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Castle
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.
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A mini guide to
City centre and Cardiff Castle: things to do
Places worth your time in City centre and Cardiff Castle
Top places
Things to do in City centre and Cardiff Castle
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Stadium
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.
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Market
Cardiff Market (Marchnad Caerdydd)
Victorian indoor market in the city centre, also known as Cardiff Central Market.
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Museum
Museum of Cardiff (Amgueddfa Caerdydd)
Free museum of the history of the city, in the Grade II* listed Old Library building.
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Park
Bute Park (Parc Bute)
Park and arboretum of 130 acres (53 hectares) that once formed the grounds of Cardiff Castle.
Church
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.
Sculpture
Animal Wall
Wall of carved animals designed by William Burges, moved to its place west of the castle entrance in the early 1930s.
Shopping arcade
Royal Arcade
Cardiff's oldest arcade, built in 1858 and Grade II listed, running between The Hayes and St Mary Street.
Shopping arcade
Morgan Arcade
Victorian arcade opened in 1899 to link David Morgan's store on St Mary Street with The Hayes; home of Spillers Records.
Shopping arcade
Castle Arcade
Arcade begun in 1887 opposite the castle, with a balcony level of shops, cafés and bars.
Record shop
Spillers Records
Record shop founded in 1894 and described as the oldest in the world, now in the Morgan Arcade.
Historic street
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.
Stadium
Cardiff Arms Park
Rugby ground beside the Principality Stadium, home of Cardiff Rugby, and host of the 1958 Empire and Commonwealth Games.
Museum
Firing Line Museum
Regimental museum of the Queen's Dragoon Guards and the Royal Welsh, inside the Cardiff Castle grounds.
Historic site
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.
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Cardiff
More areas to explore
12 sights · 15 places to eat
Cardiff Bay
The redeveloped docklands: the Senedd, the Millennium Centre and a freshwater bay
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12 sights · 21 places to eat
Cathays Park and Roath
The Edwardian civic centre and National Museum, then student Cathays and leafy Roath Park
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12 sights · 22 places to eat
Pontcanna, Canton and Llandaff
Restaurant streets, riverside parkland, a cathedral village and the castles and museum beyond
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- City centre and Cardiff Castle (area photo): Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cardiff Castle (Castell Caerdydd): Tevfik Teker, CC BY 3.0, source
- Principality Stadium (Stadiwm Principality): Clint Budd from About 15 miles North of Swansea, Wales, CC BY 2.0, source
- Cardiff Market (Marchnad Caerdydd): Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Museum of Cardiff (Amgueddfa Caerdydd): Seth Whales, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bute Park (Parc Bute): Athena's Pix (Back, but give me time!) profile at Flickr website, CC BY 2.0, source
- St John the Baptist Church: Allie_Caulfield from Germany, CC BY 2.0, source
- Royal Arcade: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, source
- Morgan Arcade: No Swan So Fine, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Spillers Records: Heikki Immonen, CC BY 3.0, source
- Cardiff Arms Park: Seth Whales, Public domain, source
- Cardiff Bay: GeraintTudur2, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cathays Park and Roath: User:Yummifruitbat, cropped by User:Ham, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Pontcanna, Canton and Llandaff: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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