The half-term break is approaching fast and if you’re looking for the perfect boredom busters then we have everything from Screen Printing and Circus Skills to Warrior School and Tropical Encounters to keep the kids entertained!
Sunday 24th February |
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What? | When? | Where? | Details |
Cardiff Castle Underground Cinema
– The Iron Giant | 10.45am | Cardiff Castle | Experience
classic films in the castle's historic Undercroft.
The
story of a boy and his unlikely friendship with a massive alien robot, based
on the classic book by Ted Hughes, and featuring the unique voice of Vin
Diesel.
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Cardiff Castle Underground Cinema – The Isle of
Dogs | 2.00pm | Cardiff Castle | Experience
classic films in the castle's historic Undercroft.
Japan,
20 years from now: after all the dogs of Megasaki are suddenly banished to a
remote island, one young owner sets out on a dangerous journey to retrieve
his beloved pet Spots.
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Monday 25th February |
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What? | When? | Where? | Details |
Tropical Encounters
| 10:15 / 11:30 / 12:45 / 14:30 | Cardiff Castle | Come
and meet a range of amazing animals from the tropical rain forest of the
Amazon to the African Kalahari desert for a chance to learn about their
behaviour and habitats.
Please
note these sessions are extremely popular and may sell out in advance.
Timed
slots. Limited availability.
Booking
necessary - £4 per person
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Free
swimming (under 16s)
| 10am – 12pm | STAR Hub |
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Lego Club | 12pm – 1pm | STAR Hub |
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Junior Gym
supervised session (11-16 years) | 12pm – 1pm | STAR Hub |
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Lifesaving
skills (8years+) | 1.30pm – 2.30pm | STAR Hub |
Cost
£2.15 |
Block
Printing | 10am-12pm | Llanover Hall | Explore block printing by designing your
own shapes and patterns which you will apply to clay, fabric and paper. Suitable for ages 5-8. Cost: £7.50 To
book a place for your child call 02920 877030.
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Willow
Fish | 10am-12pm
| Llanover Hall | Use a variety of coloured willow to make a
fish shaped platter to hang on your wall or be used on the table. Suitable for ages 8+. Cost: £7.50 To
book a place for your child call 02920 877030.
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Pottery
– Under the Sea | 10am-12pm | Llanover Hall | Learn coiling, slab building and hand
modelling techniques to create fabulous under the sea creatures. Suitable for ages 8+. Cost: £7.50 To
book a place for your child call 02920 877030.
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Peg
Pirates & Mermaids | 1pm-3pm | Llanover Hall | Design and make your own creation using
pegs, fabric and other mediums. Suitable for ages 5-8. Cost: £7.50 To
book a place for your child call 02920 877030.
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Screen
Printing | 1pm-3pm | Llanover Hall | Transform your clothing, design a new
t-shirt, make a logo for your band, or learn how to print your own
posters. Suitable for ages 8+. Cost: £7.50 To
book a place for your child call 02920 877030.
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Circus Workshop
| 2.00 – 4.00pm | Grangetown Hub
| Come along and try acrobatics,
juggling, diablo, hula hoop and much more.
All children must be accompanied
by an adult.
FREE |
Arts & Crafts (4 -10 years) | 11am – 1pm |
Butetown Pavilion |
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Mad Science |
2.30pm – 4.30pm
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Butetown Pavilion |
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Story Time
| 10.30am |
Llandaff North & Gabalfa Hub |
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Children’s
Play services drop-in sessions (5-14
years)
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2.30
- 4.25pm
10am
– 12pm, 2pm – 4pm
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Grangetown
Nursery REACH Centre
Llanrumney
Play Centre
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selection of activities such as games, arts & crafts and sports will be
available free of charge.
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Craft
Club | 3pm
– 5pm |
Ely
& Caerau Hub |
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Tuesday 26th February |
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What? | When? | Where? | Details |
Spring
Hats -Boing | 10am-12pm | Llanover Hall | Design and create a hat for the
season. Suitable for ages 5-8. Cost: £7.50 To
book a place for your child call 02920 877030.
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Pottery
Creatures | 10am-12pm | Llanover Hall | Clay modelling with air drying clay to
create gifts and practical items of your favourite characters.
Suitable for ages 8+. Cost: £7.50 To
book a place for your child call 02920 877030.
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Pottery
Animals | 1pm-3pm | Llanover Hall | Irresistible clay modelling for all of us
animal lovers.
