standing building. It has a stone facade with a symmetrical frontage of three bays and three storeys with the two outer ones featuring stepped parapets. The ground floor has rusticated ashlar piers without classical ornament to the pilasters and windows. It has the Memorial Theatre inside which has a grid and orchestra pit which can accommodate up to 30 musicians. It is flat-floored with a raked rear within the double-height auditorium that features little decoration and a curved barrel roof divided up into a series of decorated arches. Blackwood Miners Welfare Institute is a Grade II* listed building; Cadw's listing record describing it as "an…
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- Coordinates
- 51.6695, -3.1959
- District
- Caerphilly
- Parish
- Blackwood
- Postcode
- NP12 1BD
- Parliamentary constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn
- Established
- 1925
- Official site
- www.blackwoodlt.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q17739912 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Blackwood Miners Welfare Institute (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Blackwood Miners Welfare Institute?
- Blackwood Miners Welfare Institute is in South Wales, United Kingdom (postcode NP12 1BD), in the parish of Blackwood.
- When was Blackwood Miners Welfare Institute built?
- Built or established in 1925.
- Who owns Blackwood Miners Welfare Institute?
- Blackwood Miners Welfare Institute is owned by Caerphilly County Borough Council.
- Is Blackwood Miners Welfare Institute a listed building?
- Blackwood Miners Welfare Institute is officially recognised as Grade II* listed building listed.
- How do I get to Blackwood Miners Welfare Institute?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NP12 1BD. It sits within the Newport West and Islwyn parliamentary constituency.