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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 ...
, county and capital city of
Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
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Administrative divisions


Electoral wards

This is a list of
electoral wards The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level, represented by one or more councillors. The ward is the primary unit of English electoral geography for civil parishes and borough and distri ...
covered by
Cardiff Council Cardiff Council, formally the County Council of the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Cyngor Sir Dinas a Sir Caerdydd) is the governing body for Cardiff, one of the Principal Areas of Wales. The principal area and its council were established ...
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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 Portland stone is a limestone from the Tithonian stage of the Jurassic period quarried on the Isle of Portland, Dorset. The quarries are cut in beds of white-grey limestone separated by chert beds. It has been used extensively as a building sto ...
, and location of much of: *
Cardiff University , latin_name = , image_name = Shield of the University of Cardiff.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of arms of Cardiff University , motto = cy, Gwirionedd, Undod a Chytgord , mottoeng = Truth, Unity and Concord , established = 1 ...
* National Museum and Gallery of Wales *
Cardiff City Hall City Hall ( cy, Neuadd y ddinas) is a civic building in Cathays Park, Cardiff, Wales, UK. It serves as Cardiff's centre of local government. It was built as part of the Cathays Park civic centre development and opened in October 1906. Built of ...
* Crown Buildings *
Cardiff Crown Court Cardiff Crown Court ( cy, Llys y Goron Caerdydd) is a historic building situated in Cathays Park, Cardiff, Wales. The building is a Grade I listed building. As a Crown Court venue it is part of the Wales Circuit of Her Majesty's Courts Servi ...
* Temple of Peace


Cardiff Bay

Formerly called
Tiger Bay Tiger Bay ( cy, Bae Teigr) was the local name for an area of Cardiff which covered Butetown and Cardiff Docks. Following the building of the Cardiff Barrage, which dams the tidal rivers, Ely and Taff, to create a body of water, it is re ...
, 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 The Cardiff Bay Development Corporation was set up by the United Kingdom Government on 3 April 1987 to redevelop one sixth of the area of Cardiff to create Cardiff Bay. Objectives The Secretary of State for Wales, Nicholas Edwards set out the C ...
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 In folklore, a mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including Europe, Asia, and Africa. Mermaids are sometimes asso ...
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Wales Millennium Centre Wales Millennium Centre ( cy, Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru) is an arts centre located in the Cardiff Bay area of Cardiff, Wales. The site covers a total area of . Phase 1 of the building was opened during the weekend of the 26–28 November 2004 an ...
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Senedd The Senedd (; ), officially known as the Welsh Parliament in English and () in Welsh, is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Wales. A democratically elected body, it makes laws for Wales, agrees certain taxes and scrutinises the Welsh Gove ...
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Techniquest Techniquest is a science discovery centre located in Cardiff Bay. It gives visitors a hands-on approach to science and includes a science theatre, a planetarium, and an exhibition space with over 100 interactive exhibits aimed at visitors of a ...
* The Coal Exchange * St David's Hotel & Spa *
Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve is located in Cardiff Bay in the city of Cardiff. It covers an area of approximately 8 hectares (19.8 acres). The area was officially opened as a wildlife reserve on 25 July 2002 in what was previously an area of ...


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. *
Cardiff International Pool Cardiff International Pool is an Olympic-sized swimming pool built as a public-private funded project; with a partnership between Cardiff Council (land owner), OLLC which is a partnership between Orion Land & Leisure and Explore Investments (de ...
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Cardiff International White Water Cardiff International White Water ( cy, Dŵr Gwyn Rhyngwladol Caerdydd) is an Olympic standard white water rafting centre based at the Cardiff International Sports Village in Cardiff Bay. The centre opened on 26 March 2010, after taking two yea ...
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Cardiff Arena The Cardiff Arena, also known as Cardiff Bay Ice Arena and also known by ice hockey fans as the Big Blue Tent, was a temporary ice rink in Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Wales. It had a capacity of 2,500 for ice hockey and was home to the Cardiff Devil ...
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Ice Arena Wales Ice Arena Wales (IAW) ( cy, Canolfan Iâ Cymru) is an ice hockey rink in the Cardiff International Sports Village in Cardiff, Wales. It opened on 12 March 2016, and has two ice rinks and seating for 3,088 spectators. It is home to the Cardi ...


