List of places in Cardiff

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 City 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 crafted out of 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

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

Leisure centres

  • 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

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

  • Cardiff Bay police station (area headquarters)
  • Cardiff Central police station
  • Ely police station
  • Fairwater police station
  • Llanedeyrn police station
  • Llanishen police station
  • Roath police station
  • Rumney police station
  • Whitchurch police station

Historical

Communities that no longer exist

Notable buildings that no longer exist

Geographical

Rivers and waterways

Rivers

Canals

Weirs

Lakes and reservoirs

Woods

Educational establishments

Higher Education

Further Education

Primary and Secondary Education

Adamsdown

Birchgrove

Butetown

Caerau

Canton

Cathays

Coryton

Creigiau

Cyncoed

Ely

Fairwater

Gabalfa

Grangetown

Heath

Lisvane

Llandaff

Llandaff North

Llanederyn

Llanishen

Llanrumney

Pentwyn

Pentyrch

Penylan

Radyr & Morganstown

Rhiwbina

Riverside

Roath

Rumney

Splott

Thornhill

Tongwynlais

Tremorfa

Trowbridge

Whitchurch

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)
  • Brains Bridge (railway, Grangetown)
  • Cardiff Bridge (River Taff) - also known as Canton Bridge
  • Clarence Bridge (River Taff)
  • Ely Bridge
  • Hailey Bridge
  • (Old) Leckwith Bridge (River Ely)
  • Llandaff Bridge (River Taff)
  • Lowther Road Bridge (railway)
  • Millennium Footbridge (River Taff)
  • M4 bridge (River Taff)
  • Penarth Road Bridge (River Taff)
  • Pont-y-werin Bridge/'The People's Bridge' (foot/cycle, River Ely)
  • Rumney River bridge (road)
  • Virgil Street bridge (railway, Grangetown)
  • White bridge (footbridge, Blackweir)

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. 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. ↑ R.C.A.H.M.W. website ELY PAPER MILLS;ELY PAPER WORKS, ELY, CARDIFF dated 10 June 2010 (viewed 2011-10-09)
  5. 1 2 Blake, A. Cardiff’s great Victorian architecture is 'under threat’ South Wales Echo, 30 October 2010. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
  6. ↑ "184 tobacco jobs go at city plant". BBC. 27 November 2007.
  7. 1 2 "33 fascinating pictures of cardiff".
  8. ↑ "CORPORATION BATHS, GUILDFORD CRESCENT, CARDIFF". Coflein. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  9. ↑ The City Parish of St John webpages THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF CARDIFF CITY PARISH page undated (viewed 2011-10-09)
  10. ↑ Jones, Bryan "Canton" The Chalfont Publishing Company (1995), p.111
  11. 1 2 3 4 "Shop in Cardiff". Cardiff & Co. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
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