Things to do with the Kids - South Wales - Children's attractions

The Brecon Beacons is a National Park with a dramatic, colourful landscape of mountains, lakes, rivers, valleys and waterfalls. There are ancient monuments, iron hillforts, churches, museums and castles to explore, showcaves and mountian railways.	The beautiful coastline of Pembrokeshire is part of the only coastal National Park in Britain.Visitors can enjoy the 299km Pembrokeshire Coast Path and some of the best beaches in the world.	Off the Pembrokeshire coast are the islands of Ramsey, home to grey seals, porpoises and dolphins, Skomer and Skokholm with 150,000 pairs of Manx Shearwaters, and Grassholm with gannets, puffins, cormorants, peregrine falcons and much more

The National Showcaves Centre for Wales Abercrave Swansea SA9 1GJ	Dan-yr-Ogof Showcave, Iron Age Farm, Cathedral Showcave, Dinosaur Park, Bone Cave, Museum, Millennium Stone Circles, Shire Horse Centre, Mr Morgan’s Farmyard, Barney Owl’s Play Area. Telephone 01639 730284.
Big Pit: National Coal Museum Blaenafon Torfaen NP4 9XP	Guided underground tours, Pithead baths canteen offering meals and snacks, Coffee shop open during peak season, Gift shop with souvenirs and books, Wheelchairs available on request, Baby changing facilities, Free coach and car parking. Tel: (01495) 790311. Big Pit stands on the edge of Blaenafon.

Caerphilly castle Town centre Caerphilly	The fortress covers 30 acres in all, making it the biggest Castle in Wales and along with Dover and Windsor, the largest in Britain. The castle's lakes, and the three artificial islands, making Caerphilly Castle almost impregnable to siege warfare, often threatened, it was never taken.
	This building is chiefly known as a romantic folly supposedly reproducing a small medieval Welsh chieftain's stronghold, built in the 1870s, for the 3rd Marquess of Bute to a design by William Burges, and possessing the most remarkable interior decoration.	Castle Coch near Cardiff south Wales
Plantasia Parc Tawe Swansea SA1 2AL 01792 474555.	Plantasia is a gigantic hot-house garden pyramid located in Swansea city centre in Parc Tawe. There's something for everyone with a huge variety of extraordinary, rare and exotic plants from all over the globe. Butterflies fly free in the Butterfly House and theres all manner of strange insects, reptiles, fish and birds to be seen.

Cardigan Island Coastal Farm Park Gwbert Cardigan Ceredigion West Wales Open: 10 am to 6 pm Every Day, from March 14th - October 30th, Re-open March 20th 2006	This unique farm park is stunningly located on a scenic headland, overlooking the nature reserve of Cardigan Island, which is just 200 yards off-shore, so it can be clearly viewed from the park. Cardigan Bay's bottlenose dolphins are frequent visitors to the waters surrounding the park, particularly during calm weather, when they swim closer to the shore. They can be viewed clearly from the park. There are a variety of friendly farm animals here. These include pigs, sheep, goats, rare breed cattle, ponies, chickens, rabbits, guinea pigs, ducks, geese and Dilwyn the donkey. There are also llamas, rheas, emus and wallabies from far-off lands.
Folly Farm Kilgetty Tenby 01834 812731	Bottle feeding, hand milking, tractor rides, fun fair, museum, birds of prey, adventure playground.
Vale of Rheidol Railway Aberystwyth Ceredigion 01970 625819	An unforgettable journey through the spectacular Rheidol Valley by narrow gauge steam train.

Oakwood near Narberth Pembrokeshire	White-knuckle rides to furry farm animals. Also Megafobia, Britain's largest wooden rollercoaster.
Techniquest Stuart Street Cardiff CF10 5BW	Techniquest is the UK's leading Science Discovery Centre. There are 160 exciting hands-on exhibits: puzzles, challenges and scientific marvels, to enthuse and amuse the whole family! Our planetarium shows run every weekend and all through the school holidays. A great family outing...	Tel: 029 20 475 475 Fax: 029 20 482 517 www.techniquest.org

Castell Henllys Iron Age Fort Newport 01239 891319 Genuine Iron Age site, with re-constructed round-houses and animal shelters.	The National Botanic Garden of Wales Middleton Hall Llanarthne Carmarthenshire 01588 667134 Opened in Spring 2000, the Great Glasshouse and surrounding gardens combine traditional beauty with ground - breaking design features.	Pembroke Castle Pembroke 01646 681510 The oldest castle in Wales, with its 5-storey, 75 feet high circular keep.


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