List of places of worship in Cardiff explained

This is a list of places of worship in Cardiff, capital city of Wales.

Currently active

Buddhist

• Cardiff Buddhist Centre, Roath^[1]
• Kagyu Samye Dzong, Canton^[2]

Christian

Baptist Union of Great Britain

• Albany Road Baptist Church, Roath Park^[3]
• Alfred Tilly Memorial Baptist Church (Rumney Baptist Church), Rumney^[4]
• Ararat, Whitchurch^[5]
• Belmont, Tremorfa^[6]
• Bethany, Rhiwbina^[7]
• Bethel, Whitchurch^[8]
• Calvary, Canton^[9]
• Christchurch United Church, Llanedeyrn^[10]
• Cornwall Street Baptist Church, Grangetown^[11]
• Ely (Archer Rd) Baptist, The Church on the Roundabout, Ely^[12]
• Grangetown Baptish Church, Grangetown^[13]
• Llanishen Baptist Church, Llanishen^[14]
• Lisvane Baptist Church, Lisvane^[15]
• Pentyrch Street, Cathays^[16]
• Siloam, Llanrumney^[17]
• Splott Baptist Church, Splott^[18]
• Tredegarville Baptist Church, Roath,^[19] also used by Life Church Cardiff^[20]
• Woodville Baptist Church, Cathays^[21]

Baptist Union of Wales

• Tabernacl, city centre^[22]

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Rhiwbina

Church in Wales

• Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff
• All Saints', Llandaff North
• All Saints', Rhiwbina
• Christ Church, Roath Park
• Christ Church, Radyr
• St Andrew and St Teilo, Cathays, operating as Citizen Church^[23]
• St Augustine's, Rumney
• St Catherine's, Canton
• St David's, Caerau
• St Denys', Lisvane
• Dewi Sant, city centre – formerly St Andrew's ^[24]
• St Dyfrig and St Samson, Grangetown^[25] (also used by the Romanian Orthodox Parish of St Stephen)^[26]
• St Edward the Confessor, Roath
• St Edeyrn's, Old St Mellons
• St Faith's, Llanishen
• St German's, Adamsdown
• St Isan's, Llanishen
• St John the Baptist, city centre – one of the two churches of medieval Cardiff, with St Mary's.

• St John the Baptist, Danescourt
• St John the Evangelist, Canton (also used by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia Parish of the Kazan Icon of The Mother of God)^[27]
• St Luke's, Canton
• St Margaret's, Roath
• St Mark's, Gabalfa
• St Martin's Roath
• St Mary's Whitchurch
• St Mary the Virgin, Butetown
• St Michael and All Angels, Cathays
• St Paul's, Grangetown
• St Philip, Tremorfa^[28]
• Church of the Resurrection, Ely
• St Saviour's, Splott
• St Thomas's, Birchgrove
• St Timothy's, Caerau

Ecumenical churches and shared churches

• Canton Uniting Church, Canton (Baptist Union of Great Britain and United Reformed Church)^[29]
• Christchurch, Llandaff North (shared by Methodist and United Reformed churches)^[30]
• Christchurch, Fairwater (shared by Methodist and United Reformed churches)
• St David's Ecumenical Church, Pentwyn (Baptist Union of Great Britain, Church in Wales and United Reformed Church)^{[31] [32] [33]}
• Llanrumney Community Church, Llanrumney (shared by Rhiwbina Baptist Church and New Hope Community Church)^{[34] [35]}
• Pontprennau Community Church, Pontprennau (Baptist, Church in Wales, Methodist and United Reformed Church)^{[36] [37] [38]}
• The Church of the Resurrection, St Mellons^[39]

Elim Pentecostal Church

• City Church, Riverside^[40]
• The Beacon Church, St Mellons^[41]

Evangelical Lutheran Church of England

• St David's, Fairwater^[42]

Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales

• Bethel, Culverhouse Cross^[43]
• Immanuel, Caerau^[44]

Gospel Halls

• Adamsdown Gospel Hall, Adamsdown^[45]
• Canton Gospel Hall, Canton^[46]
• Ebenezer Gospel Hall, Grangetown^[47]
• Fairwater Gospel Hall, Fairwater^[48]
• Heath Gospel Hall, Heath^[49]
• Leckwith Gospel Hall (The Church in the Avenue), Canton^[50]

Greek Orthodox Church

• St Nicholas's Church, Butetown^[51]

