Attractions in Cardiff

Animal Wall

Wall of carved animals designed by William Burges, moved to its place west of the castle entrance in the early 1930s.

• City centre and Cardiff Castle, Cardiff

BayArt

Art gallery and workshop space in Butetown, in the streets behind the waterfront.

• Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

Bishop's Palace, Llandaff

• Pontcanna, Canton and Llandaff, Cardiff

Bute Park (Parc Bute)

Park and arboretum of 130 acres (53 hectares) that once formed the grounds of Cardiff Castle.

• City centre and Cardiff Castle, Cardiff

Cardiff Arms Park

Rugby ground beside the Principality Stadium, home of Cardiff Rugby, and host of the 1958 Empire and Commonwealth Games.

• City centre and Cardiff Castle, Cardiff

Cardiff Bay Barrage

Barrage across the mouth of the bay between Queen Alexandra Dock and Penarth Head, operated by Cardiff Harbour Authority.

• Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve

Reserve of about 8 hectares beside the bay, opened for wildlife in 2002 after the barrage was built.

• Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

Cardiff Castle (Castell Caerdydd)

Roman walls, a Norman keep and Victorian interiors in the city centre; the castle site describes 2,000 years of history.

• City centre and Cardiff Castle, Cardiff

Cardiff City Stadium

Football stadium in Leckwith, home of Cardiff City and of the Wales national team.

• Pontcanna, Canton and Llandaff, Cardiff

Cardiff International White Water

White-water rafting centre at the International Sports Village, built to an Olympic standard.

• Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

Cardiff M.A.D.E.

Gallery and arts space in Roath showing work by local artists and makers.

• Cathays Park and Roath, Cardiff

Cardiff Market (Marchnad Caerdydd)

Victorian indoor market in the city centre, also known as Cardiff Central Market.

• City centre and Cardiff Castle, Cardiff

Castell Coch

Gothic Revival castle of the 19th century above Tongwynlais, built on the site of a Norman castle and cared for by Cadw.

• Pontcanna, Canton and Llandaff, Cardiff

Cathays Cemetery

One of the UK's largest cemeteries at 110 acres, listed on the Cadw register of historic parks and gardens.

• Cathays Park and Roath, Cardiff

Cathays Park and Alexandra Gardens

Civic centre of early 20th-century public buildings around a central garden, Alexandra Gardens.

• Cathays Park and Roath, Cardiff

Chapter Arts Centre

Arts centre in Canton, opened in 1971, with cinema, theatre, exhibitions and a café-bar.

• Pontcanna, Canton and Llandaff, Cardiff

City Hall

Grade I listed Edwardian Baroque city hall in Portland stone, opened in 1906 as part of the Cathays Park civic centre.

• Cathays Park and Roath, Cardiff

Coal Exchange

Renaissance Revival trading hall of 1888 that became a hub of the world coal trade; now the Exchange Hotel.

• Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

Firing Line Museum

Regimental museum of the Queen's Dragoon Guards and the Royal Welsh, inside the Cardiff Castle grounds.

• City centre and Cardiff Castle, Cardiff

Insole Court

Grade II* listed Victorian Gothic mansion of 1855 in Llandaff, built for James Harvey Insole, with gardens and a café.

• Pontcanna, Canton and Llandaff, Cardiff

Llandaff Cathedral (Eglwys Gadeiriol Llandaf)

Church in Wales cathedral and parish church in Llandaff, and the seat of the Bishop of Llandaff.

• Pontcanna, Canton and Llandaff, Cardiff

Mermaid Quay

Waterfront development opened in 1999 with restaurants, bars, cafés and shops, and the waterbus stop in front.

• Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

Museum of Cardiff (Amgueddfa Caerdydd)

Free museum of the history of the city, in the Grade II* listed Old Library building.

• City centre and Cardiff Castle, Cardiff

Museum of Welsh Cricket

Museum of the history of cricket in Wales, at the Sophia Gardens ground.

• Pontcanna, Canton and Llandaff, Cardiff

National Museum Cardiff (Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd)

Free museum and art gallery, with exhibitions from contemporary art to dinosaurs, part of Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales.

• Cathays Park and Roath, Cardiff

Norwegian Church Arts Centre

Landmark church building in Cardiff Bay, now an arts centre with views over the waterfront.

• Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

Oriel Canfas

Gallery in Canton run by an artists' co-operative, with studios and changing exhibitions.

• Pontcanna, Canton and Llandaff, Cardiff

Pierhead Building (Adeilad y Pierhead)

Grade I listed building of 1897 in Cardiff Bay, built as the headquarters of the Bute Dock Company.

• Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

Pontcanna Fields and Llandaff Fields

Adjoining parks of 157 and 70 acres on the west bank of the Taff, with tree-lined avenues and the Taff Trail.

• Pontcanna, Canton and Llandaff, Cardiff

Principality Stadium (Stadiwm Principality)

National stadium of Wales, with a retractable roof and a usual capacity of 73,931, a short walk from Cardiff Central.

• City centre and Cardiff Castle, Cardiff

Roald Dahl Plass

Bowl-shaped public space named after the Cardiff-born author, in front of the Wales Millennium Centre.

• Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

Roath Park (Parc y Rhath)

Park with a 30-acre (12-hectare) lake, 1.3 miles (2.1 km) around, on reclaimed bogland north-east of the centre.

• Cathays Park and Roath, Cardiff

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

• Cathays Park and Roath, Cardiff

Senedd

Home of the Senedd (Welsh Parliament), the elected body that makes laws for Wales, on the Cardiff Bay waterfront.

• Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

Sophia Gardens cricket ground

Test cricket ground on the River Taff and home of Glamorgan County Cricket Club.

• Pontcanna, Canton and Llandaff, Cardiff

Spillers Records

Record shop founded in 1894 and described as the oldest in the world, now in the Morgan Arcade.

• City centre and Cardiff Castle, Cardiff

St Fagans National Museum of History (Sain Ffagan)

Free open-air museum of Welsh life with historic buildings, a farm and parkland on the outskirts of Cardiff.

• Pontcanna, Canton and Llandaff, Cardiff

St John the Baptist Church

Grade I listed parish church; apart from the castle, it is the only medieval building left in the city centre.

• City centre and Cardiff Castle, Cardiff

Techniquest

Science discovery centre in Cardiff Bay with hands-on exhibits, a science theatre, a planetarium and a lab.

• Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

Temple of Peace

Non-religious civic building by Sir Percy Thomas in Cathays Park, the Welsh National Temple of Peace and Health.

• Cathays Park and Roath, Cardiff

The Gate Arts Centre

Community arts centre on Keppoch Street in Roath, with a programme of dance, music, theatre, singing, visual arts and writing.

• Cathays Park and Roath, Cardiff

Victoria Park

Victorian park of nearly 20 acres in Canton, created in 1897-98 for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, with a paddling pool.

• Pontcanna, Canton and Llandaff, Cardiff

Wales Millennium Centre (Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru)

National arts centre for Wales in Cardiff Bay, on a site of 7.5 acres (3 hectares).

• Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

Wartime Shelters at Cardiff Castle

Tunnels in the castle walls used as air-raid shelters in the Second World War, part of a castle visit.

• City centre and Cardiff Castle, Cardiff

Welsh National War Memorial

First World War memorial by Sir Ninian Comper in Alexandra Gardens, unveiled in 1928.

• Cathays Park and Roath, Cardiff

Womanby Street

One of Cardiff's oldest streets, with a name of Norse origin, which once linked the castle to its quay; now a street of music venues.

• City centre and Cardiff Castle, Cardiff