Suitable for ages 5-8. Cost: £7.50 To
book a place for your child call 02920 877030.
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Theatrical
Make Up-Festival Faces | 1pm-3pm | Llanover Hall | Learn and practise all face painting
techniques using spring pattern designs flowers birds etc. Then go home
and do this on your friends! Suitable for ages 8+. Cost: £7.50 To
book a place for your child call 02920 877030.
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Let’s
Act | 10.00am
– 3.00pm (Tuesday and Wednesday) | Llanover Hall | Over the two days you will be a theatre
company devising, rehearsing and then performing a brand new short play for
friends and family in Llanover’s theatre on the final afternoon. Suitable for ages 7-14. Cost: £30 To
book a place for your child call 02920 877030. |
Circus Workshop | 12.00pm – 2.00pm | STAR Hub | Come along and try acrobatics,
juggling, diablo, hula hoop and much more.
All children must be accompanied
by an adult.
FREE |
Free swimming (under16s) | 10am – 12pm | STAR Hub |
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Junior Gym supervised session (11-16 years)
| 12pm – 1pm | STAR Hub |
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Snorkelling & Games (8years+)
| 1.30pm -2.30pm | STAR Hub | Cost £2.15 |
Arts & Crafts (4-10 years ) | 11am – 1pm |
Butetown Pavillion |
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Cooking and Film Workshops | 4.30pm – 7.30pm | Butetown Pavillion
| Learn about cooking skills,
discovering and sourcing ingredients, carbon footprint, cooking for families,
financial food budgeting and fun!
Book your place by calling Helen
Edgeworth 02922330001 or Steen on 02920231123
Suitable for ages 10-13.
FREE
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Sports Club
| 11am – 12pm |
Llandaff North & Gabalfa Hub |
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Story Time | 10am – 10.30am |
Grangetown Hub |
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Cardiff Story Museum activity |
4pm – 6pm |
Grangetown Hub |
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Children’s
Play services drop-in sessions (5-14
years)
| 10
to 11.55am
2.30
to 4.25pm
10.45am
– 12.40pm
2pm
– 5pm
10am
– 12pm
2.05pm
– 4pm
| North
Ely Youth Centre
Ely
& Caerau Hub
Canton
Community Hall
Boys & Girls Club,
Earl Lane, off Amherst Street, Grangetown
Llanrumney Play Centre
Powerhouse Hub | A
selection of activities such as games, arts & crafts and sports will be
available free of charge.
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Wednesday 27th February |
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What? | When? | Where? | Details |
Warrior School | 10.30am | Cardiff Castle | Learn how to sword fight with Sir Jay and
Sir Lewis from the Warwick Warriors and become a fully-fledged knight. Held indoors in the atmospheric 15th
century Undercroft and ending in a knighting ceremony. Tickets for this event cover the workshop
and access to the Castle grounds including the Keep, Wartime Tunnels and Battlement
Walk. An additional charge applies for access to other areas. Suitable for ages 5-16. For safety reasons, children under 5 may
not participate but may accompany adults who have purchased a ticket. Please note these sessions are extremely
popular and may sell out in advance. Timed slots. Limited availability. Booking
necessary. £10.00 (1 child & 1 adult), additional adults £5.00 Call: 02920 878 100
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Batik
Banners | 10am-12pm | Llanover Hall | Get ready for March 1st and think of all
your welsh images to put on a banner to wow your class mates when you get
back to school.
Suitable for ages 5-8. Cost: £7.50 To
book a place for your child call 02920 877030.
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Mural
Art with Stencils | 10am-12pm | Llanover Hall | Create a mural on card or board using your
own drawings, stencils and a whole range of painting materials.
Suitable for ages 8+ Cost: £7.50 To
book a place for your child call 02920 877030. |
Multi-Coloured
and Indigo Dyeing Workshop | 1pm-3pm | Llanover Hall | Dip your pre-loved clothing or printed
designs (from the Block or Screen Printing Workshops) into bubbling vats of
colour in this fantastic, fun workshop. Suitable for ages 5-8. Cost: £7.50 To
book a place for your child call 02920 877030.
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Celtic
Batik | 1pm-3pm | Llanover Hall | Based on traditional Celtic designs make
your own fabric batik using hot wax and colourful dyes.
Suitable for ages 8+ Cost: £7.50 To
book a place for your child call 02920 877030.
