Newport’s Winter Wonderland

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Christmas is creeping closer and closer, so we’re taking a look at a brand new festive event here in Newport. It’s the first year that a proper winter wonderland has come to the city centre, so we’re taking a look around the site and see everything you can be getting up to at Newport’s winter wonderland.

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00:00We've had a lot of good reviews. I think it's something that, you know, we're going to build

00:08on in future years, and if this site is developed on, which I'm sure it will be, then hopefully

00:14the council can accommodate us somewhere else.

00:17This is the first year we've had a proper winter wonderland here in Newport, and there

00:21was some fortune that the massive site is now available, after the Newport centre was

00:25knocked down, so Andrew and his team are happy to be right in the heart of the city centre.

00:29I gave them my vision, what I'd like to do. They've been very supportive of me. They've

00:36done everything they can to assist me, because like I said, it's something that the town

00:40centre wants, the people of Newport wants, and it's probably been six months putting

00:48it all together, because there's a lot behind the scene.

00:53The site itself is free to enter, so Andrew says that he encourages anyone to come down

00:57and see, even if you're just having a look around. There's plenty on offer at the site,

01:01a real ice rink, food, drinks, rides, roasted marshmallows, and some real Christmas magic.

01:09We only arrived on this site two weeks before we actually opened, so the infrastructure

01:16for the ice rink and the marquee went up a little bit earlier, but all this, we've put

01:21all Astroturf down, we've got a food court, all different seating areas, we've got a first

01:30class on-site security, which is managing, well, we've got CCTV up, we've got toilets

01:35on site, so I think we've more or less crossed all bases. So we just urge the people of Newport

01:43and the surrounding areas, be patient with us for our first year. I'm sure there'll be

01:49little hiccups along the way, something that can be improved on, but come down and get

01:55in the Christmas spirit.

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