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

Administrative divisions

Electoral wards

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

Communities

Sections

City Centre

The city centre is Cardiff's main shopping area, the eighth largest in the UK. It is also the location of historical and cultural attractions such as:

Cardiff Castle
Millennium Stadium
New Theatre
St David's Hall
Sherman Theatre
Victorian Arcades (listed under covered shopping malls)
Queens Arcade
Capitol Centre
St. David's Shopping Centre

Civic Centre

The Civic Centre crafted out of 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 working progress in Cardiff, with additional sporting and retail sites being added every so often.

Buildings

Covered markets and shopping centres

Cardiff Market
Capitol Centre
Queens Arcade Shopping Centre
St. David's Shopping Centre
Royal Arcade, Cardiff
Castle Arcade
Morgan Arcade
High Street Arcade
Duke Street Arcade
Dominions Arcade

Leisure centres

Libraries

Police stations

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

Geographical

Rivers and waterways

Educational establishments

Higher Education

Further Education

Coleg Glan Hafren
St Davids Catholic College

Primary and Secondary Education

Adamsdown

Adamsdown Primary School
Stacey Primary School
Tredegarville Primary School

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

Caerau

Glyn Derw High School
Mary Immaculate High School
Woodlands High School
Riverbank School
Millbank Primary School
Trelai Primary School
Caerau Infant School
Cwrt-Yr-Ala Junior School

Canton

Fitzalan High School
Lansdowne Primary School
Radnor Primary School
Ysgol Gymraeg Pwll Coch
Ysgol Gymraeg Treganna
Severn Infant School
Severn Junior School

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

Cardiff High School
Lakeside Primary School
Rhydypenau Primary School

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
Mary Immaculate High School

Fairwater

Cantonian High School
Bishop of Llandaff Church in Wales High School
Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr
Fairwater Primary School
Holy Family Roman Catholic Primary School
Pentrebane Primary School
Peter Lea Primary School
Ysgol Gymraeg Coed-Y-Gof

Gabalfa

Cathays High School
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

Corpus Christi Roman Catholic High School
Llysfaen Primary School

Llandaff

The Bishop of Llandaff Church in Wales High School
Llandaff Church in Wales Primary School
Ysgol Pencae
Danescourt Infant School
Danescourt Junior School

Llandaff North

Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf
Meadowbank School
Hawthorn Infant School
Hawthorn Junior School

Llanederyn

Llanederyn High School
Llanederyn 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

St Teilos Church in Wales High School
Ty Gwyn School
Marlborough Infant School
Marlborough Junior School

Radyr & Morganstown

Radyr Comprehensive School
Bryn Deri Primary School
Radyr Primary School

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

Rumney High School
St. Illtyd's Catholic High School
Greenway Primary School
Rumney Primary School

Splott

Willows High School
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

Willows High School

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 Infant School
Trowbridge Junior School

Whitchurch

Whitchurch High School
Eglwys Newydd Primary School
Eglwys Wen Primary School
Ysgol Gymraeg Melin Gruffydd

Parks

Bute Park
Cathays Park
Victoria Park
Roath Park
Llandaff Fields
Thompson's Park
Coopers Field
Heath Park
Caedelyn Park
Gorsedd Gardens
Grange Gardens
Hamadryad Park
Cefn Onn Country Park

Archaeological sites

Retail parks

Wenvoe Retail Park, Culverhouse Cross
- Homebase, Cardiff Fabric Superstore, Benson Beds
Valegate Retail Park, Culverhouse Cross
- Comet, MFI, McDonald's, Mothercare World, Carpet Right
Brooklands Retail Park, Culverhouse Cross
- PC World, Allied Carpets, Burger King, Currys
Cardiff Lifestyle Shopping Park, Llanishen^[1]
- Marks & Spencer Simply Food, Boots, Laura Ashley, Starbucks, Homesense, DW Sports Fitness, MiFit, Pets at Home
Capital Retail Park, Leckwith^[1]
- Asda, Costco, DW Sports Fitness, M&S Food & Home, ScS, Next Home, Hobbycraft, Mamas and Papas, Subway, Greggs, Ladbrokes, GAME, Smyths toy store, Costa Coffee, McDonald's (under construction)
Cardiff Bay Retail Park, Cardiff Bay.^[1]
- Ikea, Asda, JD Sports, Brantano, Sports Direct, Pets at Home, Boots, Argos Extra, McDonalds, Pizza Hut, First Choice, Staples, British Home Stores, Frankie & Benny's, Starbucks
The Avenue Retail Park, Newport Road
- Homebase, Magnet, Marks & Spencer Simply Food, Matalan
Cardiff Gate Retail Park, Pontprennau^[1]
- Scs, Dfs, Harveys, Bensons Beds, B&Q, Asda, McDonalds
Many large stores following the out of town format along Newport Road

Transport

Public transport hubs

Major roads

Railway lines

Railway stations

Passenger Stations

Cycle routes

Taff Trail
Ely Trail
Rhymney Trail
Lôn Las Cymru (National Cycle Network: Route 8)
National Cycle Network: Route 88

Walkways

Cardiff Centenary Walk

Shipping

Cardiff Bay (leisure boats and local ferries)
- Penarth Marina

Airports

Cardiff Heliport

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Shop in Cardiff". Cardiff & Co. Retrieved 2010-02-19.

[Retailparks-1] "Shop in Cardiff". Cardiff & Co. Retrieved 2010-02-19.

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