South Wales & the Valleys Guide

 

Festivals & Shows

• Mumbles Mostly Blues & Jazz Festival

  - Late April Early May

• Pontardawe Celtic Festival

  - Early May

• Neath Festival

  - Early May

• Vale of Glamorgan Walking Festival

  - Mid May

• South Wales Boat Show - Swansea

  - Mid June

• National Transport Festival of Wales - Swansea

  - Mid June

• Historic Transport Show

  - Late June

• Caerphilly Flower Festival

  - Late June

• Everyman Summer Theatre Festival - Cardiff

  - July

• Sandfields Aberavan Beach Festival - Port Talbot

  - Mid July

• Abertillery Blues Festival

  Mid July

• The Big Cheese - Caerphilly

  - End July

• The Gower Festival

  - End July

• Pontardawe Festival -

  Late August

• Bedwellty Agricultural Show

  Late August

• Cardiff Harbour Festival

  Late August

• Swansea Bay Beer Festival

  - Late August

• Cardiff Mardi Gras

  -Early September

• Valleys Walking Festival

  -Mid September

• Swansea Bay Summer Festival

  - Early May to September

Food Festivals

• Cowbridge Food and Drink Festival -

  Late October

Music Festivals

• South Wales' Arts and Music Festivals

 

Activities for all ages

• Barry Island Park
• Boulders Indoor Climbing Centre - Cardiff
• Bowlplex - Cwmbran
• Bowlplex - Nantgarw
• Dynamic Rock Indoor Climbing Centre - Swansea
• Earlswood Indoor Bowling Club - Swansea
• Dulais Valley Quads and Archery - Seven Sisters
• Dryad Bushcraft - Killay - Swansea
• LC2 Waterpark - Swansea
• Perriswood Archery & Falconry Centre Penmaen
• Singleton Boating Lake
• Skydive Swansea
• Supakart - Newport
• Task Force Paintball - Cowbridge
• Team Force Paintball - Swansea
• Ten Pin Bowling -Swansea

Activities for the very young

• Adventure Island - Barry Island - Vale of Glamorgan
• Chaos For Kids - Newport
• Farm Park - Cefn Mably - Cardiff
• Greenmeadow Community Farm, Cwmbran
• Jump - Cardiff
• Leisureplay - Waunlanyfran Lanelli - 01554 757 050
• Park Play - Cardiff
• PlayZone Adventure Play - Swansea
• Supakart - Newport
• Techniquest Toddler Days, Cardiff
• Wacky Warehouse - Heron Marsh - Cardiff
• Wacky Warehouse - New Inn Motel -Newport
• Zoopadoopa - Cwmbran

 

Attractions

• 1940s Swansea Bay - Crumlyn Burrows - Swansea
• Dylan Thomas' birthplace - 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea
• Aberdulais Falls - Near Neath

  - National Trust

• Blaenavon Ironworks
• The Big Pit - National Coal Museum - Blaenafon
• Cardiff Bay Barrage
• Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre
• Cosmeston Medieval Village - Penarth - Vale of Glamorgan
• Cwm Clydach RSPB Reserve - Craig Cefyn Parc Near Swansea
• Dan yr Ogof Show Caves - Abercrave
• Dr Who Exhibition, Cardiff
• Dylan Thomas Centre - Swansea
• Egypt Centre - Swansea
• Festival Park Owl Sanctuary, Ebbw Vale
• Flatholm Island
• Glamorgan Heritage Coast Centre - Southerndown - Vale of Glamorgan
• Goleulong 2000 Lightship, Cardiff
• Gower Heritage Centre- Parkmill - Gower - Swansea
• Greenmeadow Community Farm, Cwmbran
• Kenfig National Nature Reserve - Pyle - Bridgend
• Lakeside Farm Park - Blackmill - Bridgend
• Llanerch Vineyard - Pendoylan - Vale of Glamorgan
• Nash Point Lighthouse (Tours) - Llantwit Major - Tel:07850 047 721
• The National Museum - Cardiff
• National Waterfront Museum - Swansea
• Penarth Pier - Vale of Glamorgan
• Penderyn Distillery, Aberdare
• Pit Pony Sanctuary - Pontypridd -Rhondda
• Plantasia - Swansea
• St Fagans National History Museum - Cardiff
• The Senedd
• Swansea Bay Rider Land Train Blackpill Lido - Southend Gardens, Mumbles
• Techniquest Science Theatre & Planetarium, Cardiff
• Warren Mill Farm Park - Cowbridge - Vale of Glamorgan
• Welsh Hawking Centre & Children's Animal Park - Barry - Vale of Glamorgan
• The Welsh Museum of Fire Skewan - Neath Port Talbot