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“Who
lives in the park?”
| 11am
/ 1.30pm | Bute Park Education Centre | Storytelling,
arts and crafts and activities.
Did
you know we’ve installed a wildlife camera system in the park? Come and
be the first to see some of our exciting footage!
Book
a place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hwyl-ir-teulu-am-hanner-tymor-half-term-family-fun-tickets-56473149711
Suitable
for children aged 3+.
All
children must be accompanied by an adult. FREE |
Half
Term Craft | 10am
– 2.30pm
| Cardiff
Story Museum
| Come along to a robot themed family craft day. Drop-in between 10am – 1pm when we’ll be making robot
inspired 3D artworks. At 1pm we have a family friendly film screening of The Iron
Giant. https://cardiffmuseum.com/whatson/half-term-craft/
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Wild Challenge Wednesday | 10am – 3.30pm
| Trelai Park
| Sometimes the weather is so obvious it goes unnoticed.
Bring your little meteorologists along for a day of watching
clouds, capturing rain, seeing which way the wind blows and puddle jumping
with our Giving Nature a Home in Cardiff Events Team.
https://www.outdoorcardiff.com/events/wild-challenge-wednesday-in-trelai-park/ |
Half-Term
Family Fun | 11am
/ 1.30pm | Bute
Park Education Centre | Storytelling,
arts and crafts, outdoor activities.
Don’t
forget to bring your wellies! Suitable
for children aged 3+. All children
must be accompanied by an adult.
Tickets
(free) here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hwyl-ir-teulu-am-hanner-tymor-half-term-family-fun-tickets-56473175789?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
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Free
swimming (under 16s) | 10am
– 12pm | STAR
Hub |
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Mad Science | 10am
– 12pm | STAR
Hub |
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Junior Gym supervised session (11-16 years)
| 12pm – 1pm | STAR
Hub |
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Water
roller fun (8
years +) | 1.30pm – 2.30pm | STAR
Hub
| Cost
£2.15
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3D
Workshop
| 2pm – 4pm | Butetown Pavilion |
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Girls
basketball academy
(11-
17 years) |
6pm – 7pm |
Butetown
Pavilion |
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Sports Club
| 11am – 12pm |
Llandaff North & Gabalfa Hub |
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3D Workshop Mad Science
Workshop
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11am
– 1pm |
Grangetown
Hub |
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Make and Take Fun Station
| 3pm – 5.30pm |
Grangetown
Hub |
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Children’s
Play services drop-in sessions (5-14
years)
| 10
to 11.55am
2.30pm
to 4.25pm
2.30pm
– 4.25pm | North
Ely Youth Centre
Ely
& Caerau Hub
Grangetown
Nursery REACH Centre | A
selection of activities such as games, arts & crafts and sports will be
available free of charge.
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Sports
Club with Sport Cardiff |
11am
– 12pm |
Ely
& Caerau Hub
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Thursday 28th Feb |
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Free Swimming (under16s)
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10am – 12pm |
STAR Hub
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Board Games
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12pm – 1pm |
STAR Hub
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Junior Gym supervised session (11-16 years)
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12pm
– 1pm |
STAR
Hub |
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Pool fun and games (8 years +)
| 1.30pm – 2.30pm |
STAR Hub | Cost £2.15
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Pebble Painting | 2pm |
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Make- up session with Afifa (14-19 years) |
3pm – 5pm |
Butetown Pavilion |
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Storytime
| 10.30am |
Llandaff North & Gabalfa Hub |
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Sports Club
| 11am – 12pm | Llandaff North & Gabalfa Hub |
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RSPB Wild Challenge
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2pm – 4pm |
Grangetown Hub |
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Junior Storytime | 3.30pm – 3pm |
Grangetown Hub
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Children’s
Play services drop-in sessions (5-14
years)
| 10
to 11.55am
2.30
to 4.25pm
10am
– 12pm
2.05pm
– 4pm
10am
– 1.30pm
2.30pm
– 5pm
| Ely
& Caerau Hub
St
Francis Parish Hall
Llanrumney
Play Centre
Powerhouse
Hub
Splott
Play Centre | A
selection of activities such as games, arts & crafts and sports will be
available free of charge.
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Sports
Club with Sport Cardiff |
1pm
– 2pm |
Ely
& Caerau Hub
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Friday 1st March |
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What? | When? | Where? | Details |
Shield Decorating Workshop | 10:30 / 12:30 | Cardiff Castle | Design
your own coat-of-arms and decorate a wooden shield to take away with you.