Buildings


Covered markets and shopping centres


Leisure centres


Public libraries


Police stations

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Cardiff Bay Cardiff Bay ( cy, Bae Caerdydd; historically Tiger Bay; colloquially "The Bay") is an area and freshwater lake in Cardiff, Wales. The site of a former tidal bay and estuary, it serves as the river mouth of the River Taff and Ely. The body of w ...
(area headquarters) * Cardiff Central


Historical


Communities that no longer exist

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Crockherbtown Cardiff city centre ( cy, Canol Dinas Caerdydd) is the city centre and central business district of Cardiff, Wales. The area is tightly bound by the River Taff to the west, the Civic Centre to the north and railway lines and two railway sta ...
* Newtown * Temperance Town *
Tredegarville Tredegarville was the name given to an upper class area of streets and villas in Cardiff, Wales, developed during the second half of the 19th century. The area is now part of Roath. History and description Tredegarville consisted of the paralle ...


Notable buildings that no longer exist


Geographical


Rivers and waterways

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River Taff The River Taff ( cy, Afon Taf) is a river in Wales. It rises as two rivers in the Brecon Beacons; the Taf Fechan (''little Taff'') and the Taf Fawr (''great Taff'') before becoming one just north of Merthyr Tydfil. Its confluence with the R ...
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River Ely The River Ely ( cy, Afon Elái) is in South Wales flowing generally southeast, from Tonyrefail to Cardiff. The river is about long. The Ely's numerous sources lie in the mountains to the south of Tonypandy, near the town of Tonyrefail, ris ...
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Rhymney River The Rhymney River ( cy, Afon Rhymni) is a river in the Rhymney Valley, South Wales, flowing through Cardiff into the Severn Estuary. The river formed the boundary between the historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire until in 1887, t ...
; Canals *Dock Feeder Canal *
Glamorganshire Canal The Glamorganshire Canal in South Wales, UK, was begun in 1790. It ran along the valley of the River Taff from Merthyr Tydfil to the sea at Cardiff. The final section of canal was closed in 1951. History Construction started in 1790; being wa ...
*Melingriffith Feeder Canal (Whitchurch) ; Weirs *Blackweir *Llandaff weir *
Radyr Weir Radyr ( cy, Radur) is an outer suburb of Cardiff, about northwest of Cardiff city centre. Radyr is part of Radyr and Morganstown Community, for which the 2011 Census recorded a population of 6,417. Morganstown is north of Radyr, on the othe ...
; Lakes and reservoirs * Roath Park Lake *
Llanishen Reservoir Llanishen Reservoir ( cy, Cronfa Ddŵr Llanisien) is a Victorian reservoir in North Cardiff in Wales. The reservoir is one of the reservoirs constructed as part of the Taff Fawr scheme for supplying water to Cardiff and was completed in 1886. I ...
*Pentwyn Lake


Woods

*Plymouth woods *Leckwith woods * Long Wood (Forest farm)


Educational establishments


Higher Education

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Cardiff University , latin_name = , image_name = Shield of the University of Cardiff.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of arms of Cardiff University , motto = cy, Gwirionedd, Undod a Chytgord , mottoeng = Truth, Unity and Concord , established = 1 ...
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Cardiff Metropolitan University , image_name = Shield of Cardiff Metropolitan University.svg , image_size = 150px , motto = cy, Gorau Meddiant Gwybodaeth , mottoeng = The most valuable possession is knowledge , established = 2011 – Car ...
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University of South Wales The University of South Wales ( cy, Prifysgol De Cymru) is a public university in Wales, with campuses in Cardiff, Newport and Pontypridd. It was formed on 11 April 2013 from the merger of the University of Glamorgan and the University of Wal ...
(formerly
University of Glamorgan , image_name = University of Glamorgan arms.png , image_size = 220px , caption = University of Glamorgan coat of arms , motto = Success Through Endeavour , established = , closed = , administrative_staff = , chancellor = John Morris ...
and
University of Wales, Newport The University of Wales, Newport ( cy, Prifysgol Cymru, Casnewydd), was a university based in Newport, South Wales, before the merger that formed the University of South Wales in April 2013. The university had two campuses in Newport, Caerleon ...
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Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama , image_name = Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.jpg , image_size = , motto = , established = 1949 , type = Public , staff = , vice_chancellor = , students = 779 (2017/18) , undergrad ...
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St. Michael's College, Llandaff St Padarn's Institute came into being in 2016. Until then the site belonged to St Michael's College, an Anglican theological college in Llandaff, Wales. St Michael's college was founded in Aberdare in 1892, and was situated in Llandaff from 1907 ...
(theological college)


