Barceló Cardiff Angel Hotel

Swansea City FC play their home matches at the Liberty Stadium. The Premier League runs between August and May and full fixture lists can be found on the club websites. Please note: games may be rearranged due to cup or television commitments.

Official Premier League Website

Carmarthenshire Rugby Union team Llanelli Scarlets welcome Magners League teams to the Parc y Scarlets stadium for the 2011/2012 season. Please visit the club's website for full details of all fixtures.

Llanelli Scarlets Website

Rugby Union side Cardiff Blues welcome Magners League teams to the Cardiff City Stadium in the Welsh capital for the 2011/12season. Please visit the club's website for full details of all fixtures.

Cardiff Blues Website

Rugby Union side Newport Gwent Dragons welcome Magners League teams to their Rodney Parade stadium for the 2011/2012season. Please visit the club's website for full details of all fixtures.

Newport Gwent Dragons Website

The natural world is brought into fresh focus with the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery. Travel the globe through the eye of a lens, from the cold Arctic to the deepest tropical rainforests.

Get into London Theatre cheers up those dark winter nights with reductions for over 50 shows through to mid February. Whatever your interest, from musicals to high drama, classic comedies to brand-new plays or opera and ballet, you'll find something for the whole family.

Fancy some escapism? Book yourself into one of the big musicals or a frothy comedy. Or perhaps searing tragedy is more your thing, especially in these economic times.

Participating shows, usually including off-West End venues, like the Royal Court and New Wimbledon Theatres, are listed on the GILT website and booking opens in early December, so you can give the gift of a night at the theatre as Christmas presents.

Get into London Theatre Website

The spine-tingling sound of massed Welsh rugby fans singing in support of their team is a cornerstone of Six Nations matches at the Millennium Stadium. In 2012, Wales welcome Scotland, Italy and France as they attempt to regain the championship crown.

The Six Nations pits the top Northern Hemisphere teams against each other and is the world's oldest rugby tournament, having existed in various forms for more than 120 years. Initially the International Championship, featuring England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, the competition has expanded twice, with France joining the fray in 1910 and Italy being the most recent addition, in 2000.

12 February: Wales v Scotland 3pm

10 March: Wales v Italy 2.30pm

17 March: Wales v France 2.45pm

Official RBS Six Nations Championship Website

Top international snooker players assemble at the Newport Centre to contest the Welsh Open Snooker Championships. Defending champion John Higgins has competition for his crown from the likes of Ronnie O'Sullivan, Neil Robertson and Welsh ace Mark Williams.

World Snooker Website

The Banff Mountain Film Festival tours dozens of different countries, presenting award-winning films with topics ranging from remote landscapes to daredevil action sports. Visit Bath's Komedia club for some jaw-dropping and thought-provoking features.

Banff Mountain Film Festival Website

Fine textiles, paintings and pretty items of blue-and-white delftware reside at Gloucestershire's majestic Dyrham Park. Built between 1692 and 1704, the house and its contents reflect the taste of the time for Dutch fashions.

Located within the verdant countryside of South Gloucestershire but still an easy drive from Bath, Dyrham Park's abiding beauty has seen it remain a popular local attraction for generations.

With the surrounding landscape an enticing draw for visitors, Dyrham Park itself still holds much of interest. Among its attractions are the Victorian domestic rooms including the kitchen, bells passage, bakehouse, larders, tenants' hall and delft-tiled dairy. Outside the house, the formal gardens and ancient deer park are not to be missed.