Held
in the Education Centre, these workshops will give an opportunity to create a
unique and personal work of art to take home. Why not celebrate St David’s
Day with a special Welsh-themed shield?
Please
note these sessions are extremely popular and may sell out in advance.
Timed
slots. Limited availability.
Booking
necessary -Tickets: £8.00 (admits
one adult and one child)
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Circus Workshop (5+) | 12.00pm – 2.00pm | Butetown Pavillion
| Come along and try acrobatics,
juggling, diablo, hula hoop and much more. All children must be accompanied
by an adult.
FREE
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St David’s Day Arts & Crafts | 10.30 – 11.30 | Butetown Pavillion
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Football tournament (see Malik) | 2.30pm – 8pm | Butetown Pavillion
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Free swimming | 10am – 12pm | STAR Hub |
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RSPB Wild Challenge |
2pm – 4pm |
STAR Hub |
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Junior Gym supervised session (11-16 years)
| 1pm – 2pm |
STAR Hub |
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Pool Disco (8years +) | 1.30-2.30pm |
STAR Hub
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Cost £2.15 |
Sports Club
| 11am – 12pm |
Llandaff North & Gabalfa Hub |
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Lego Club
| 11am – 12pm | Llandaff North & Gabalfa Hub |
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St David’s Day Party
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3.30 – 5pm |
Grangetown Hub |
Dress up and celebrate our special day
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Story & Rhyme
time | 10.30am |
Fairwater Hub |
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Children’s
Play services drop-in sessions (5-14
years)
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2.30
to 4.25pm
10am
-12pm
2.05pm
– 4pm
10am
– 1.30pm, 2.30pm – 5pm
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Canton
Community Hall
Llanrumney
Play Centre
Llanrumney
Hub
Splott
Play Centre | A
selection of activities such as games, arts & crafts and sports will be
available free of charge.
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Sports
Club with Sport Cardiff
Lego
Club |
1pm
– 2pm
3pm
– 5pm |
Ely
& Caerau Hub
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Saturday 2nd March |
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What? | When? | Where? | Details |
Children’s movie
club
| 10am / 2pm | Llandaff North & Gabalfa Hub |
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Lego Club
| 11am – 12pm | Llandaff North & Gabalfa Hub |
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Craft Club |
2.30-3.30 | Llandaff North & Gabalfa Hub |
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Colouring Club
| 3.15pm – 4.15pm |
Grangetown Hub |
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Lego Club &
Puzzles |
11am |
Fairwater Hub |
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Lego Club
| 10am – 12pm | Ely
& Caerau Hub
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Cardiff Children’s
Literature Festival
Date: Sat 30
Mar – Sun 7 Apr
Time: Various
Timed Sessions
Venue: Cardiff
City Centre, Various Venues
Website: www.cardiffkidslitfest.com
The
Cardiff Children’s Literature Festival is now in its 7th year, running across
two weekends, with over 40 ticketed events, FREE craft sessions and an
extensive programme of school events all held in iconic venues across the city
centre including Cardiff Castle, City Hall, National Museum Wales and Cardiff
Story Museum.
Sessions
are extremely popular and may sell out in advance.
Four ways
to make their day with a trip to the Bay this half-term!
1. Walk or cycle the circular Bay Trail. At just over 6 miles/10km
long the trail is a great way to make the most of the Bay. The route boasts
iconic landmarks, as well as the Cardiff Bay Wetland Reserve, play areas, a
skate park, and an Enormous Crocodile – perfect for a sit-down and selfie.
2. Go interactive!
Download the Tiger Bay Trail App and have fun
discovering the history of the area. You’ll find a variety of eateries to make
a pitstop along the way, including the RSPB’s Café Hafren on Cardiff Bay
Barrage.
3. Searching for an adrenaline-filled adventure? You’ll
find them at the award-winning Cardiff International White Water (CIWW). Family Rafting sees the speed and level of
the water lowered, so kids as young as six can enjoy the fun and excitement of
the white water. You can also have a blast riding jets of water on a bodyboard
with Indoor Wave!
4. Looking for excitement but not wet feet? Take on the challenge of Air
Trail. Featuring high ropes, obstacles and zip wires, this activity towers
above the white water course.
To find out more about attractions and activities in Cardiff Bay, visit www.cardiffharbour.com.
For more information on activities at Cardiff International White Water
visit www.ciww.com or call 029 2082 9970 to book.