List of places in Cardiff explained
This is a listing of places in Cardiff, county and capital city of Wales.
Administrative divisions
Electoral wards
See main article: List of electoral wards in Cardiff. This is a list of electoral wards covered by Cardiff Council:
Communities
See main article: List of communities in Cardiff.
City Centre
See 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
See main article: Cathays Park. The Civic Centre is built from white Portland stone, and location of much of:
Cardiff Bay
See 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
See 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
Covered markets and shopping centres
See main article: List of shopping arcades in Cardiff.
Leisure centres
See main article: Leisure centres in Cardiff.
Public libraries
See main article: Libraries in Cardiff.
Police stations
Historical
Communities that no longer exist
Notable buildings that no longer exist
Geographical
Rivers and waterways
- Rivers
- Canals
- Weirs
- Blackweir
- Llandaff weir
- Radyr Weir
- Lakes and reservoirs
Woods
- Plymouth woods
- Leckwith woods
- Long Wood (Forest farm)
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
- Creigiau
- 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
- 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
Archaeological sites
Transport
See main article: Transport in Cardiff.
Public transport hubs
Major roads
Cycle routes
Route 88
Walking routes
Shipping
Airports
(Cardiff International Airport and the military base RAF St Athan are both located in the neighbouring Vale of Glamorgan)
See also