Further Education

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Cardiff and Vale College Cardiff and Vale College abbreviated to CAVC ( cy, Coleg Caerdydd a'r Fro), is a mixed-sex education Further Education college in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The college was formed in September 2011 by the merger of Barry Colle ...
* St David's Catholic College *
Cardiff Sixth Form College Cardiff Sixth Form College, abbreviated to CSFC, is an independent mixed education sixth form college in Cardiff, Wales for 15- to 19-year-olds. The college is owned by Dukes Education. History The college was established in 2004 as the C ...


Primary and Secondary 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 Fitzalan High School () is an 11–18 mixed, English-medium community secondary school and sixth form in Leckwith, Cardiff, Wales. History Fitzalan High School has links to Cardiff's first municipal secondary school at Howard Gardens, Adams ...
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Lansdowne Primary School Lansdowne Primary School ( cy, Ysgol Gynradd Lansdowne) is a Victorian primary school that opened in 1898 in Canton, Cardiff, Wales. History The school was designed by architects Veall & Sant and opened in January 1898.Moira Sharke''Years roll ...
*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 ) , established = 1895 (Creation of earliest of predecessor schools) , closed = , type = Public (magnet) secondary , religious_affiliation = , president = , head_label = Headmaster , head = Stephen Jones , r ...
*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 Bishop Hannon High School was a Roman Catholic comprehensive school on Beechley Drive, Pentrebane, Cardiff, Wales. The school was built in the 1960s on a 17-acre site on the edge of what was then the new housing estates of Fairwater. Fifty pup ...
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Cantonian High School Cantonian High School is an English-medium 11-18 community school maintained by Cardiff local authority. It is located in Fairwater and serves the surrounding area in the west of Cardiff, Wales. There are currently more than 1000 pupils on roll a ...
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Bishop of Llandaff Church in Wales High School The Bishop of Llandaff High School ( cy, Ysgol Uwchradd yr Eglwys yng Nghymru Esgob Llandaf) is a Church in Wales, Christian faith comprehensive school in the Llandaff area of Cardiff, Wales. The school admits both male and female students aged ...
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Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr is a Welsh-medium comprehensive secondary school in Cardiff. It opened in September 1998 as the second school of its kind in Cardiff. Its buildings had formerly belonged to Waterhall Secondary Modern School and mo ...
*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 The Cathedral School, Llandaff (Welsh: ''Ysgol y Gadeirlan, Llandaf'') is a coeducational independent day school located in Llandaff, a district north of the Welsh capital Cardiff. Originally established as a choral foundation to train choir boys ...
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Howell's School, Llandaff , image = Ysgol Howell, Llandaf 01.JPG , image_size = , caption = , coordinates = , motto = Nurturing Excellence , established = 1860 , closed = , type = Independent day school , rel ...
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Bishop of Llandaff Church in Wales High School The Bishop of Llandaff High School ( cy, Ysgol Uwchradd yr Eglwys yng Nghymru Esgob Llandaf) is a Church in Wales, Christian faith comprehensive school in the Llandaff area of Cardiff, Wales. The school admits both male and female students aged ...
*Llandaff Church in Wales Primary School *Ysgol Pencae *Danescourt Infant School *Danescourt Junior School ; Llandaff North *
Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf (''Taff Bank Welsh Language Comprehensive School'') is a Welsh-medium coeducational secondary school in Llandaff North, a district in the north of Cardiff, Wales; it is the largest of its kind in the country. Of the ...
*Meadowbank School *Hawthorn Infant School *Hawthorn Junior School ; Llanedeyrn *Llanedeyrn High School *Llanedeyrn Primary School ; Llanishen *
Llanishen High School Llanishen High School ( cy, Ysgol Uwchradd Llanisien) is an English-medium secondary school based in Llanishen, Cardiff, Wales. It has approximately 1700 students, making it the largest single-site secondary school in Cardiff. It also has a sixth f ...
*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 St Teilo's Church in Wales High School ( cy, Ysgol Uwchradd Teilo Sant yr Eglwys yng Nghymru) is a co-educational secondary school now located in Llanedeyrn, Cardiff. History The school was opened in September 1966 on its former Llanedeyrn Road ...
* Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Edern *Ty Gwyn School *Marlborough Infant School *Marlborough Junior School ; Pontprennau *Pontprennau Primary School ; Radyr & Morganstown *
Radyr Comprehensive School Radyr Comprehensive School () is an 11–18 mixed comprehensive school and sixth form college in Radyr, Cardiff, Wales that was established in 1972. The current roll is around 1,295 students, with around 280 of those in the sixth form. The sch ...
*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 Eastern High School is an English medium co-educational, community school in the Rumney area of Cardiff, Wales.The school serves the communities of Rumney, Llanrumney, Trowbridge and St Mellons on the eastern side of Cardiff. It opened in Sept ...
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St Illtyd's Catholic High School St Illtyd's Catholic High School is a coeducational secondary school in Rumney, a district in the east side of the Welsh capital Cardiff. Its catchment area includes the eastern districts of Cardiff and is heavily oversubscribed. The school's na ...
*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 *
Willows High School Willows High School ( cy, Ysgol Uwchradd Willows) is a secondary school located in the Tremorfa area of Cardiff, Wales. It caters for pupils aged 11 to 16 and is English-medium. As of September 2015, the headteacher is Chris Norman. He succee ...
; 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 This is a list of schools in Cardiff in Wales. It includes state schools, independent schools and further education colleges that provide sixth form education. ''CW'' is an abbreviation for ''Church in Wales'' and ''RC'' for ''Roman Catholic ...
; Whitchurch *
Whitchurch High School , established = , closed = , type = , religious_affiliation = , president = , head_label = Head teacher , head = Mark Powell , ad ...
*Eglwys Newydd Primary School *Eglwys Wen Primary School *Ysgol Gymraeg Melin Gruffydd


