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List of places in Cardiff

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This is a listing of places in Cardiff, county and capital city of Wales.

Administrative divisions

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Electoral wards

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Main article: List of electoral wards in Cardiff

This is a list of electoral wards covered by Cardiff Council:

Communities

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Main article: List of communities in Cardiff

City Centre

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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

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Main article: Cathays Park

The Civic Centre is built from white Portland stone, and location of much of:

Cardiff Bay

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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

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Main article: 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

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Covered markets and shopping centres

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Main article: List of shopping arcades in Cardiff

Leisure centres

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Main article: Leisure centres in Cardiff
  • 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

Public libraries

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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

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Historical

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Communities that no longer exist

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Notable buildings that no longer exist

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Geographical

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Rivers and waterways

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Rivers
Canals
Weirs
Lakes and reservoirs

Woods

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

Educational establishments

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Higher Education

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Further Education

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Primary and Secondary Education

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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
  • Coryton Primary School
Creigiau
  • Cregiau Primary School
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
  • Thornhill Primary School
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

Parks

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Archaeological sites

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Retail parks

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  • Cardiff Lifestyle Shopping Park, Llanishen
    Cardiff Lifestyle Shopping Park, Llanishen
  • The Avenue Retail Park, Rumney
    The Avenue Retail Park, Rumney
  • Capital Retail Park, Leckwith
    Capital Retail Park, Leckwith
  • Cardiff Gate Retail Park
    Cardiff Gate Retail Park
  • Cardiff Bay Retail Park
    Cardiff Bay Retail Park
  • City Link Retail Park
    City Link Retail Park
  • Dunleavy Drive Retail Park
    Dunleavy Drive Retail Park

Transport

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Main article: Transport in Cardiff

Public transport hubs

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Major roads

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Railway lines

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Railway stations

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Cycle routes

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Walking routes

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Bridges

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  • 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 Bridge
  • Cardiff Intersection Bridge (railway, Valley Lines crosses over the South 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 replacement
  • Llandaff 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)

Shipping

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Airports

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(Cardiff International Airport and the military base RAF St Athan are both located in the neighbouring Vale of Glamorgan)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Cardiff's Ely Library is demolished as bulldozers tear down 'lovely' building designed by city architecture students". Wales Online. 13 May 2015. Archived from the original on 24 February 2016. 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. ^ "Central Hotel to get new lease of life". Wales Online. 24 July 2003. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  5. ^ R.C.A.H.M.W. website ELY PAPER MILLS;ELY PAPER WORKS, ELY, CARDIFF dated 10 June 2010 (viewed 2011-10-09)
  6. ^ a b Blake, A. Cardiff’s great Victorian architecture is 'under threat’ South Wales Echo, 30 October 2010. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
  7. ^ "184 tobacco jobs go at city plant". BBC. 27 November 2007.
  8. ^ a b "33 fascinating pictures of cardiff". 21 June 2015.
  9. ^ "CORPORATION BATHS, GUILDFORD CRESCENT, CARDIFF". Coflein. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  10. ^ The City Parish of St John webpages THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF CARDIFF CITY PARISH page undated (viewed 2011-10-09)
  11. ^ Jones, Bryan "Canton" The Chalfont Publishing Company (1995), p.111
  12. ^ a b c d "Shop in Cardiff". Cardiff & Co. Archived from the original on 2009-07-19. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
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