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.Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: University
- Description: complex of buildings at Cardiff University
- Also known as: “Queen’s Building, Cardiff University”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cardiff Queen Street railway station and Cardiff Sixth Form College.
Cardiff Queen Street railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ham II, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cardiff Queen Street serves the north and east of central Cardiff; it is the fourth busiest railway station in Wales. It is located near the major thoroughfare of Queen Street and is one of 20 stations in the city. Cardiff Queen Street railway station is situated 640 feet south of Queen’s Buildings.
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 500 feet northeast 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 in Cardiff. It has a retractable roof and a usual capacity of 73,931. Millennium Stadium is situated 3,600 feet southwest of Queen’s Buildings.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newtown and Castle Quarter.
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.
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.
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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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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