Cardiff International White Water
Cardiff International White Water is an Olympic standard white water rafting centre based at the Cardiff International Sports Village in Cardiff Bay. The centre opened on 26 March 2010, after taking two years to build the £13.3m venue, which is the first on-demand white water centre in the UK.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Sports venue
- Description: white water sports venue in Cardiff, Wales
- Also known as: “Cardiff International White Water Centre”
- Address: Watkiss Way, Cardiff, CF11 0SY
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cardiff International Pool and Cogan railway station.
Cardiff International Pool
Sports venue
Photo: Seth Whales, Public domain.
Cardiff International Pool is an Olympic-sized swimming pool built as a public-private funded project; with a partnership between Cardiff Council, OLLC which is a partnership between Orion Land & Leisure and Explore Investments and Parkwood Leisure. Cardiff International Pool is situated 710 feet northeast of Cardiff International White Water.
Cogan railway station
Railway station
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Cogan railway station is a railway station serving Cogan in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is on the Vale of Glamorgan Line 2+3⁄4 miles south of Cardiff Central on the way to Barry Island and Bridgend. Cogan railway station is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Cardiff International White Water.
Penarth Marina
Marina
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Penarth Marina is both a marina for boats, located in the old Penarth Docks, Wales and also the name generally used to describe the surrounding area of modern housing. Penarth Marina is situated 2,400 feet southeast of Cardiff International White Water.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Penarth and Cardiff Bay.
Penarth
Photo: Ruth Sharville, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penarth is a Victorian sea-side town 3 miles southwest of Cardiff in Wales. It has impressive Victorian architecture and known for its pier and extensive parks.
Cardiff Bay
Suburb
Photo: GeraintTudur2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cardiff Bay is an area and freshwater lake in Cardiff, Wales. The site of a former tidal bay and estuary, it is the river mouth of the River Taff and Ely.
Leckwith
Suburb
Photo: Seth Whales, Public domain.
Leckwith is an area in the west of Cardiff that includes parts of the communities of Canton and Grangetown.
Cardiff International White Water
- Categories: artificial whitewater, recreation area, and sports location
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.44805° or 51° 26′ 53″ northLongitude
-3.18265° or 3° 10′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C3RCRX8+6WOpenStreetMap ID
way 178288192OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=sports_centreOpenStreetMap feature
sport=water_sportsOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q5038435
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In Other Languages
“Cardiff International White Water” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Dŵr Gwyn Rhyngwladol Caerdydd”
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