Queen’s Buildings
Queen’s Buildings is an university in Roath, Cardiff, Wales. Queen’s Buildings is situated nearby to Cardiff Sixth Form College, as well as near Cardiff Queen Street railway station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: University
- Description: complex of buildings at Cardiff University
- Also known as: “Cardiff University, Queen’s Buildings” and “Queen’s Building, Cardiff University”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cardiff Sixth Form College and Millennium Stadium.
Cardiff Sixth Form College
College
Photo: Seth Whales, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cardiff Sixth Form College, colloquially abbreviated as CSFC, is a private boarding school with campuses in Cardiff and Cambridge. CSFC has ranked number one in league tables published by The Times and The Telegraph for four consecutive years, and number one in the UK for A-level results for 12 out of the past 13 years. Cardiff Sixth Form College is situated 520 feet east of Queen’s Buildings.
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. Millennium Stadium is situated 3,600 feet southwest of Queen’s Buildings.
Cardiff Queen Street railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ham II, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cardiff Queen Street railway station is a railway station serving the north and east of Central Cardiff, Wales. It is the fourth busiest railway station in Wales. Cardiff Queen Street railway station is situated 810 feet south of Queen’s Buildings.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castle Quarter and Newtown.
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.
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.
Grangetown
Suburb
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grangetown is a district and community in the south of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is one of the largest districts in the south of the city and is bordered by Riverside, Canton and Butetown.
Queen’s Buildings
- Categories: university building and education
- Location: Roath, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.4842° or 51° 29′ 3″ northLongitude
-3.16982° or 3° 10′ 11″ westElevation
52 feet (16 metres)Open location code
9C3RFRMJ+M3OpenStreetMap ID
way 22821249OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=university
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Queen’s Buildings” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cardiff university Queens Buildings”
- Swedish: “Cardiff university Queens Buildings”
- Welsh: “Adeiladau’r Frenhines”
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