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Places in the capital city of Wales
This is a listing of places in
Cardiff , county and capital city of
Wales .
Administrative divisions
Electoral wards
This is a list of
electoral wards covered by
Cardiff Council :
Communities
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:
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:
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
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
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)
The Victorian Queen Street railway station (replaced by the 1973 station)
Capitol Theatre
Wales National Ice Rink
Allders Department Store, former Mackross store, Queen Street
Thomson House, former home of the
Western Mail and
South Wales Echo newspapers
Geographical
Rivers and waterways
Rivers
Canals
Weirs
Lakes and reservoirs
Woods
Plymouth woods
Leckwith woods
Long Wood (Forest farm)
Educational establishments
Higher Education
Further Education
Primary and Secondary Education
Adamsdown
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
Cathays
Cathays High School
Gladstone Primary School
Cardiff Muslim Primary School
St Monica's Church in Wales Primary School
Coryton
Creigiau
Cyncoed
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
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
Llandaff
Llandaff North
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
Pontprennau
Pontprennau Primary School
Radyr & Morganstown
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
Splott
Baden Powell Primary School
Moorland Primary School
St Alban's Roman Catholic Primary School
Ysgol Glan Morfa
Thornhill
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
Parks
Archaeological sites
Retail parks
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
Seager Retail Park,
Newport Road
Newport Road Retail Park,
Newport Road
City Link Retail Park,
Newport Road
Cardiff Gate Retail Park,
Pontprennau
[12]
Cardiff Lifestyle Shopping Park, Llanishen
The Avenue Retail Park, Rumney
Capital Retail Park, Leckwith
Cardiff Gate Retail Park
Cardiff Bay Retail Park
Transport
Public transport hubs
Major roads
Railway lines
Railway stations
Cycle routes
Walking routes
Bridges
A4055 Bridge (River Ely)
A48 Bridge (River Taff)
Blackweir footbridge
Brains Bridge (railway, Grangetown)
Cable Bridge (foot, Roath Basin)
Cardiff Bridge (River Taff) - also known as Canton Bridge
Cardiff Intersection Bridge (railway,
Valley Lines crosses over the
South Wales Main Line
Clarence Bridge (River Taff)
Crwys Road Bridge (Over Railway, Cathays)
Ely Bridge
Fairoak Road Bridge (Under Railway, Cathays)
Leckwith Bridges (River Ely), a medieval bridge and its 20th century replacement
Llandaff Bridge (River Taff)
Lowther Road Bridge (railway)
Millennium Footbridge (River Taff)
Monthermer Road (Over Railway, Cathays)
M4 bridge (River Taff)
Penarth Road Bridge (River Taff)
Pont y Werin (foot/cycle, River Ely)
Rumney River bridge (road)
A4232 Taff Viaduct (River Taff)
Three Arches Railway Bridge (railway, Heath)
Virgil Street bridge (railway, Grangetown)
Windsor Road Bridge (railway, Adamsdown)
Shipping
Airports
(
Cardiff International Airport and the military base
RAF St Athan are both located in the neighbouring
Vale of Glamorgan )
See also
References
About Cardiff Cardiff templates Neighbourhoods