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Cardiff Centenary Walk

Coordinates: 51°28′52″N 3°10′48″W / 51.481°N 3.180°W / 51.481; -3.180
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51°28′52″N 3°10′48″W / 51.481°N 3.180°W / 51.481; -3.180

The first waymarker at the Old Library
Waymarker on the Cardiff Centenary Walk

The Cardiff Centenary Walk is a tourist walkway through Cardiff city centre in Wales. Established as part of Cardiff's centennial celebrations to mark 100 years of city status in 2005, it has 41 points of interest, either Cardiff landmarks or significant historic sites. The route is marked by waymarkers on the pavement, which also direct pedestrians to the next waymarker. The whole walk is 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) long running around Cardiff in a clockwise direction,[1] starting and finishing at the Cardiff Visitor Centre at the Old Library.

Waymarkers numbers

  1. Old Library[2]
  2. Cardiff Market
  3. St John the Baptist Church
  4. St. Mary Street/High Street
  5. Quay Street
  6. Womanby Street
  7. Millennium Stadium
  8. Angel Hotel
  9. Animal Wall
  10. West Gate
  11. Castle Arcade
  12. Cardiff Castle
  13. Duke Street Arcade
  14. Aneurin Bevan Statue
  15. East Gate
  16. The Friary
  17. Friary Gardens
  18. Dock Feeder
  19. City Hall
  20. Law Courts
  21. University of Wales Registry
  22. Glamorgan Building
  23. Bute Building
  24. Falklands Memorial
  25. Welsh National War Memorial
  26. Cardiff University
  27. National Museum Cardiff
  28. Gorsedd Gardens
  29. Park House
  30. New Theatre
  31. Park Hotel
  32. St David's Cathedral
  33. Town Wall
  34. The Fish Market
  35. Tabernacl Chapel
  36. Mill Lane
  37. The Old Brewery
  38. Royal Arcade
  39. Morgan Arcade
  40. Howells
  41. The Hayes[3]

The waymarker 33 (Town Wall), is currently not accessible due to the development of St. David's Centre, called St. David's 2. From waymarker 32 (St David's Cathedral), you will need to use the path that skirts Debenhams, and runs between the old St David's Centre building and the new extension. This brings you out onto The Hayes near the John Batchelor statue and St David's Hall. (As the development moves towards completion, this route may change slightly). All other areas of the walk are still accessible by pedestrians.

Notes

  1. ^ "The Cardiff Centenary Walk". Cardiff Council. Archived from the original on 2006-09-27. Retrieved 2008-10-19. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ 51°28′48″N 3°10′39″W / 51.4800°N 3.1776°W / 51.4800; -3.1776
  3. ^ 51°28′43″N 3°10′33″W / 51.4787°N 3.1759°W / 51.4787; -3.1759