St John the Baptist Church, Cardiff
St John the Baptist Church is a Grade I listed parish church in Cardiff, Wales. Other than Cardiff Castle, it is the only medieval building in the city centre.Photo: Allie Caulfield, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church building in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Eglwys Sant Ioan Fedyddiwr”, “St. John the Baptist Church”, “St. John The Baptist Church”, and “St. John the Baptist’s Church, Cardiff”
- Address: Cardiff
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Millennium Stadium and Cardiff Castle.
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 1,300 feet southwest of St John the Baptist Church, Cardiff.
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 northwest of St John the Baptist Church, Cardiff.
St John’s Gardens
Garden
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St. John's Gardens is a small public garden in the centre of the Cardiff, the capital of wales. It is located between St John's Church and the Old Library.
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.
St John the Baptist Church, Cardiff
- Categories: Protestant church building, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Castle, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.48073° or 51° 28′ 51″ northLongitude
-3.17831° or 3° 10′ 42″ westOpen location code
9C3RFRJC+7MOpenStreetMap ID
way 90484757OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q7593750
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Welsh—“St John the Baptist Church, Cardiff” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “施洗聖約翰教堂”
- Polish: “Kościół św. Jana Chrzciciela w Cardiff”
- Welsh: “Eglwys Sant Ioan Fedyddiwr, Caerdydd”
- Welsh: “Eglwys Sant Ioan Fedyddiwr”
- Welsh: “Eglwys Sant Ioan y Bedyddiwr”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St. John’s Churchyard and Owain Glyndwr.
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