List of places in Cardiff
Administrative divisions
Electoral wards
This is a list of electoral wards covered by Cardiff Council:
- Adamsdown
- Butetown
- Caerau
- Canton
- Cathays
- Creigiau & St. Fagans
- Cyncoed
- Ely
- Fairwater
- Gabalfa
- Grangetown
- Heath
- Llandaff North
- Llanishen
- Lisvane
- Llandaff
- Llanrumney
- Pentwyn
- Pentyrch
- Penylan
- Plasnewydd
- Pontprennau & Old St. Mellons
- Radyr & Morganstown
- Rhiwbina
- Riverside
- Rumney
- Splott
- Trowbridge
- Whitchurch & Tongwynlais
Communities
- Adamsdown
- Butetown
- Caerau
- Canton
- Castle
- Cathays
- Creigiau
- Cyncoed
- Danescourt
- Ely
- Fairwater
- Gabalfa
- Grangetown
- Heath
- Lisvane
- Llandaff
- Llandaff North
- Llanedeyrn
- Llanishen
- Llanrumney
- Old St Mellons
- Pentwyn
- Pentyrch
- Pontcanna
- Pontprennau
- Radyr and Morganstown
- Rhiwbina
- Riverside
- Roath (previously Plasnewydd)
- Rumney
- Splott
- St Mellons
- St Fagans
- Thornhill
- Tongwynlais
- Tremorfa
- Trowbridge
- Whitchurch
City Centre
The city centre is Cardiff's main shopping area, the sixth largest in the UK. It is also the location of historical and cultural attractions such as:
- Cardiff Castle
- Millennium Stadium
- New Theatre
- St David's Hall
- Sherman Theatre
- Motorpoint Arena (formerly Cardiff International Arena)
- Victorian arcades (listed under covered shopping malls)
- Queens Arcade
- Capitol Centre
- St. David's Shopping Centre
Civic Centre
The Civic Centre is built from white Portland stone, and location of much of:
Cardiff Bay
Formerly called Tiger Bay, this was where the world's first million-pound cheque was signed and was the centre of the global coal industry in the 19th and 20th centuries. In the 1980s the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation was set up to redevelop the area and has since been transformed into a high-profile area of living, shopping, dining and culture attractions, such as:
- Red Dragon Centre
- Mermaid Quay
- Wales Millennium Centre
- Senedd
- Techniquest
- The Coal Exchange
- St David's Hotel & Spa
- Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve
Cardiff International Sports Village
The International Sports Village is a work in progress in Cardiff, with additional sporting and retail sites being added every so often.
Buildings
Covered markets and shopping centres
- Cardiff Market
- Capitol Centre
- Queens Arcade
- St. David's Shopping Centre
- Royal Arcade
- Castle Arcade
- Morgan Arcade
- High Street Arcade
- Duke Street Arcade
- Dominions Arcade
- Wyndham Arcade
Leisure centres
- Eastern Leisure Centre
- Fairwater Leisure Centre
- Llanishen Leisure Centre
- Western Leisure Centre
- Pentwyn Leisure Centre
- Channel View Leisure Centre
- Cardiff International Pool
- Maindy Centre
- Star Centre
Public libraries
- Canton Library
- Cathays Library
- Central Library
- Ely and Caerau Community Hub [1]
- Fairwater Library
- Grangetown Library
- Llandaff North Library
- Llanedeyrn Library
- Llanishen Library
- Llanrumney Library
- Penylan Library
- Radyr Library
- Roath Library Closed 2015 [2]
- Rhiwbina Library
- Rhydypennau Library
- Rumney Library
- Splott Library
- St Mellons Library
- Tongwynlais Library
- Whitchurch Library
Police stations
- Cardiff Bay (area headquarters)
- Cardiff Central
Historical
Communities that no longer exist
Notable buildings that no longer exist
- Avana Bakery (Grangetown)[3]
- National Stadium, Cardiff Arms Park
- Cardiff Central bus station, Central Square (demolished 2008)
- Central Hotel, Penarth Road/St Mary Street, a Grade II listed hotel which closed after 120 years and was gutted by fire in 2003.[4] The site was later redeveloped.
