Bute Park
Bute Park and Arboretum is a park in Cardiff, Wales. It comprises 130 acres of landscaped gardens and parkland that once formed the grounds of Cardiff Castle. The park is named after the 3rd Marquess of Bute, whose family owned the castle.Photo: profile at Flickr website, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: park in Cardiff, Wales
- Also known as: “Parc Bute”
- Address: Cardiff, CF10 3ER
Places of Interest Nearby
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, providing professional training for actors, musicians, designers, technicians and arts management. Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is situated 350 feet northeast of Bute Park.
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 1,400 feet southeast of Bute Park.
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 2,600 feet south of Bute Park.
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.
Bute Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Castle, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.48537° or 51° 29′ 7″ northLongitude
-3.18482° or 3° 11′ 5″ westOperator
Cardiff CouncilOpen location code
9C3RFRP8+43OpenStreetMap ID
way 1493543075OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q3399164
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