Cardiff Gate is a

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development, located on the junction 30 of the M4 motorway and the A4232 north east of

Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...

, South Wales.

Development

In light of the development of farmland into housing at

Pontprennau Pontprennau is a ward and community in the north of the city of Cardiff, Wales, lying north of Pentwyn and Cyncoed, between the village of Old St Mellons and the farmlands east of Lisvane. The community had a population of 7,353 in 2011. Histo ...

in the east of Cardiff in the late 1980s, an area was allocated within the development for commercial office use.

Cardiff Gate International Business Park

Cardiff Gate International Business Park is a commercial development site. Presently 60% developed, existing tenants including: *

ADT Security Services ADT Inc., formerly The ADT Corporation, is an American company that provides residential, small and large business electronic security, fire protection, and other related alarm monitoring services throughout the United States. The corporate hea ...

* Halifax Bank of Scotland card services *

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*Motorcar dealerships franchises for both

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and

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cars It was the site for the UK headquarters for 118 118, which moved to central Cardiff from summer 2014. Hospitality is provided by a

Hotel Ibis Ibis (or Ibis Red; stylised as ibis) is a French brand of economy hotels owned by Accor. Created in 1974, Ibis became Accor's economy megabrand in 2011 with the launch of Ibis Styles and Ibis Budget. As of December 2019, there were 1,218 hotels un ...

, and a

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/restaurant owned by

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Cardiff Gate motorway services

Cardiff Gate services is the

motorway service station Motorway service areas in the United Kingdom and Ireland, also known as services or service stations, are rest areas where drivers can leave a motorway to refuel/recharge, rest, eat and drink, shop or stay in an on-site overnight hotel. The vas ...

, located closest to the M4 motorway. Previously owned by

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, it is owned and operated by

Welcome Break Welcome Break is a British motorway service station operator that operates 35 motorway service stations in the UK. It is the second-largest motorway service area operator behind Moto. It also operates hotels and motels. It is a subsidiary of ...

. Within the relatively small services building there are shops, toilets and a cash machine. The fuel franchise is operated by

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Cardiff Gate Retail Park

Cardiff Gate Retail Park is actually located within the residential development of Pontrennau, accessed via the A4232. Retaillers include a 24/7

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supermarket,Asda Pentwyn
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fast food restaurant. Although Cardiff Gate services provides secure 24hr parking for HGVs, until Autumn 2014 many HGVs parked overnight in B&Q's carpark, because it is free. The sites owners then gained planning permission for a new development to the East of the site, adding a single building structure containing smaller footprint retail units, with tenants schedule to include

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and a commercial

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nasium.

References

External links

Cardiff Gate International Business Park

Welcome Break Motorway Services – Cardiff Gate services – M4 Motorway

Hotel Ibis Cardiff Gate
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cardiff Gate Districts of Cardiff Business parks of Wales Economy of Cardiff