Out and about Local attractions •Llancaiach Fawr Manor Step back in time to the year 1645 and let Welcome to • and Park the servants of Colonel Edward Pritchard Set in a beautiful 90-acre park, Tredegar greet you and guide you around the Manor. House is one of the best examples of a 01443 412248 • www.llancaiachfawr.co.uk 17th Century, Charles II mansion in Britain. •Fourteen Locks Canal The earliest surviving part of the building & Heritage Centre dates back to the early 1500s. Tredegar Located just outside Newport, on the road 01633 815880 to Risca alongside the Monmouthshire and www.nationaltrust.org.uk Brecon Canal is the Fourteen Locks Canal • Roman Fortress Visitor Centre. Visitors can trace the growth & Baths and decline of the Canal and its role in House The site of the 50-acre (20.3ha) transporting commodities such as coal, Roman legionary fortress of Isca, the iron, limestone and bricks from the South permanent base of the Second Augustan valleys down to . Legion in Britain from about AD75. 01633 892167 www.fourteenlocks.co.uk Country Park Impressive remains of the fortress baths, amphitheatre, barracks, and fortress wall. •Rhondda Heritage Park 01633 422518 Based at the Lewis Merthyr Colliery, Caravan Club Site www.cadw.wales.gov.uk Rhondda Heritage Park is a living testament to the mining communities of the Rhondda •St Fagans National History Valleys. Films, fully guided underground Museum, Cardiff experience, artefacts exhibitions, This open-air museum has moved and contemporary art gallery & restaurant. rebuilt over 40 original historic buildings to 01443 682036 show how people in Wales lived, worked, www.rctcbc.gov.uk played and worshipped in days gone by. It has a working farm, a castle with Activities formal gardens and traditional craftsmen demonstrating their skills. Free admission. •Cycling Get to know your site The nearest National Cycle Network route to 029 2057 3500/ 0300 111 2 333 this site is Greenwich to Fishguard, Route 4, www.museumwales.ac.uk This 7-acre site offers 79 spacious playground opens throughout the year. OS ref ST294858. pitches, is ideally located within a mile of If you can tear yourself away, try to devote •Big Pit National Coal Museum Cycling routes have been developed in the and only 7 miles from at least one day to exploring Cardiff with its Discover Wales’s rich mining heritage in conjunction with Sustrans and are available Cardiff. Tredegar House is fairly described Castle, National Museum, Bay Development this amazing, award winning interactive on this site. They include a detailed map, as one of the architectural wonders of and excellent shopping centre. Other museum complete with underground tour. step-by-step directions and useful route Wales, and recognised as one of the notable visits in the area include Newport’s Canteen & Gift Shop, Disabled Facilities. information. A great way to explore the most significant 17th c. houses in the restored Transporter Bridge, Pwll Mawr (Big 029 2057 3650 local area, you can pick them up FREE from British Isles. Pit mining museum), Roman Caerleon and www.museumwales.ac.uk Reception or download them from www. caravanclub.co.uk. The beautiful park, with its ornamental the beautiful Wye Valley and the Museum •Newport Wetlands RSPB lakes, 17th c. orangery and garden, of Welsh life at St Fagans. Tourer Explorer reserve • woodland, walled gardens and adventure This reserve is within 10 miles. Tourer Explorer is available on this site - ask at www.rspb.co.uk/reserves reception for your activity booklet! General site information aerial or satellite dish. For more information meet them at reception and make sure they Reception services visit www.digitaluk.co.uk. Safety on site can exit after the National Trust gates are Radio frequencies Vehicles and cycles locked. Visitor cars must be parked in the car Mail and messages park. Mail and messages are put on the board Radio Wales: 882khz Parents are reminded that children remain outside the reception. Radio Cymru: 92-95VHF their responsibility and therefore they Emergency numbers Red Dragon: 103.2FM. should be supervised at all times, and to Doctor: 01633 815161 Site shop ensure that all members of their party Dentist: 01633 893451 Open at the same times as reception. Wi-Fi follow the principles of road safety. Vet: 01633 255394 The shop sells Gas, Aqua Kem, Aqua Wi-fi internet access is available on this site. Motor vehicles and bicycles on site should, Rinse, rock pegs, postcards, ice cream, Please ask the Warden for details. Close by sweets and chocolate, cold drinks and at all times, be