The Abandoned Soldier
The Abandoned Soldier is a memorial in Castle, Cardiff, Wales. The Abandoned Soldier is situated nearby to the museum Wartime Shelters, as well as near Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cardiff Castle and Millennium Stadium.
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. Cardiff Castle is situated 420 feet northwest of The Abandoned Soldier.
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 1,400 feet southwest of The Abandoned Soldier.
Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier
Museum
Photo: Firing Line Curator, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier is an accredited, charitable museum which exhibits the collections of the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards and The Royal Welsh. It occupies the lower floor of the interpretation centre at Cardiff Castle.
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.
The Abandoned Soldier
- Type: Memorial
- Category: historic site
- Location: Castle, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.48174° or 51° 28′ 54″ northLongitude
-3.17962° or 3° 10′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C3RFRJC+M5OpenStreetMap ID
node 10110391429OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wartime Shelters and Be Lucky.
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