Independent Baptist

• Ainon, Tongwynlais^[52]
• Cornwall Street Baptist Church, Grangetown^[53]
• Emmanuel, Gabalfa^[54]
• Gabalfa Baptist Church, Gabalfa^[55]
• St Mellons (Caersalem) Baptist Church, St Mellons^[56]
• Rhiwbina Baptist Church, Rhiwbina^[57]

Jehovah's Witnesses

• Kingdom Hall, Gabalfa
• Kingdom Hall, Llanrumney

Methodist Church

• St Andrew's, Birchgrove^[58] (also used by Seventh-day Adventist Church)^[59]
• Cathays Methodist Church, Cathays^[60]
• Copleston Road Methodist Church, Llandaff North^[61]
• Cyncoed Methodist Church, Cyncoed^[62]
• Conway Road Pontcanna (also used by German Lutheran Church^[60] and the Russian Orthodox parish of St Theodore & St Teilo^[63])
• Ely Methodist, Ely^[60]
• Llanishen Methodist Church, Llanishen^[64]
• St Paul's, Butetown^[60]
• Radyr Methodist, Radyr^[60]
• Rumney Methodist Church, Rumney^[60]
• Wesley Methodist, Canton^[65]
• Whitchurch Methodist, Whitchurch^[60]

Presbyterian Church of Wales

• Cathedral Road, Pontcanna^[66]
• Fairwater Church, Fairwater^[67]
• Park End, Cyncoed^[68]
• Tabernacle, Whitchurch^[69]
• Saltmead Hall, Grangetown^[70]

Quakers

• Friends Meeting House, city centre^[71]

Roman Catholic Church

• Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral (St David's Cathedral), city centre
• St Alban-on-the-Moors, Splott
• Blessed Sacrament, Rumney
• St Brigid's, Llanishen^[72]
• St Cadoc's Church, Llanrumney
• Christ the King, Llanishen^[72]
• St Clare's, Ely
• St Francis of Assisi, Ely
• Holy Family, Fairwater
• St John Lloyd, Rumney
• St Joseph's, Gabalfa
• St Mary of the Angels, Canton
• Our Lady of Lourdes, Llandaff North
• St Patrick's, Grangetown
• St Paul's, Cyncoed^[72]
• St Peter's, Plasnewydd
• St Philip Evans, Llanedeyrn
• St Teilo's, Whitchurch
• University Catholic Chaplaincy

Salvation Army

• The Salvation Army, Canton^[73]
• The Salvation Army, Cathays^[74]
• The Salvation Army, Ely^[75]
• The Salvation Army, Grangetown^[76]
• The Salvation Army, Splott^[77]

Union of Welsh Independents

• Eglwys Minny Street, Cathays^[78]

United Reformed Church

• St Andrews, Roath^[79]
• Bethel, Llanishen^[80]
• Bethesda, Tongwynlais^[81]
• Beulah, Rhiwbina^[82]
• City United Reformed Church, city centre^[83]
• Parkminster United Reformed Church, Roath (also used by Calvary Church of God in Christ)^[84]

Other denominations and independent churches

• All Nations Church, Heath^[85]
• Bethania, St Mellons^[86]
• Bethesda, Rhiwbina^[87]
• Cardiff Chinese Christian Church, Canton^[88]
• Church of God, Canton^[89]
• Ebenezer Church, Grangetown^[90]
• Eglwys y Crwys, Cathays^[91]
• Eglwys Efengylaidd Gymraeg Caerdydd (Cardiff Welsh Evangelical Church), Cathays^[92]
• Freedom Church, Butetown^[93]
• Garden of the Lord, Tremorfa^[94]
• Glenwood Church, Llanedeyrn^[95]
• Heath Evangelical Church, Gabalfa,^[96] also holds services of the Cardiff Korean Church.^[97]
• Highfields Church, Cathays^[98]
• International Church, Cathays^[99]
• Llandaff North Christian Centre, Llandaff North (formerly Llandaff North Gospel Hall)^[100]
• Llanishen Evangelical Church, Llanishen (formerly Emmaus Chapel)^[101]
• Mackintosh Evangelical Church, Roath^[102]
• Minster Christian Centre, Roath^[103]
• New Hope Centre, Butetown^[104]
• New Hope Community Church, Llanrumney
• New Testament Church of God, Butetown^[105]
• Rumney Chapel, Rumney^[48]
• Salem, Canton^[106]
• Shiloh Pentecostal Church, Riverside^[107]
• The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) House of Praise, Cardiff^[108]
• Tabernacle, Roath^[109]
• Thornhill Church, Thornhill^[110]

