Hi meg_m ! You could take the girls down to Cardiff for the day for a spot of shopping and a look around the millenium stadium. There's also an ice skating rink and loads of nice places to eat.

These places may not be to your daughters tastes but are mostly free!!!

Big Pit Brynmawr http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/bigpit/
Roman fort -Caerleon http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/caerleon/
St fagans-jsut off M4 http://walespast.com/en/stfagans/Caerphilly Castle http://www.caerphilly.gov.uk/bigcheese/ is on end of July Excellent day!!! Live groups etc

Helen, I thought they'd closed the ice rink??? Also Cardiff castle but I think that may be closed too at the moment.

Newport is quite nice for shopping and there's the suspension bridge
http://www.du.edu/~jcalvert/tech/transport.htm Loads of revamp work been done. Caerphilly's not bad for a town for shopping either.

Caeleon's websites
http://www.caerleon-arts.org/
http://www.caerleon-tourism.org/

For the beach there's Penarth with it's pier and Barry Island ( blue flag) and the pleasure beach and the knapp.

Hi both! I haven't been to the ice rink for a few years so perhaps it has shut down.