List of cultural venues in Cardiff
Appearance
This is a list of cultural venues in the City of Cardiff, capital of Wales.
Sport
Stadia
Spectator sports venues with seating capacity:
- Cardiff Arms Park (13,000)
- Cardiff International Sports Stadium (2,553)
- Glamorgan Wanderers ground
- Maindy Stadium
- Millennium Stadium (74,500)
- Ninian Park (22,000) demolished in 2009
- Cardiff City Stadium (26,828)
- SWALEC Stadium (15,643)
Typically indoor venues
- Cardiff Bay Ice Arena (2,500)
- Cardiff International Arena (7,500)
- Cardiff International Pool (1,000)
- National Indoor Athletics Centre (2,000)
- Welsh Institute of Sport
- The Point, Cardiff (3,000)
Leisure centres
- Cardiff International White Water
- Llanishen Lesiure Centre, Llanishen
- Pentwyn Leisure Centre, Pentwyn
- Western Leisure Centre, Ely
- Eastern Leisure Centre, Rumney
- Channel View Leisure Centre, Grangetown
- Fairwater Leisure Centre, Fairwater
- Star Centre, Splott
- Heath Sports Centre, Heath
Swimming pools
- Maindy Pool
- Splott Pool
Golf courses
- St. Andrews Major Golf Course
- Castell Coch Golf Course
- Radyr Golf Club
- Whitchurch (Cardiff) Golf Club
- Creigiau Golf Club
- St. Mellons Golf Club
- Llanishen Golf Club
Performing arts
Performing arts venues with seating capacity:
- City Hall, Cardiff (600)
- Chapter Arts Centre (180)
- Llanover Hall Arts Centre (100)
- New Theatre (Cardiff) (1,144)
- Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
- Bute Theatre
- Caird Studio (50)
- Corus Recital Room
- S4C Studio (50)
- Sir Geraint Evans Recital Room (50)
- Weston Gallery (80)
- Sherman Theatre
- Main theatre (631)
- Venue 2 (163)
- Venue 3
- St David's Hall
- Main auditorium (up to 1,956)
- Level 3 Day Stage (or "Level 3 Bar") (350 including standing)
- The Gate Arts Centre, Roath (250)
- Wales Millennium Centre (Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru)
- Dance Space (100)
- Donald Gordon Theatre (1,897)
- Urdd Hall (153)
- Weston Studio (250)
- BBC Hoddinott Hall (350)
- Roald Dahl Plass (Outdoor Arena)
Entertainment venues
- Red Dragon Centre
- Mermaid Quay
- Hard Rock Cafe
- Cardiff University Students' Union
- Millennium Plaza
- The Glee Club
- Jongleurs
Typically standing venues
Historic and architectural venues
This is a list of historic and architectural places and their use as a cultural venue:
- Cardiff Bay and Cardiff Barrage (has hosted open-air concerts)
- Bute Park (used for open air concerts and festivals)
- Cardiff Castle (has hosted open-air concerts, a professional boxing match and small exhibitions)
- Castell Coch (has hosted a celebrity renewal of wedding vows)
Museums and art galleries
- National Museum and Gallery, Cathays Park
- Museum of Welsh Life, St Fagans
- Cardiff Museum Project (under construction)
- Doctor Who Exhibition Centre, Red Dragon Centre
- Welsh Regiment Museum
- Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay
- G39, The Hayes
- TactileBOSCH, Llandaff
- Third Floor Gallery, Cardiff Bay
Places of worship
Christian
- Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral (Roman Catholic), Cardiff city centre
- Llandaff Cathedral (Church in Wales), Llandaff
- All Nations Church, Gabalfa
- All Saints Church Hall, Rhiwbina
- Ararat Baptist Church, Whitchurch
- Bethel Baptist Church, Whitchurch
- Bethyl Presbytarian Church, Culverhouse Cross
- Blessed Sacrament R.C Church, Rumney
- Cardiff Chinese Christian Church
- Cardiff Christian Life Centre, Cardiff city centre
- Calvary Baptist Church, Riverside
- Cathays Methodist Church, Cathays
- Christ Church Parish Church, Roath Park
- Christchurch United Church, Llanedeyrn
- Church In Wales, Canton
- Church of Isan, Llanishen
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Rhiwbina
- Church Of The Resurrection, St Mellons
- Cornwall Street Baptist Church, Grangetown
- Covenant Life Church, Gabalfa
- Ebenezer Welsh Congregational Church, Cardiff city centre
- Eglwys Annibynnol, Cathays
- Eglwys Y Crwys Presbyterian Church of Wales, Cathays
- Emmanuel Baptist Church, Gabalfa
- Gabalfa Baptist Church, Gabalfa
- German Lutheran Church, Canton
- Glenwood Church, Llanedeyrn
- Greek Church of St. Nicholas, Butetown
- Heath Evangelical Church, Gabalfa
- Highfields Free Church, Roath
- Holy Family, Fairwater
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Gabalfa
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Llanrumney
- Lightship 2000, Cardiff Bay
- Llandaff North Gospel Hall, Llandaff North
- Llanishen Parish Church, Llanishen
- Mackintosh Evangelical Church, Roath
- Our Lady Of Lourdes, Llandaff North
- Quakers Religious Society of Friends, Cardiff city centre
- Riverside Christian Centre, Riverside
- Rhiwbina Baptist Church, Rhiwbina
- Rumney Chapel, Rumney
- Rumney Gospel Chapel, Rumney
- Trinity Methodist Church, Adamsdown
- Sacred Heart Presbytery, Canton
- St. Augustine's Parish Church, Rumney
- St. Brigid's Presbytery, Llanishen
- St. Cadoc's Church, Llanrumney
- St. Denys' Church, Lisvane
- St. Francis, Ely
- St. John Lloyd, Rumney
- St. John The Baptist Church, Cardiff city centre
- St. Joseph's RC Church, Gabalfa
- St. Luke's, Canton
- St. Mark's Church, Gabalfa
- St. Mary of the Angels RC Church, Canton
- St. Mary the Virgin Church in Wales, Butetown
- St. Patrick's RC Church, Grangetown
- St. Paul's Methodist Church, Butetown
- St. Peter's RC Church, Plasnewydd
- St. Philip Evans Presbytery, Cyncoed
- St. Teilo's, Penylan
- St. Teilo's Church, Whitchurch
- St. Thomas's Church, Heath
- Tabernacl Eglwys Y Bedyddwyr, Cardiff city centre
- The Bishop Of Llandaff, Llandaff
- The Church on the Roundabout (Ely Baptist Church), Ely
- The Salvation Army, Caerau
- The Salvation Army, Adamsdown
- The Salvation Army, Grangetown
- Thornhill Church, Thornhill
- United Reformed Church, Roath
- Westminster Crescent Methodist Church, Cyncoed
- Woodville Baptist Church, Cathays
Hindu
- India Centre, Splott
- Sanatan Dharma Mandal, Cardiff city centre
- Swaminarayana Temple, Grangetown
Sikhism
- Bhatra Gurdwara, Riverside
- Sikh Gurdwara Temple, Splott
Judaism
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
Gay Venues
Cardiff's recent redevelopment, including the opening of St,David's 2 shopping centre, has led to a rise in the number of gay venues in the city. These sit along side the pre-existing venues available. Similar to other major cities, Cardiff's gay venues are mostly focused around one area of the city, this being the area around Charles St and Churchill Way.