Hindu

• India Centre, Splott
• Sanatan Dharma Mandal, city centre
• Shree Swaminarayan Temple, Grangetown^[111]

Islam

• Al Falah Centre, Riverside
• Al-Manar Centre, Cathays
• Dar-ul-Isra, Cathays
• Grangetown Muslim Cultural Centre, Grangetown
• Jalalia Mosque & Islamic Education Centre, Riverside
• Jamia Masjid Bilal, Canton
• Madina Mosque, Cathays
• Masjid Noor, Butetown
• Masjid-e-Umar, Roath
• Shah Jalal Mosque & Islamic Cultural Centre, Cathays
• South Wales Islamic Centre, Butetown

Judaism

Movement for Reform

• Cardiff Reform Synagogue, Adamsdown

Orthodox

• Cardiff United Synagogue, Cyncoed

Sikhism

• Sri Dasmesh Singh Sabha Gurdwara Bhatra, Riverside^{[112] [113]}
• Sikh Gurdwara Temple, Roath^[114]

Notable defunct places of worship

• All Souls Chapel, Cardiff, Cardiff Bay − a large chapel catering primarily to seamen (a converted ship had served in this capacity previously). Closed in 1952 and demolished.^[115]
• St Anne's Church, Roath – designed by a pupil of William Burges it opened in 1887, but closed in December 2015 with a £250,000 repair bill looming.^[116]
• St James the Great, Adamsdown – Built 1890-3, closed in 2006 and was converted into apartments.^{[117] [118]}
• Lightship 2000, Cardiff Bay – a former lightship used as a church until 2013, with a minister from the United Reformed church.
• St Mary's, city centre – Cardiff's main church from the 12th century until it was destroyed by flooding in the 17th century.
• St Mary the Virgin, Caerau – 13th century church last used in 1973.
• Norwegian Church, Cardiff Bay – de-consecrated in 1974, subsequently relocated and re-opened as an arts centre.
• St Stephen's, Butetown – deconsecrated in 1972, subsequently becoming a theatre and live music venue until 2009.
• St Teilo's, St Fagans – ancient church re-erected at St Fagans National History Museum^[119]
• Wood Street Congregational Church, city centre – once the largest congregational chapel in South Wales. Demolished in the 1960s.^[120]

See also

• List of cultural venues in Cardiff
• List of places in Cardiff

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cardiff Buddhist Centre. 7 December 2015.
2. Web site: Centre. Cardiff Kagyu Samye Dzong. 7 December 2015.
3. Web site: Albany Road Baptist Church. South Wales Baptist Association.
4. Web site: Alfred Tilly Memorial Baptist Church. South Wales Baptist Association. 7 December 2015.
5. Web site: Ararat Baptist Church. South Wales Baptist Association. 6 December 2015.
6. Web site: Belmont Baptist Church. South Wales Baptist Association.
7. Web site: Bethany Baptist Church. South Wales Baptist Association. 6 December 2015.
8. Web site: Bethel Baptist Church. South Wales Baptist Association. 6 December 2015.
9. Web site: Calvary Baptist Church. South Wales Baptist Association. 6 December 2015.
10. Web site: Christchurch United Church. South Wales Baptist Association. 6 December 2015.
11. Web site: Homepage. Cornwall Street Baptist Church. 27 March 2017.
12. Web site: Ely Baptist Church (The Church on the Roundabout). South Wales Baptist Association. 6 December 2015.
13. Web site: Grangetown Baptist Church. South Wales Baptist Association. 6 December 2015.
14. Web site: Llanishen Baptist Church. South Wales Baptist Association. 6 December 2015.
15. Web site: Lisvane Baptist Church. South Wales Baptist Association. 6 December 2015.
16. Web site: Pentyrch Street. South Wales Baptist Association. 6 December 2015.
17. Web site: Siloam Baptist Church. South Wales Baptist Association. 6 December 2015.
18. Web site: Splott Baptist Church. South Wales Baptist Association. 6 December 2015.
19. Web site: Tredegarville Baptist Church. South Wales Baptist Association. 6 December 2015.
20. Web site: Life Church Cardiff. 8 December 2015.
21. Web site: Woodville Baptist Church. South Wales Baptist Association. 6 December 2015.
22. Web site: Eglwys y Tabernacl, Caerdydd. 7 December 2015. cy.
23. Web site: St Andrew and St Teilo, Cathays . . 16 August 2022.
24. Book: Newman, John. John Newman (architectural historian)

    . John Newman (architectural historian). 1995. The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan. 191 . Penguin. London, UK. 0-14-071056-6.

