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Crown Buildings

The Crown Buildings, which are also known as the Cathays Park Buildings, are the Welsh Government's main offices in , . The buildings were formerly used by the Welsh Office and are situated in .
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: Grade II listed building in Cardiff. Welsh Government offices in Cardiff
  • Also known as: “Adeilad y Goron”, “Crown Building”, and “Crown Buildings, Cathays Park”
  • Address: Cardiff, CF10 3NQ

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Millennium Stadium and Cardiff Castle.

Stadium
Photo: Clint Budd, CC BY 2.0.
The , known since 2016 as the Principality Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is the national stadium of . Located in , 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. is situated 3,500 feet south of Crown Buildings.

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 2,000 feet south of Crown Buildings.

University
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is the National Conservatoire of Wales, located in , , training more than 900 actors, musicians, designers, technicians and arts managers from over 40 countries for a sustainable career in the arts. is situated 770 feet southwest of Crown Buildings.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castle Quarter and Maindy.

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.

Suburb
is a district of the city of , . Its boundaries are not formally recognised by Cardiff Council, and the district falls within the Cathays ward and .

Neighborhood
Photo: Kizpho11, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Crown Buildings

Latitude
51.48775° or 51° 29′ 16″ north
Longitude
-3.18185° or 3° 10′ 55″ west
Levels
3
Open location code
9C3RFRQ9+47
Open­Street­Map ID
way 26569612
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q10983699
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Crown Buildings” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Crown eraikinak”
  • Catalan: “Cathays Park”
  • Chinese: “皇冠大廈 (英國)”
  • Chinese: “皇冠大廈”
  • French: “Bâtiments de Cathays Park”
  • French: “Bâtiments du Parc de Cathays”
  • Welsh: “Adeilad y Goron, Parc Cathays”
  • Welsh: “Adeilad y Goron”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Crown Buildings”. Photo: Ham II, CC BY-SA 4.0.