jammi - yes, Bellvue is next to the Gwent. Very dog friendly, it seems to be a regular meeting place for dog owners!! Have been going there since March and see pretty much the same people each week. There's a cafe at the top near the car-park. I'm down there most Mondays and Tuesdays. My charge goes to sleep within 10 minutes of being in the buggy so I'm usually to be found sitting on a bench reading a book!
welshdeb - ds was born at the Gwent too, I point it out to him everytime we pass it! Before I registered at the hospital my aunt (a retired nurse/midwife) pointed out the maternity wing and said she remembered them building/opening it. I thought she was going to say it opened a couple of years before.....no, it opened in 1968!! I was hoping they'd redecorated since then!!