used with due regard to the Electric hook-up safety and convenience of others and their washing powder. Newspapers can be The costs of electricity are included in your Supermarkets speed should not exceed walking pace (5mph). bought at the Post Office just outside the pitch fee, but please help us minimise our The closest is Asda in , approximately No cycling is permitted on site between the grounds of Tredegar Park. effect on the environment by considering half a mile from the site. Sainsbury’s, Tesco, hours of dusk and dawn, as determined by the your electricity use while on site. Also any Aldi and Morrisons are in Newport, 4 miles Information room Wardens. Any one-way system signs should saving could help to reduce pitch fees or from the site. Open at the same times as reception. be observed by all vehicles and cycles. Foot help towards investments in new sites or Leaflets are available about the many pedalled cycles, scooters and skateboards can Cinema redevelopments. attractions and places of interest that you be used, but are not allowed on the paved Cineworld is in Newport, about 4 miles from can visit during your stay. area around toilet blocks and communal the site. Mobile & public telephones Site facilities areas and must not be ridden on footpaths. Swimming pool Mobile phone reception is poor on all Please note that motorised mobility scooters Please see the Site map for locations of The Leisure Centre in Newport, about networks. There is a public telephone are allowed on site, but children’s motorised 4 miles from the site. Tel: 01633 656757. located next to reception. Please note that amenity blocks. scooters or skateboards are not. this phone does not accept incoming calls. Toilets and showers Pets Tourist Information Centre Cleaning times are displayed on the toilet Please keep your dog on a lead at all times on In Caerleon. Tel: 01633 422656. Pitches block doors. site. Please do not walk your dog on grassed Public transport There are two separate toilets open while areas or over pitches. There is no dog walk on The No 30 is a regular bus service to Newport Pitch care cleaning is in progress. site. Dogs must be walked in the Country Park and Cardiff approximately 20 minutes walk Please lift awning ground sheets daily. No There is a baby and toddler bathroom for outside the site entrance. from the site. The correct fare is required plastic ground sheets are allowed. children under four years old. A digital code is Fire point on buses. English bus passes are not valid in Motorhomes required for all blocks. The disabled toilet and (to activate alarm/warning) Located at Wales. There is a “park and ride” to Cardiff, If your pitch is left unoccupied, please leave shower facilities are behind the Ladies toilets all service points and Reception. The fire follow signs from Junction 29 of M4. and a RADAR key is required. assembly point is shown on the Site map. your motorhome sign on display. Places of worship Vacating your pitch Laundry Security barrier C of E, Catholic, Baptist and Methodist There is a security barrier on site that is If you wish to stay after 12 noon on your Prices for the use of the laundry facilities are: Churches are all in the local area or Newport. card operated. Please do not walk under day of departure, it is normally not a Washing machine £4.00, Tumble drier the barriers. problem unless the site is fully booked. £1.00, Rinse & Spin £1.00 per 15min cycle. Please ask at Reception before 10am on Washing sinks are also available. Please do Park gates Tell us what you think… your day of departure. not hang washing lines between trees or on The site is located within Tredegar Country If you have any comments or suggestions the fences. Park and a key is needed for access through Barbecues that could help us to improve this site, Ball games the Park gates after 8.00pm or dusk, please put them in our Visitors’ Comments These are allowed on site but open fires are whichever is earlier. Please ask the Warden as Ball games may be played in the Country Book. And if you discover a local pub or not. Please keep barbecues off the grass. the Park gate times may change. Park but not on site. restaurant or an interesting place to go, TV reception Visitors tell us about that too! In order to watch television on site you will Please ask your visitors to make themselves need an Integrated Digital TV (IDTV) or a known at reception when arriving on site. If Site address: , Newport, NP10 8TW digital receiver, and you may also need an you are expecting visitors after hours, please Telephone: 01633 815600