Places in the capital city of Wales
This is a listing of places inCardiff , county and capital city ofWales .
Administrative divisions [ edit ] This is a list ofelectoral wards covered byCardiff Council :
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:
The Civic Centre is built from whitePortland stone , and location of much of:
Formerly calledTiger 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 theCardiff 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 [ edit ] The International Sports Village is a work in progress in Cardiff, with additional sporting and retail sites being added every so often.
Covered markets and shopping centres [ edit ] 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 Communities that no longer exist [ edit ] Notable buildings that no longer exist [ edit ] 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] Ely Paperworks (Wiggins Teape )[ 5] Ely Racecourse Wales Empire Pool , demolished 1998 to make way for theMillennium Stadium Fire Station, Westgate Street (notable classical facade)[ 6] JR Freeman cigar factory (Grangetown), later owned byGallaher Group [ 7] The Friary (foundations were removed to build theCapital 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 AirportSophia 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 theWestern Mail andSouth Wales Echo newspapers Rivers and waterways [ edit ] Rivers Canals Weirs Lakes and reservoirs Plymouth woods Leckwith woods Long Wood (Forest farm)Educational establishments [ edit ] Primary and Secondary Education [ edit ] 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 Archaeological sites [ edit ] 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 Dunleavy Drive Retail Park, Dunleavy Drive 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
City Link Retail Park
Dunleavy Drive Retail Park
Public transport hubs [ edit ] 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 BridgeCardiff Intersection Bridge (railway,Valley Lines crosses over theSouth 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 replacementLlandaff 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) (Cardiff International Airport and the military baseRAF St Athan are both located in the neighbouringVale of Glamorgan )
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