Capital Tower
Capital Tower, originally known as Pearl Assurance House, is a high-rise building in Cardiff, Wales. Standing at 270 feet to roof height, Capital Tower is slightly taller than Stadium House, which stands at 78 metres to roof height.- Type: Office
- Description: building in Cardiff, Wales
- Also known as: “Capital Tower, Cardiff”
- Address: Greyfriars Road, Cardiff, CF10 3AG and CF10 3PL
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 880 feet west of Capital Tower.
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. Located in Cardiff, it has a retractable roof and is the home of the Wales national rugby union team; it has also held Wales national football team games. Millennium Stadium is situated 2,100 feet southwest of Capital Tower.
New Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
The New Theatre is one of the principal theatres of Cardiff, capital city of Wales. It is located in the city centre on Park Place, close to Cathays Park. New Theatre is situated 490 feet northeast of Capital Tower.
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.
Capital Tower
- Categories: skyscraper and building
- Location: Castle, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.48307° or 51° 28′ 59″ northLongitude
-3.17748° or 3° 10′ 39″ westLevels
25Height
262 feet (80 metres)Open location code
9C3RFRMF+62OpenStreetMap ID
way 26569583OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
office=yesWikidata ID
Q5035679
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Capital Tower” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Capital Tower (Cardiff)”
- Basque: “Capital Tower”
- Spanish: “Capital Tower”
- Spanish: “Torre Capital”
- Welsh: “Tŵr y Brifddinas, Caerdydd”
- Welsh: “Tŵr y Brifddinas”
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