25. Web site: St Dyfrig and St Samson, Grangetown . Church in Wales . 21 October 2020.
26. Web site: Contact . Parohiei Ortodoxe Romane a Tuturor Sfintilor si a Sfantului Arhidiacon Stefan din Cardiff, Tara Galilor, Marea Britanie . ro.
27. Web site: About Us . Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God The Russian Orthodox Church in Cardiff . 10 August 2021.
28. Web site: St Philip, Tremorfa. The Church in Wales. 9 December 2015.
29. Web site: Canton Uniting Church, Cardiff. 6 December 2015.
30. Web site: Christchurch Methodist/URC Church Llandaff North. Whitchurch Methodist Church. 8 December 2015.
31. Web site: St David's Ecumenical Church. South Wales Baptist Association.
32. Web site: St David's Ecumenical Church, Bryn Celyn Road, Pentwyn. The Church in Wales.
33. Web site: St Davids Ecumenical Church. The United Reformed Church Directory. 8 December 2015.
34. Web site: New Hope Community Church. 9 December 2015.
35. Web site: Llanrumney Missional Community – our second congregation. Rhiwbina Baptist Church. 9 December 2015.
36. Web site: Pontprennau Community Church. 7 December 2015.
37. Web site: Pontprennau Community Church. The Church in Wales.
38. Web site: Pontprennau Community Church. The United Reformed Church Directory. 8 December 2015.
39. Web site: The Church of the Resurrection. South Wales Baptist Association. 6 December 2015.
40. Web site: Who we are. City Temple Church. 7 December 2015.
41. Web site: Welcome to Beacon Church . Beacon Church . 10 August 2021.
42. Web site: St David Lutheran Church; Cardiff. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of England. 7 December 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150916104142/http://www.lutheran.co.uk/congregations/StDavid.htm. 16 September 2015. dmy-all.
43. Web site: Bethel Presbyterian Church. 7 December 2015.
44. Web site: Immanual Presbyterian Church. 7 December 2015.
45. Web site: Adamsdown Gospel Hall. 8 December 2015.
46. On the corner of Llandaff Road and Romilly Road
47. http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/9351/details/ebenezer-gospel-hall-cardiff Ebenezer Gospel Hall, Cardiff
48. Web site: Wales list. gospelhalls uk and Roi. 9 December 2015.
49. Web site: Heath Gospel Hall. 8 December 2015.
50. Web site: Leckwith Gospel Hall. 8 December 2015.
51. Web site: The Greek Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas, Cardiff. 8 December 2015.
52. Web site: Ainon Baptist Church Tongwynlais. 8 December 2015.
53. Web site: Cornwall Street Baptist Church. 7 December 2015.
54. Web site: Emmanuel Baptist Church. 7 December 2015.
55. Web site: Gabalfa Baptist Church. 7 December 2015.
56. Web site: St Mellons Baptist Church. 8 December 2015.
57. Web site: Rhiwbina Baptist Church. 7 December 2015.
58. Web site: St Andrew's Methodist Church. 7 December 2015.
59. Web site: Cardiff North Adventist Church. 7 December 2015.
60. Web site: Our Churches. The Methodist Church in Cardiff and Caerphilly. 7 December 2015.
61. Web site: Copleston Road Methodist Church, Llandaff North. Whitchurch Methodist Church. 8 December 2015.
62. Web site: Cyncoed Methodist Church. 7 December 2015.
63. Web site: Welcome to St Theodore & St Teilo's Orthodox Church . 10 August 2021.
64. Web site: Llanishen Methodist Church. 7 December 2015.
65. Web site: Wesley Methodist Church. 7 December 2015.
66. Web site: Cathedral Road, Cardiff. The Presbyterian Church of Wales. 6 December 2015.
67. Web site: Fairwater, Cardiff. The Presbyterian Church of Wales. 6 December 2015.
68. Web site: Park End, Cardiff. The Presbyterian Church of Wales. 6 December 2015.
69. Web site: Tabernacle, Cardiff. The Presbyterian Church of Wales. 6 December 2015.