- Ely Paperworks (Wiggins Teape)[5]
- Ely Racecourse
- Wales Empire Pool, demolished 1998 to make way for the Millennium Stadium
- Fire Station, Westgate Street (notable classical facade)[6]
- JR Freeman cigar factory (Grangetown), later owned by Gallaher Group[7]
- The Friary (foundations were removed to build the Capital Tower)
- Guildford Crescent Baths demolished 1985 [8][9]
- Llandaff fields Lido[8]
- St Mary's parish church (destroyed by flooding 17th century)[10]
- RAF Pengam Moors, formerly Splott Aerodrome and Cardiff Municipal Airport
- Sophia Gardens Pavilion (music and entertainment venue)[11]
- Swiss Bridge at Cardiff Castle (demolished 1963)
- Tram depot, Ely
- Wood Street Congregational Chapel (replaced by Southgate House)[6]
- Cardiff power stations (demolished about 1970)
Geographical
Rivers
Canals
- Dock Feeder Canal
- Glamorganshire Canal
- Melingriffith Feeder Canal (Whitchurch)
Weirs
- Blackweir
- Llandaff weir
- Radyr Weir
Lakes and reservoirs
Woods
- Plymouth woods
- Leckwith woods
- Long Wood (Forest farm)
Educational establishments
Higher Education
- Cardiff University
- Cardiff Metropolitan University (formerly UWIC)
- University of South Wales (formerly University of Glamorgan and University of Wales, Newport)
- Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
- St. Michael's College, Llandaff (theological college)
Further Education
Adamsdown
- Adamsdown Primary School
- Stacey Primary School
- Tredegarville Primary School
Birchgrove
- Birchgrove Primary School
Butetown
- Mount Stuart Primary School
- St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Primary School
- St Mary The Virgin Church in Wales Primary School
- Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Hamadryad
Caerau
- Glyn Derw High School
- Woodlands High School
- Riverbank School
- Millbank Primary School
- Trelai Primary School
- Caerau Infant School
- Cwrt-Yr-Ala Junior School
Canton
- Fitzalan High School
- Lansdowne Primary School
- Radnor Primary School
- Ysgol Gymraeg Pwll Coch
- Ysgol Gymraeg Treganna
- Severn Infant School
- Severn Junior School
Cathays
- Cathays High School
- Gladstone Primary School
- Cardiff Muslim Primary School
- St Monica's Church in Wales Primary School
Coryton
- Coryton Primary School
Creigiau
- Cregiau Primary School
Cyncoed
- Cardiff High School
- Lakeside Primary School
- Rhydypenau Primary School
Ely
- Michaelston Community College (Formerly Glan Ely High School)
- Herbert Thompson Primary School
- St Fagan's Church in Wales Primary School
- St Francis Roman Catholic Primary School
- Hywel Dda Infant School
- Hywel Dda Junior School
- Windsor Clive Infant School
- Windsor Clive Junior School
Fairwater
- Bishop Hannon High School (closed 1987)
- Cantonian High School
- Bishop of Llandaff Church in Wales High School
- Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr
- Fairwater Primary School
- Holy Family Roman Catholic Primary School
- Pentrebane Primary School
- Peter Lea Primary School
- Ysgol Gymraeg Coed-Y-Gof
Gabalfa
- Allensbank Primary School
- Gabalfa Primary School
- Ysgol Mynydd Bychan
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School
- St Monica's Church in Wales Primary School
Grangetown
- Grangetown Primary School
- Ninian Park Primary School
- St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School
- St Paul's Church in Wales Primary School
Heath
- Ton-Yr-Ywen Primary School
Lisvane
- Corpus Christi Roman Catholic High School
- Llysfaen Primary School
Llandaff
- The Cathedral School, Llandaff
- Howell's School, Llandaff
- Bishop of Llandaff Church in Wales High School
- Llandaff Church in Wales Primary School
- Ysgol Pencae
- Danescourt Infant School
- Danescourt Junior School
Llandaff North
- Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf
- Meadowbank School
- Hawthorn Infant School
- Hawthorn Junior School
Llanedeyrn
- Llanedeyrn High School
- Llanedeyrn Primary School
Llanishen
- Llanishen High School
- Cefn Onn Primary School
- Christ the King Roman Catholic Primary School
- Coed Glas Primary School
- Ysgol Y Wern
- The Court School
Llanrumney
- Llanrumney High School
- Bryn Hafod Primary School
- Glan-yr-Afon Primary School
- Pen-y-Bryn Primary School
- St Cadoc's Roman Catholic Primary School
- St Mellon's Church in Wales Primary School
- Ysgol Bro Eirwg
Pentwyn
- All Saints Primary School
- Bryn Celyn Primary School
- The Hollies School
- Springwood Primary School
- St Bernadette's Roman Catholic Primary School
- St David's Church in Wales Primary School
- St Peter Evan's Roman Catholic Primary School
- Ysgol Y Berllan Deg
- Glyncoed Infant & Nursery School
- Glyncoed Junior School
- St Philip Evans Roman Catholic Primary School
Pentyrch
- Pentyrch Primary School
- Ysgol Gynradd Gwaelod Y Garth Primary School
Penylan
- St Teilo's Church in Wales High School
- Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Edern
- Ty Gwyn School
- Marlborough Infant School
- Marlborough Junior School
Pontprennau
- Pontprennau Primary School
Radyr & Morganstown
- Radyr Comprehensive School
- Bryn Deri Primary School
- Radyr Primary School
Rhiwbina
- Greenhill School
- Llanishen Fach Primary School
