List of places in Cardiff

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

Contents

Administrative divisions

Electoral wards

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

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, and location of much of:

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

Public libraries

  • 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

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
  • 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

Archaeological sites

Retail parks

Transport

Public transport hubs

Major roads

Railway lines

Railway stations

Cycle routes

Walking routes

Bridges

  • 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

Airports

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

See also

Related Research Articles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cathays</span> District and community in Cardiff, Wales

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The Cardiff Deanery is a Roman Catholic deanery in the Archdiocese of Cardiff that oversees several churches in the city of Cardiff. It replaced the previous Cardiff East Deanery and Cardiff West Deanery, combining the two into one. The dean is centred at the Parish of St Mary's Canton.

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