List of places in Cardiff

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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[]

Main article: Cardiff 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[]

Main article: Cathays Park

The Civic Centre is built from white Portland stone, and location of much of:

Cardiff Bay[]

Main article: 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[]

Main article: 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[]

Main article: List of shopping arcades in Cardiff

Leisure centres[]

Main article: Leisure centres in Cardiff
  • 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[]

Main article: Libraries in Cardiff
  • 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[]

Geographical[]

Rivers and waterways[]

Rivers[]

Canals[]

Weirs[]

  • Blackweir
  • Llandaff weir
  • Radyr Weir

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[]

  • 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[]

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[]

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[]

  • 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[]

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[]

Archaeological sites[]

Retail parks[]

Cardiff Lifestyle Shopping Park, Llanishen
Avenue Retail Park, Rumney
Capital Retail Park, Leckwith

Transport[]

Main article: Transport in Cardiff

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)
  • 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[]

Airports[]

(Cardiff International Airport and the military base RAF St Athan are both located in the neighbouring Vale of Glamorgan)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ thefreelibrary.com, article from South Wales Echo Avana to close city bakery TOMORROW... 17 June 2003 (viewed 2011-10-09)
  4. ^ "Central Hotel to get new lease of life". Wales Online. 24 July 2003. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  5. ^ R.C.A.H.M.W. website ELY PAPER MILLS;ELY PAPER WORKS, ELY, CARDIFF dated 10 June 2010 (viewed 2011-10-09)
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  7. ^ "184 tobacco jobs go at city plant". BBC. 27 November 2007.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b "33 fascinating pictures of cardiff".
  9. ^ "CORPORATION BATHS, GUILDFORD CRESCENT, CARDIFF". Coflein. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  10. ^ The City Parish of St John webpages THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF CARDIFF CITY PARISH page undated (viewed 2011-10-09)
  11. ^ Jones, Bryan "Canton" The Chalfont Publishing Company (1995), p.111
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Shop in Cardiff". Cardiff & Co. Archived from the original on 2009-07-19. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
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