Parks


Archaeological sites

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Cardiff Castle Cardiff Castle ( cy, Castell Caerdydd) is a medieval castle and Victorian Gothic revival mansion located in the city centre of Cardiff, Wales. The original motte and bailey castle was built in the late 11th century by Norman invaders on top ...
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Castell Coch (; ) is a 19th-century Gothic Revival castle built above the village of in South Wales. The first castle on the site was built by the Normans after 1081 to protect the newly conquered town of Cardiff and control the route along the Taff Gorge ...
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Morganstown Castle Mound Morganstown Castle Mound, also known as Morganstown Motte, is a medieval motte in the community of Morganstown in Cardiff, Wales, which is a scheduled monument. History Motte-and-bailey castles date back to the medieval period, from 1066 to 1540 ...
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Twmpath Castle Twmpath Castle, also known as Twmpath Motte ( cy, Caer Cynwrig), is a medieval motte on the southern slope of Wenallt Hill near Rhiwbina in Cardiff, Wales, which is a scheduled monument. Toponymy Twmpath is a Welsh word literally meaning a hump. ...
* The Priory (Bute park) * The Friary (foundations removed to build the Capital Tower)


Retail parks

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Transport


Public transport hubs

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Cardiff Central railway station , symbol_location = gb , symbol = rail , image = Cardiff Central station (26526139271).jpg , caption = 1930s frontage of Cardiff Central station (northern entrance) , borough = Cardiff, City and County of Cardiff , country = Wales , coordin ...
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Cardiff Queen Street railway station , symbol_location = gb , symbol = rail , image = Cardiff Queen St. (19366639218).jpg , caption = Cardiff Queen Street seen from the north. , borough = Cardiff, City and County of Cardiff , country = Wales , coordinates = , grid_name = ...
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Radyr railway station , symbol_location = gb , symbol = rail , image = Radyr Railway Station (geograph 6020896).jpg , borough = Radyr, Cardiff , country = Wales , coordinates = , grid_name ...
*Dumfries Place (bus interchange) *Greyfriars Road (bus interchange)