 

Boat Trips

• Flat Holm Island
• Gower Coast Adventure
• Pontymoile Marina - Pontymoile - Torfaen
• Red Line Boats - Goytre Wharf - Llanover
• The Waverley & Balmoral - Penarth & Porthcawl - Vale of Glamorgan
• Swansea Community Boat - Swansea Canal Information

 

Canals

• Neath & Tennant Canals - Aberdulais - Neath Port Talbot
• Thomas Dadford - Neath Canal
• Swansea Canal Walk

Gardens

• South Wales Gardens & Parks
• South Wales Nature & Wildlife Reserves

Railways

• Barry Rail Centre - Vale of Glamorgan

  - Currently Closed

• Brecon Mountain Railway - Merthyr Tydfil
• Cyfarthfa Park Miniature Railway - Merthyr Tydfil -

  Distance: 800ft - Gauge: 5" (13cm)

• Griffithstown Railway Museum - Torfaen
• Heart of Wales Line
• Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway - Blaenavon -

  Steam Locos: 1 + 4 - Distance: 1.25 miles (2km)- Gauge: 4'8½" (142cm)

 

Sporting Activities

Boat Charter - Diving, Fishing & Pleasure

• South Wales Boat Charter

Climbing

• Boulders Indoor Climbing Centre - Cardiff
• Dynamic Rock Indoor Climbing Centre - Swansea

Cycling - Routes

• Cefn Cribwr - Cefn Cribwr to Bridgend
• Celtic Trail - Hengoed to Bargoed
• Parc Bryn Bach BMX Circuit
• Pontypool - Blaenavon Cycle Route - Pontymoel Canal Basin to Blaenavon
• Swansea Bike Path - Swansea Marina to Mumbles
• Taff Trail - Bute Park to Castell Coch - Cardiff
• Taff Trail - Cefn Coed Viaduct to Pontsticill Reservoir Merthyr
• Cwmcarn trails - Cwmdown mountain bike uplift service
• Glyncorrwg Mountain Bike Centre - Cynonville - Port Talbot
• Taff Trail - Cardiff to Brecon

Cycling - Bike Hire

• Mountain Bike Wales
• Action Bikes - Cycle Hire - Swansea
• Afan Valley Bike Hire
• Glyncorrwg Mountain Bike Centre - Cynonville - Port Talbot
• Mountain Tours Bike Hire - Blaenafon
• Skyline Bike Hire - Cynonville - Port Talbot

Driving

• G-force Karting, Pontypool
• Taff Valley Quad Bike & Activity Centre - Upper Boat - Pontypridd

Fishing

• South Wales Fishing
• Cwmbran Angling Association

Flying & Paragliding

• Axis Paragliding
• Paraventure Airsports, Blaenavon
• Skydive Swansea

Golf Courses

• Ashleigh Road Golf Course
• Bryn Meadows Golf Course -Caerphilly
• Clyne Golf Club - Swansea
• Cottrell Park, Cardiff
• Dinas Powis Golf Club
• Fairwood Park Golf Club
• Gnoll Golf Course - More Information
• Greenmeadow Golf and Country Club Golf Course - Cwmbran
• Llanyrafon Golf Course - Cwmbran
• Morriston Golf Club
• Neath Golf Club
• Oakdale Golf Club - Blackwood
• Peterstone Lakes Golf Club- Wentloog, Cardiff
• Pontnewydd Golf Club - Cwmbran
• Pontpool Golf Club
• Pontypridd Golf course
• Tawe Vale Golf Club
• Woodlake Park Golf Club Pontypool

