This is a listing of places in Cardiff, county and capital city of Wales.

Administrative divisions

Electoral wards

This is a list of electoral wards covered by Cardiff Council: • Adamsdown • Butetown • Caerau • Canton • Cathays • Creigiau & St. Fagans • Cyncoed • Ely • Fairwater • Gabalfa • Grangetown • Heath • Llandaff North • Llanishen • Lisvane & Thornhill • Llandaff • Llanrumney • Pentwyn • Pentyrch • Penylan • Plasnewydd • Pontprennau & Old St. Mellons • Radyr & Morganstown • Rhiwbina • Riverside • Rumney • Splott • Trowbridge • Whitchurch & Tongwynlais

Communities

• Adamsdown • Butetown • Caerau • Canton • Castle • Cathays • Creigiau • Cyncoed • Danescourt • Ely • Fairwater • Gabalfa • Grangetown • Heath • Lisvane • Llandaff • Llandaff North • Llanedeyrn • Llanishen • Llanrumney • Old St Mellons • Pentwyn • Pentyrch • Pontcanna • Pontprennau • Radyr and Morganstown • Rhiwbina • Riverside • Roath (previously Plasnewydd) • Rumney • Splott • St Mellons • St Fagans • Thornhill • Tongwynlais • Tremorfa • Trowbridge • Whitchurch

City Centre

The city centre is Cardiff's main shopping area, the sixth largest in the UK. It is also the location of historical and cultural attractions such as: • Cardiff Castle • Millennium Stadium • New Theatre • St David's Hall • Sherman Theatre • Motorpoint Arena (formerly Cardiff International Arena) • Victorian arcades (listed under covered shopping malls) • Queens Arcade • Capitol Centre • St. David's Shopping Centre

Civic Centre

The Civic Centre is built from white Portland stone, and location of much of:

Cardiff Bay

Formerly called Tiger Bay, this was where the world's first million-pound cheque was signed and was the centre of the global coal industry in the 19th and 20th centuries. In the 1980s the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation was set up to redevelop the area and has since been transformed into a high-profile area of living, shopping, dining and culture attractions, such as:

Cardiff International Sports Village

The International Sports Village is a work in progress in Cardiff, with additional sporting and retail sites being added every so often.

Buildings

Covered markets and shopping centres

• Cardiff Market • Capitol Centre • Queens Arcade • St. David's Shopping Centre • Royal Arcade • Castle Arcade • Morgan Arcade • High Street Arcade • Duke Street Arcade • Dominions Arcade • Wyndham Arcade

Leisure centres

• Eastern Leisure Centre • Fairwater Leisure Centre • Llanishen Leisure Centre • Western Leisure Centre • Pentwyn Leisure Centre • Channel View Leisure Centre • Cardiff International Pool • Maindy Centre • Star Centre

Public libraries

• Canton Library • Cathays Library • Central Library • Ely and Caerau Community Hub • Fairwater Library • Grangetown Library • Llandaff North Library • Llanedeyrn Library • Llanishen Library • Llanrumney Library • Penylan Library • Radyr Library • Roath Library Closed 2015 • Rhiwbina Library • Rhydypennau Library • Rumney Library • Splott Library • St Mellons Library • Tongwynlais Library • Whitchurch Library

Police stations

Historical

Communities that no longer exist

Notable buildings that no longer exist

• Avana Bakery (Grangetown) • National Stadium, Cardiff Arms Park • Cardiff Central bus station, Central Square (demolished 2008) • Central Hotel, Penarth Road/St Mary Street, a Grade II listed hotel which closed after 120 years and was gutted by fire in 2003. The site was later redeveloped. • Ely Paperworks (Wiggins Teape) • Ely Racecourse • Wales Empire Pool, demolished 1998 to make way for the Millennium Stadium • Fire Station, Westgate Street (notable classical facade) • JR Freeman cigar factory (Grangetown), later owned by Gallaher Group • The Friary (foundations were removed to build the Capital Tower) • Guildford Crescent Baths demolished 1985 • Llandaff fields Lido • St Mary's parish church (destroyed by flooding 17th century) • RAF Pengam Moors, formerly Splott Aerodrome and Cardiff Municipal Airport • Sophia Gardens Pavilion (music and entertainment venue) • Swiss Bridge at Cardiff Castle (demolished 1963) • Tram depot, Ely • Wood Street Congregational Chapel (replaced by Southgate House) • Cardiff power stations (demolished about 1970) • The Victorian Queen Street railway station (replaced by the 1973 station) • Capitol Theatre • Wales National Ice Rink • Allders Department Store, former Mackross store, Queen Street • Thomson House, former home of the Western Mail and South Wales Echo newspapers