Major roads

* A4055 road *
A4232 road The A4232, which is also known either as the Peripheral Distributor Road (PDR) ( cy, Ffordd Ddosbarthu Ymylol) or the Cardiff Link Road ( cy, Ffordd Gyswllt Caerdydd), is a distributor road in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The first section ...
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A470 road The A470 (also named the Cardiff to Glan Conwy Trunk Road) is a trunk road in Wales. It is the country's longest road at and links the capital Cardiff on the south coast to Llandudno on the north coast. While previously one had to navigate t ...
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A48 road The A48 is a trunk road in Great Britain running from the A40 at Highnam, west of Gloucester, England, to the A40 at Carmarthen, Wales. Before the Severn Bridge opened on 8 September 1966, it was a major route between England and South Wale ...
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A4161 road The A4161 is a main road in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. The main purpose of the road is to link the city centre with the M4 motorway in the west at junction 33, and in the east with the A48(M) motorway at St Mellons. History The 1923 ro ...
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A48(M) motorway The A48(M) motorway in Wales links Cardiff with Newport. It is a long M4 spur. At St Mellons, it runs continuously into the dual-carriageway A48, which also features (albeit narrow) hard shoulders. The A48(M) has no junctions and opened ...
* Cowbridge Road East/
West West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sunset, Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic languages, German ...
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M4 motorway The M4, originally the London-South Wales Motorway, is a motorway in the United Kingdom running from west London to southwest Wales. The English section to the Severn Bridge was constructed between 1961 and 1971; the Welsh element was largely ...
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Newport Road Newport Road is a 4.7 mi (7.5 km) road leading east from the centre of Cardiff, Wales, towards Newport, until it joins the A48 at St Mellons. Description Newport Road follows the route of the A4161 through Roath and the B4487 t ...


Railway lines


Railway stations


Cycle routes

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Taff Trail The Taff Trail ( cy, Taith Taf) is a popular walking and cycle path that runs for between Cardiff Bay and Brecon in Wales. It is so named because it follows the course of the River Taff. Along much of its length, it follows the National Cycle ...
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Ely Trail Cycling in Cardiff, capital of Wales, is facilitated by its easy gradients and large parks. In the mid-2000s between 2.7% and 4.3% of people commuted to work by cycling in the city. In 2017 12.4% of workers cycled to work at least 5 days a week. ...
* Rhymney Trail * Lôn Las Cymru (
National Cycle Network The National Cycle Network (NCN) is the national cycling route network of the United Kingdom, which was established to encourage cycling and walking throughout Britain, as well as for the purposes of bicycle touring. It was created by the cha ...
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National Cycle Network The National Cycle Network (NCN) is the national cycling route network of the United Kingdom, which was established to encourage cycling and walking throughout Britain, as well as for the purposes of bicycle touring. It was created by the cha ...
: Route 88


Walking routes

* Cardiff Centenary Walk


Bridges


Shipping

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Cardiff Bay Cardiff Bay ( cy, Bae Caerdydd; historically Tiger Bay; colloquially "The Bay") is an area and freshwater lake in Cardiff, Wales. The site of a former tidal bay and estuary, it serves as the river mouth of the River Taff and Ely. The body of w ...
(leisure boats and local ferries) *
Penarth Marina Penarth Marina is both a marina for boats, located in the old Penarth Docks, Wales and also the name generally used to describe the surrounding area of modern housing. The marina is adjacent to the waters of the River Ely and Cardiff Bay, close t ...


Airports

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Cardiff Heliport Cardiff Heliport ( cy, Maes Hofrenyddion Caerdydd), is a heliport located in Tremorfa, Cardiff, Wales, approximately from the city centre. The heliport is leased and operated by Wales Air Ambulance. The heliport cost £3.8 million to build ...
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Cardiff International Airport Cardiff Airport ( cy, Maes Awyr Caerdydd) is the only airport offering commercial passenger services in Wales. It has been under the ownership of the Welsh Government since March 2013, operating at an arm's length as a commercial business. Pa ...
and the military base
RAF St Athan Ministry of Defence St Athan or MOD St Athan (Welsh: Maes awyr Sain Tathan), formerly known as RAF St Athan, is a large Ministry of Defence unit near the village of St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan, southern Wales. It was the designated site for ...
are both located in the neighbouring
Vale of Glamorgan The Vale of Glamorgan ( cy, Bro Morgannwg ), often referred to as The Vale, is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It borders Bridgend County Borough to the west, Cardiff to the east, Rhondda Cynon Taf to the north, and the Bristol C ...
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See also

* List of cultural venues in Cardiff *
List of places in Wales This is a list of lists of places in Wales. National lists * List of built-up areas in Wales by population * List of cities in Wales * List of towns in Wales *Welsh placenames Political *List of communities in Wales * List of electoral ...


References

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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 ...