70. Web site: Saltmead Hall, Grangetown. The Presbyterian Church of Wales. 6 December 2015.
71. Web site: Cardiff Meeting House. Cardiff Quakers. 8 December 2015.
72. Web site: Our Churches. 3 Churches in Cardiff. 9 December 2015.
73. Web site: Cardiff Canton. The Salvation Army. 7 December 2015.
74. Web site: Cardiff Cathays. The Salvation Army. 7 December 2015.
75. Web site: Cardiff Ely. The Salvation Army. 7 December 2015.
76. Web site: Cardiff Grangetown. Salvation Army. 7 December 2015.
77. Web site: Cardiff East. The Salvation Army. 7 December 2015.
78. Web site: Eglwys Minnie Street. 7 December 2015. cy.
79. Web site: St Andrews. The United Reformed Church Directory. 8 December 2015.
80. Web site: Bethel. The United Reformed Church Directory. 8 December 2015.
81. Web site: Bethesda. The United Reformed Church Directory. 8 December 2015.
82. Web site: Beulah United Reformed Church, Rhiwbina. 8 December 2015.
83. Web site: City URC. The United Reformed Church Directory. 8 December 2015.
84. Web site: Parkminster United Reformed Church. 8 December 2015.
85. Web site: All Nations Church. 8 December 2015.
86. Web site: Bethania Church. Bethania Church. 8 December 2015.
87. Web site: Bethesda Church. 8 December 2015.
88. Web site: Cardiff Chinese Christian Church. 7 December 2015.
89. Web site: The Church of God in Cardiff. 8 December 2015.
90. Web site: Ebenezer Church Grangetown. 8 December 2015.
91. Web site: Eglwys y Crwys. 9 December 2015. cy.
92. Web site: Eglwys Efengylaidd Gymraeg Caerdydd. cy. 8 December 2015.
93. Web site: Cardiff, United Kingdom . Freedom Church . 29 September 2021.
94. Web site: Garden of the Lord, The redeemed Christian church of God. 7 December 2015.
95. Web site: Glenwood Church. 9 December 2015.
96. Web site: Heath Evangelical Church. 8 December 2015.
97. Web site: Cardiff Korean Church. 8 December 2015.
98. Web site: Highfields Church. 9 December 2015.
99. Web site: Cardiff International Church. 7 December 2015.
100. Cornew of Andrew's Road and Bridge Road
101. Web site: Llanishen Evangelical Church. 9 December 2015.
102. Web site: Mackintosh Evangelical Church. 9 December 2015.
103. Web site: Minster Christian Centre. 9 December 2015.
104. Web site: New Hope Centre United Pentecostal Church Apostolic. 9 December 2015.
105. Web site: NTCG Cardiff. ntcg.org.uk.
106. Web site: Capel Salem. 9 December 2015. cy.
107. Web site: Contact us. Shiloh Pentecostal Church. 9 December 2015.
108. Web site: RCCG House of Praise Cardiff contact us.
109. Web site: Tabernacle Cardiff. 9 December 2015.
110. Web site: Thornhill Church. 9 December 2015.
111. News: It's a big day for temple project . Wales Online . 5 May 2007 . 30 September 2014 .
112. News: Let us use the Taff for our burials . Wales Online . 4 July 2008 . 30 September 2014 .
113. Web site: Sri Dasmesh Singh Sabha Gurdwara Bhatra Sikh Centre. Sikh Database. 7 December 2015.
114. Web site: Sikh Gurdwara. Sikh Database. 7 December 2015.
115. Web site: All Souls Church Seamen's Church: Seaman's Mission, Butetown. Coflein. Royal Commission on the ancient and historical monuments of Wales. 16 March 2017.
116. News: Ruth Mosalski . Cardiff church to close on Christmas Eve after 128 years in heart of community . Wales Online . 22 December 2015 . 9 January 2016 .
117. Web site: Church of St James the Great . The Victorian Web . 22 December 2014 .
118. News: James, David . Church spire to be converted into seven-floor flat . Wales Online . 22 November 2008 . 22 December 2014 .
119. Web site: St Teilo's Church. Museum Wales. 9 December 2015.
120. Web site: Wood Street Congregational Church, Cardiff. Archives Network Wales. 16 March 2017.