Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier

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 .
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Cardiff Castle, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Amgueddfa Castell Caerdydd”, “Amgueddfa’r Milwr Cymreig Castell Caerdydd”, “Cardiff Castle Museum”, “Firing Line”, “Museum of The Queen’s Dragoon Guards and The Royal Welsh”, and “Queens Dragoon Guards Regimental Museum”
  • Address: Cardiff, CF10 3RB

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cardiff Castle and Millennium Stadium.

Photo: Tevfik Teker, CC BY 3.0.
is a medieval castle and Victorian Gothic revival mansion located in the city centre of , . The original motte and bailey castle was built in the late 11th century by Norman invaders on top of a 3rd-century Roman fort. is situated 340 feet northwest of Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier.

Stadium
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The , known since 2016 as the Principality Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is the national stadium of in . It has a retractable roof and a usual capacity of 73,931. is situated 1,300 feet southwest of Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier.

Archaeological site
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was a coastal fort in the Roman province of Britannia Superior, of which Roman Wales was a part. Its original Latin name is uncertain. Its remains are incorporated into in the modern capital city of . is situated 340 feet northwest of Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castle Quarter and Newtown.

Quarter
is an independent retail destination area in the north of the city centre of , . Castle is also a community of Cardiff. The listed 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.

Neighborhood
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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.

Suburb
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is a district and community in the south of , capital of . It is one of the largest districts in the south of the city and is bordered by , and .

Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier

Latitude
51.48163° or 51° 28′ 54″ north
Longitude
-3.18024° or 3° 10′ 49″ west
Open location code
9C3RFRJ9+MW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7573303439
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Wiki­data ID
Q5452077
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Amgueddfa Castell Caerdydd”
  • Basque: “Cardiff Castle Museum”
  • Basque: “Firing Line: Amgueddfa’r Milwr Cymreig Castell Caerdydd”
  • Basque: “Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier”
  • Catalan: “Amgueddfa Castell Caerdydd”
  • Catalan: “Cardiff Castle Museum”
  • Catalan: “Firing Line: Amgueddfa’r Milwr Cymreig Castell Caerdydd”
  • Catalan: “Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier”
  • Chinese: “卡迪夫城堡的威爾斯軍人博物館”
  • Esperanto: “Kardifa Kastela Muzeo”
  • French: “Amgueddfa Castell Caerdydd”
  • French: “Cardiff Castle Museum”
  • French: “Firing Line: Amgueddfa’r Milwr Cymreig Castell Caerdydd”
  • French: “Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier”
  • Irish: “Amgueddfa Castell Caerdydd”
  • Irish: “Cardiff Castle Museum”
  • Irish: “Firing Line: Amgueddfa’r Milwr Cymreig Castell Caerdydd”
  • Irish: “Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Amgueddfa Castell Caerdydd”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cardiff Castle Museum”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Firing Line: Amgueddfa’r Milwr Cymreig Castell Caerdydd”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier”
  • Swedish: “Amgueddfa Castell Caerdydd”
  • Swedish: “Cardiff Castle Museum”
  • Swedish: “Firing Line: Amgueddfa’r Milwr Cymreig Castell Caerdydd”
  • Swedish: “Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier”
  • Welsh: “Amgueddfa Castell Caerdydd”
  • Welsh: “Firing Line: Amgueddfa’r Milwr Cymreig Castell Caerdydd”

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Highlights include South Gate and Wartime Shelters.

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