Golf Ranges

• Oakdale Golf Club - Blackwood

Horse Riding

• Argae house Equestrian - Dinas Powys - BHS
• Cardiff Riding School - Llandaff- BHS
• Caerphilly Riding School- BHS
• Cimla Trekking & Equestrian Centre - Neath- BHS
• Copley Stables Bishopstown, Swansea- BHS
• Dimlands Riding School - Llantwit Major - 01446 794 943 - ABRS
• Downs-side Riding Centre - Penarth - ABRS
• Green Meadow Riding Centre Aberdare - BHS
• Liege Manor Equestrian Centre- Bonvilston - BHS
• Parc Le Breos Pony Trekking Centre - Parkmill, Gower
• Pentre Riding Stables - Pen-y-Cae- BHS
• Ponderosa Equestrian Centre - Llanwern Village, Newport- BHS
• Rockwood Riding Centre - Craig Yr Allt - Caerphilly - ABRS
• Shortcross Stables - St Brides Major - BHS
• Talygarn Equestrian Centre - Pontyclun - BHS
• Tickens Trekking, Torfaen

Leisure Centres

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Multi Activity Centres

• Adventure Wales, Kenfig, Porthcawl
• Breakout Adventure - Swansea
• Call of the Wild - Seven Sisters - Activities: Gower & Brecon Beacons
• Clyne Farm Centre, Swansea
• Dynamic Rock, Swansea
• Gap Activities, Swansea
• Get Out - Go Country - Cwm Hedd Lakes, Newport
• Go Ape High Wire Forest Adventure - Margam
• Ynys Hywel Activity Centre - Caerphilly

Shooting

• Cardiff Rifle Club
• Crynant Shooting Ground - Near Neath
• South Wales 2000- Blackwood - Caerphilly
• Swansea Rifle Club
• Tondu Target Shooting Club
• Torfaen Rifle Club

Ski Centre

• Pontypool Ski Centre

Swimming Pools

• Fontygary Leisure Park Swimming Pool - Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan
• LC2 Swansea

Ten Pin Bowling

• Tenpin Bowling - Swansea

Water Sports

• Adventure Cardiff
• Celtic Events - Cardiff
• Get Out - Go Country - Cwm Hedd Lakes, Newport
• Gwent Adventures, Llandegfedd Reservoir, Coed y Paen
• Jet ski Hire - Port Talbot
• Surf GSD - Swansea Bay
• Watersports 4 All - Gower
• Welsh Surf Federation Surf School - Swansea

Water Sports - Surf Reports

• Aberavon
• Langland Bay
• Llangennith
• Porthcawl

Walking

• Mountain Tours - Blaenafon

 

Cinemas

• Apollo - Port Talbot
• Astra Cinema - St Athan
• Blackwood Miners Institute
• Blaengarw Workmen's Hall
• Chapter - Cardiff
• Cineworld - Cardiff
• Cwmaman Institute - Aberdare
• Grand Pavilion - Porthcawl
• Market Hall Cinema - Brynmawr
• Muni Screen - Pontypridd
• Odeon - Cardiff
• Odeon - Swansea
• Odeon - Bridgend
• Phoenix Centre - Ton Pentre
• Pontardawe Arts Centre
• Princess Royal Theatre - Port Talbot
• Scene Cinemas - Cwmbran
• Showcase - Pontypridd
• Taliesin Arts Centre - Swansea
• Vue - Cwmbran
• Vue - Cardiff
• Vue - Merthyr Tydfil
• Vue - Swansea
• Wales Milennium Centre - Cardiff
• Workmen's Hall - Blaenavon

Museums

• South Wales' Museums - Public and Private

Theatres

• Beaufort Theatre & Ballroom - Ebbw Vale - Blaenau Gwent
• Blaengarw Workmen's Hall
• Blackwood Miners Institute
• Chapter - Cardiff
• Coliseum - Aberdare
• Congress Theatre - Cwmbran
• Cwmaman Institute - Aberdare
• Dylan Thomas Theatre - Swansea
• Grand Pavilion - Porthcawl
• Grand Theatre - Swansea
• Met Cultural and Conference Centre - Abertillery - Blaenau Gwent
• Muni Arts Centre - Pontypridd
• Park & Dare - Treorci
• Pontardawe Arts Centre
• Princess Royal Theatre - Port Talbot
• Sherman Theatre - Cardiff
• St Donats Arts Centre - Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan
• Taliesin Arts Centre - Swansea
• Phoenix Theatre - Ton Pentre
• Wales Milennium Centre - Cardiff

Historic Buildings, Monuments & Places

• South Wales Castles, Historic Buildings and Monuments