West Grove is a road in
Roath
Roath () is a district and Community (Wales), community to the north-east of the Cardiff city centre, city centre of Cardiff, capital of Wales.
The area is mostly covered by the Plasnewydd electoral ward, and stretches from Adamsdown in the so ...
,
Cardiff
Cardiff (; ) is the capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of in and forms a Principal areas of Wales, principal area officially known as the City and County of Ca ...
, Wales. It is situated off
Newport Road
Newport Road is a 4.7 mi (7.5 km) road leading east from the centre of Cardiff, Wales, towards Newport, Wales, Newport, until it joins the A48 road, A48 at St Mellons.
Description
Newport Road follows the route of the A4161 road, ...
. The Queen's Buildings of
Cardiff University
Cardiff University () is a public research university in Cardiff, Wales. It was established in 1883 as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire and became a founding college of the University of Wales in 1893. It was renamed Unive ...
,
Kings Monkton School and the former West Grove Unitarian Church are all located in West Grove. The
Mansion House is officially in Richmond Road, but it is at the extreme end of West Grove and dominates the northern end.
History
West Grove was one of the villa-lined roads that formed the wealthy residential district of
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 paral ...
, laid out for the
Tredegar Estate
Baron Tredegar, of Tredegar House, Tredegar in the Monmouthshire (historic), County of Monmouth, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 16 April 1859 for the Wales, Welsh politician Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar ...
during the third quarter of the nineteenth century.
Important buildings on West Grove
Grade II listed structures with the official names
Other important buildings
Kings Monkton School was established in 1870, and is an independent day school.
The
GMB trade union has its Wales & South West regional office at Garley House.
See also
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Transport in Cardiff
Transport in Cardiff, capital and most populous city in Wales involves road, rail, bus, water and air. It is a major city of the United Kingdom and a centre of employment, government, retail, business, culture, media, sport and higher education.
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