Geographical

Rivers and waterways

Woods

Educational establishments

Higher Education

Further Education

Primary and Secondary Education

Parks

• Adamsdown community gardens • Africa Gardens • Bute Park • Caedelyn Park • Cathays Park • Cefn Onn Country Park • Coopers Field • Despenser Gardens (Riverside) • Fairwater Park • Forest Farm Country Park (Whitchurch) • Gorsedd Gardens • Grange Gardens • Grangemoor Park • Hamadryad Park • Hailey Park (Llandaff North) • Heath Park • Hill Snook Park • Insole Court • Llandaff Fields • Llanishen Park • Maitland Park • Nant Fawr Corridor • Pontcanna Fields • Plasnewydd Gardens • Roath Park • Sanatorium Park • Sevenoaks Park (Grangetown) • Sophia Gardens • Splott Park • St John's Gardens • Thompson's Park • Trelai Park (the former Ely Racecourse) • Tremorfa Park • Victoria Park • Waterloo Gardens • Wern Goch Park • Whitchurch Common

Archaeological sites

Retail parks

• Wenvoe Retail Park, Culverhouse Cross • Valegate Retail Park, Culverhouse Cross • Brooklands Retail Park, Culverhouse Cross • Cardiff Lifestyle Shopping Park, Llanishen • Capital Retail Park, Leckwith • Cardiff Bay Retail Park, Cardiff Bay. • Dragon Retail Park, Newport Road • Dunleavy Drive Retail Park, Dunleavy Drive • The Avenue Retail Park, Newport Road • Seager Retail Park, Newport Road • Newport Road Retail Park, Newport Road • City Link Retail Park, Newport Road • Cardiff Gate Retail Park, Pontprennau

Transport

Public transport hubs

Major roads

Railway lines

• South Wales Main Line • Valley Lines • Maesteg Line • Vale Line • City Line • Rhondda Line • Merthyr Line • Coryton Line • Rhymney Line • Butetown Branch

Railway stations

• Birchgrove • Bay • Central • Queen Street • Cathays • Coryton • Danescourt • Fairwater • Grangetown • Heath High Level • Heath Low Level • Lisvane and Thornhill • Llandaf • Llanishen • Ninian Park (for Cardiff City FC) • Radyr • Rhiwbina • Ty Glas • Waun-Gron Park • Whitchurch

Cycle routes

Walking routes

Bridges

• A4055 Bridge (River Ely) • A48 Bridge (River Taff) • Blackweir footbridge • Brains Bridge (railway, Grangetown) • Cable Bridge (foot, Roath Basin) • Cardiff Bridge (River Taff) - also known as Canton Bridge • Cardiff Intersection Bridge (railway, Valley Lines crosses over the South Wales Main Line • Clarence Bridge (River Taff) • Crwys Road Bridge (Over Railway, Cathays) • Ely Bridge • Fairoak Road Bridge (Under Railway, Cathays) • Leckwith Bridges (River Ely), a medieval bridge and its 20th century replacement • Llandaff Bridge (River Taff) • Lowther Road Bridge (railway) • Millennium Footbridge (River Taff) • Monthermer Road (Over Railway, Cathays) • M4 bridge (River Taff) • Penarth Road Bridge (River Taff) • Pont y Werin (foot/cycle, River Ely) • Rumney River bridge (road) • A4232 Taff Viaduct (River Taff) • Three Arches Railway Bridge (railway, Heath) • Virgil Street bridge (railway, Grangetown) • Windsor Road Bridge (railway, Adamsdown)

Shipping

Airports

(Cardiff International Airport and the military base RAF St Athan are both located in the neighbouring Vale of Glamorgan)