Cathays Park
Cathays Park or Cardiff Civic Centre is a civic centre area in the city centre of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, consisting of a number of early 20th century buildings and a central park area, Alexandra Gardens.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: civic center area in Cardiff, Wales
- Also known as: “Cardiff Civic Centre” and “Parc Cathays”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and Cardiff Castle.
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
University
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is the National Conservatoire of Wales, located in Cardiff, Wales, training more than 900 actors, musicians, designers, technicians and arts managers from over 40 countries for a sustainable career in the arts.
Cardiff Castle
Photo: Tevfik Teker, CC BY 3.0.
Cardiff Castle is a medieval castle and Victorian Gothic revival mansion located in the city centre of Cardiff, Wales. The original motte and bailey castle was built in the late 11th century by Norman invaders on top of a 3rd-century Roman fort.
Millennium Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Clint Budd, CC BY 2.0.
The Millennium Stadium, known since 2016 as the Principality Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is the national stadium of Wales. Located in Cardiff, it has a retractable roof and is the home of the Wales national rugby union team; it has also held Wales national football team games.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castle Quarter and Maindy.
Castle Quarter
Quarter
Castle Quarter is an independent retail destination area in the north of the city centre of Cardiff, Wales. Castle is also a community of Cardiff. The listed Castle Quarter includes some of Cardiff's Victorian and Edwardian arcades: Castle Arcade, High Street Arcade and Duke Street Arcade, and principal shopping streets: St Mary Street, High Street, Castle Street and Duke Street.
Maindy
Suburb
Photo: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maindy is a district of the city of Cardiff, Wales. Its boundaries are not formally recognised by Cardiff Council, and the district falls within the Cathays ward and Gabalfa.
Newtown
Neighborhood
Photo: Kizpho11, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newtown was a residential area of Cardiff, Wales that was also known as 'Little Ireland' because of its population of Irish families. Its six streets and 200 houses existed from the mid-nineteenth century until they were demolished in 1970.
Cathays Park
- Category: civic center
- Location: Castle, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Cathays Park” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Cathays Park”
- Catalan: “Cathays Park”
- Chinese: “凱西公園”
- Dutch: “Cathays Park”
- French: “Parc de Cathays”
- German: “Cathays Park”
- Slovenian: “Cathays Park”
- Welsh: “Parc Cathays”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cathays railway station and Hilton Cardiff.
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