- Rhiwbeina Primary School
- Greenhill School
Riverside
- Kitchener Primary School
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Roath
- Albany Primary School
- St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School
- Taibah Muslim Primary School
- St Anne's Church in Wales Infant School
Rumney
- Eastern High School, Cardiff
- St Illtyd's Catholic High School
- Greenway Primary School
- Rumney Primary School
Splott
- Baden Powell Primary School
- Moorland Primary School
- St Alban's Roman Catholic Primary School
- Ysgol Glan Morfa
Thornhill
- Thornhill Primary School
Tongwynlais
- Tongwynlais Primary School
Tremorfa
Trowbridge
- Bishop Childs Church in Wales Primary School
- Meadowlane Primary School
- Oakfield Primary School
- St John Lloyd Roman Catholic Primary School
- Willowbrook Primary School
- Trowbridge Primary School
Whitchurch
- Whitchurch High School
- Eglwys Newydd Primary School
- Eglwys Wen Primary School
- Ysgol Gymraeg Melin Gruffydd
Parks
- Adamsdown community gardens
- Africa Gardens
- Bute Park
- Caedelyn Park
- Cathays Park
- Cefn Onn Country Park
- Coopers Field
- Despenser Gardens (Riverside)
- Fairwater Park
- Forest Farm Country Park (Whitchurch)
- Gorsedd Gardens
- Grange Gardens
- Grangemoor Park
- Hamadryad Park
- Hailey Park (Llandaff North)
- Heath Park
- Hill Snook Park
- Insole Court
- Llandaff Fields
- Llanishen Park
- Maitland Park
- Nant Fawr Corridor
- Pontcanna Fields
- Plasnewydd Gardens
- Roath Park
- Sanatorium Park
- Sevenoaks Park (Grangetown)
- Sophia Gardens
- Splott Park
- St John's Gardens
- Thompson's Park
- Trelai Park (the former Ely Racecourse)
- Tremorfa Park
- Victoria Park
- Waterloo Gardens
- Wern Goch Park
- Whitchurch Common
Archaeological sites
- Cardiff Castle
- Castell Coch
- Morganstown Motte
- The Twmpath (Rhiwbina)
- The Priory (Bute park)
- The Friary (foundations removed to build the Capital Tower)
Retail parks
Cardiff Lifestyle Shopping Park, Llanishen
Avenue Retail Park, Rumney
Capital Retail Park, Leckwith
- Wenvoe Retail Park, Culverhouse Cross
- Valegate Retail Park, Culverhouse Cross
- Brooklands Retail Park, Culverhouse Cross
- Cardiff Lifestyle Shopping Park, Llanishen[12]
- Capital Retail Park, Leckwith[12]
- Cardiff Bay Retail Park, Cardiff Bay.[12]
- Dragon Retail Park, Newport Road
- The Avenue Retail Park, Newport Road
- Cardiff Gate Retail Park, Pontprennau[12]
Transport
Public transport hubs
- Cardiff Central railway station
- Cardiff Queen Street railway station
- Radyr railway station
- Dumfries Place (bus interchange)
- Greyfriars Road (bus interchange)
Major roads
Railway lines
Railway stations
Cycle routes
- Taff Trail
- Ely Trail
- Rhymney Trail
- Lôn Las Cymru (National Cycle Network: Route 8)
- National Cycle Network: Route 88
Walking routes
Bridges
- A4055 Bridge (River Ely)
- A48 Bridge (River Taff)
- Blackweir footbridge
- Brains Bridge (railway, Grangetown)
- Cardiff Bridge (River Taff) - also known as Canton Bridge
- Clarence Bridge (River Taff)
- Ely Bridge
- Leckwith Bridges (River Ely), a medieval bridge and its 20th century replacement
- Llandaff Bridge (River Taff)
- Lowther Road Bridge (railway)
- Millennium Footbridge (River Taff)
- M4 bridge (River Taff)
- Penarth Road Bridge (River Taff)
- Pont y Werin (foot/cycle, River Ely)
- Rumney River bridge (road)
- Virgil Street bridge (railway, Grangetown)
Shipping
- Cardiff Bay (leisure boats and local ferries)
- Penarth Marina
Airports
(Cardiff International Airport and the military base RAF St Athan are both located in the neighbouring Vale of Glamorgan)
See also
- List of cultural venues in Cardiff
- List of places in Wales
References
- "Cardiff's Ely Library is demolished as bulldozers tear down 'lovely' building designed by city architecture students". Wales Online. 13 May 2015. Archived from the original on 24 February 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
- "Roath library will not be sold off – but only if community group take it over and keep it as a library". Wales Online. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
- thefreelibrary.com, article from South Wales Echo Avana to close city bakery TOMORROW... 17 June 2003 (viewed 2011-10-09)
- "Central Hotel to get new lease of life". Wales Online. 24 July 2003. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- R.C.A.H.M.W. website ELY PAPER MILLS;ELY PAPER WORKS, ELY, CARDIFF dated 10 June 2010 (viewed 2011-10-09)
- Blake, A. Cardiff’s great Victorian architecture is 'under threat’ South Wales Echo, 30 October 2010. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
- "184 tobacco jobs go at city plant". BBC. 27 November 2007.
- "33 fascinating pictures of cardiff".
- "CORPORATION BATHS, GUILDFORD CRESCENT, CARDIFF". Coflein. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- The City Parish of St John webpages THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF CARDIFF CITY PARISH page undated (viewed 2011-10-09)
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- "Shop in Cardiff". Cardiff & Co. Archived from the original on 2009-07-19. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
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