The A467 Underpass Abertillery

The Abertillery A467 Underpass – Main South Wall. This is the original painting of Abertillery Tin Works scene painted by the artists Kenneth and Oliver Budd with which they used to construct the mosaic for the main south wall at the underpass. Image copyright Mr Oliver Budd.

The Abertillery A467 Underpass – Main North Wall. This is the original painting of the Warwill Foundry, Abertillery scene painted by the artists Kenneth and Oliver Budd with which they used to construct the mosaic for the main north wall at the underpass. Image copyright Mr Oliver Budd.

The Abertillery A467 Underpass – “Sunny the Cat” Sunny was Mr Oliver Budd’s pet cat, he was included in the mosaic, Mr Kenneth Budd would include depictions of dogs while Oliver depict cats within the mosaics.

The Abertillery A467 Underpass. This is a close-up of a section of the mosaic showing a tin plate worker from within the tin plate wall. Photograph copyright Mr Oliver Budd.

The Abertillery A467 Underpass. This is a close-up of a section of the mosaic showing a jug and pint of beer from within the Webb’s Aberbeeg Brewery wing wall. Photograph copyright Mr Oliver Budd.

The Abertillery A467 Underpass – July 2020. This view is of the Abertillery Railway wing roundel.

The Abertillery A467 Underpass – Official Opening 22nd December 1988. This image is of Mr Oliver Budd, creator of the mosaics in the underpass greeting Mr Michael Foot P.C., M.P. at the official opening of the main road and underpass on Thursday 22nd December 1988. Photograph copyright Mr Oliver Budd.

The Abertillery A467 Underpass – July 2020. This is the view of the underpass taken from the Carlyle Street area in July 2020. Small sections of the mosaic on the Abertillery Railway Station wing has been damaged by vandalism. 

The Abertillery A467 Underpass – July 2020. This is the view of the underpass taken from the Carlyle Street area in July 2020. Quite a bit of the Blaenau Gwent Chapel wing has been damaged by vandalism.