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Cardiff Bay is the area created by the Cardiff Barrage in South Cardiff
Cardiff

Cardiff is the Capital , largest city and most populous Unitary authority#Wales in Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for many national cultural and sport institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of Welsh Assembly Government ....
, Wales
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
. The regeneration of Cardiff Bay is now widely regarded as one of the most successful regeneration projects in the UK. The Bay is supplied by two rivers (Taff
River Taff

The River Taff is a large river in Wales. It is known as the Afon Taf in Welsh language.It rises as two rivers in the Brecon Beacons - the Taf Fechan and the Taf Fawr , before joining to form the Taff north of Merthyr Tydfil....
 and Ely
River Ely

The River Ely is a river in South Wales flowing generally south east, from Tonyrefail to the capital city of Cardiff.The river is about 24 miles long....
) to form a freshwater lake round the former dockland area south of the city centre
Cardiff city centre

Cardiff city centre is the central business district of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The small and compact area is tightly bounded by the river Taff to the west, the Civic centre to the north and railway lines and two railway stations to the east and south....
. The Bay was formerly tidal, with access to the sea limited to a couple of hours each side of high water but now provides 24 hour access through three locks.

iff Bay played a major part in Cardiff’s
Cardiff

Cardiff is the Capital , largest city and most populous Unitary authority#Wales in Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for many national cultural and sport institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of Welsh Assembly Government ....
 development by being the means of exporting coal
Coal

Coal is a readily combustion black or brownish-black sedimentary rock. The harder forms, such as anthracite, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure....
 from the South Wales Valleys
South Wales Valleys

The South Wales Valleys are a number of industrialised valleys in South Wales, stretching from eastern Carmarthenshire in the west to western Monmouthshire in the east and from the Heads of the Valleys in the north to the lower-lying, pastoralism country of the Vale of Glamorgan and the coastal plain around Swansea Bay, Bridgend, Cardiff...
 to the rest of the world, helping to power the industrial age.






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Cardiff Bay is the area created by the Cardiff Barrage in South Cardiff
Cardiff

Cardiff is the Capital , largest city and most populous Unitary authority#Wales in Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for many national cultural and sport institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of Welsh Assembly Government ....
, Wales
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
. The regeneration of Cardiff Bay is now widely regarded as one of the most successful regeneration projects in the UK. The Bay is supplied by two rivers (Taff
River Taff

The River Taff is a large river in Wales. It is known as the Afon Taf in Welsh language.It rises as two rivers in the Brecon Beacons - the Taf Fechan and the Taf Fawr , before joining to form the Taff north of Merthyr Tydfil....
 and Ely
River Ely

The River Ely is a river in South Wales flowing generally south east, from Tonyrefail to the capital city of Cardiff.The river is about 24 miles long....
) to form a freshwater lake round the former dockland area south of the city centre
Cardiff city centre

Cardiff city centre is the central business district of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The small and compact area is tightly bounded by the river Taff to the west, the Civic centre to the north and railway lines and two railway stations to the east and south....
. The Bay was formerly tidal, with access to the sea limited to a couple of hours each side of high water but now provides 24 hour access through three locks.

History

Cardiff Bay played a major part in Cardiff’s
Cardiff

Cardiff is the Capital , largest city and most populous Unitary authority#Wales in Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for many national cultural and sport institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of Welsh Assembly Government ....
 development by being the means of exporting coal
Coal

Coal is a readily combustion black or brownish-black sedimentary rock. The harder forms, such as anthracite, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure....
 from the South Wales Valleys
South Wales Valleys

The South Wales Valleys are a number of industrialised valleys in South Wales, stretching from eastern Carmarthenshire in the west to western Monmouthshire in the east and from the Heads of the Valleys in the north to the lower-lying, pastoralism country of the Vale of Glamorgan and the coastal plain around Swansea Bay, Bridgend, Cardiff...
 to the rest of the world, helping to power the industrial age. The coal mining
Coal mining

Coal mining is the extraction or removal of coal from the earth by mining. When coal is used for fuel in power generation it is referred to as steaming or thermal coal....
 industry helped fund the building of Cardiff
Cardiff

Cardiff is the Capital , largest city and most populous Unitary authority#Wales in Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for many national cultural and sport institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of Welsh Assembly Government ....
 into the Capital city
Capital City

Capital City was a television show produced by Euston Films which focused on the lives of investment bankers in London living and working on the corporate trading floor for the fictional international bank Shane-Longman....
 of Wales
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
 and helped the Third Marquis of Bute, who owned the docks, become the richest man in the world at the time.

As Cardiff exports grew, so did its population; dockworkers and sailors from across the world settled in neighbourhoods close to the docks, known as Tiger Bay
Tiger Bay

This article relates to the place in Wales, for other meanings see Tiger Bay .Tiger Bay was the local name for an area of Cardiff which covered Butetown and Cardiff Docks....
, and communities from up to 45 different nationalities, including Norwegian
Norwegian people

Norwegians See also History of Norway and Demography of Norway.There are about 4.4 million ethnic Norwegians living in Norway today. The Norwegians are a Scandinavian ethnic group, descendants of the Norsemen , and Celts....
, Somali
Somali people

Somalis are an ethnic group located in the Horn of Africa, also known as the Somali Peninsula. The overwhelming majority of Somalis speak the Somali language, which is part of the Cushitic languages subgroup of the Afro-Asiatic languages language family....
, Yemen
Yemen

Yemen , officially the Republic of Yemen is an Arab country located on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia. Yemen has an estimated population of more than 23 million people and is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the North, the Red Sea to the West, the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden to the South, and Oman to the east....
i, Spanish
Spanish people

Spanish people or Spaniards are a nation or ethnic group native to Spain, in the Iberian Peninsula of southwestern Europe. They are often considered an amalgam of different ethnic groups, rather than an ethnic group by itself....
, Italian
Italian people

The Italian people are a Southern European ethnic group located primarily in Italy and, by virtue of a wide-ranging Italian diaspora, throughout Western Europe, the Americas and Australia....
, Caribbean
Caribbean

The Caribbean is a region consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands , and the surrounding coasts. The region is located southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and Northern America, east of Central America, and to the north of South America....
 and Irish
Irish people

The Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha D? Danann and the Milesians ?the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic a...
 helped create the unique multicultural character of the area.

After the Second World War most of the industry closed down and became derelict. But, in 1999, new life was injected into the area by the building of the Cardiff Bay Barrage
Cardiff Bay Barrage

The Cardiff Bay Barrage lies across the mouth of Cardiff Bay, Wales between Queen Alexandra Dock and Penarth Head. It was one of the largest civil engineering projects in Europe during construction in the 1990s....
, one of the most controversial building projects of the day but also one of the most successful.

Development

The Cardiff Bay Development Corporation
Cardiff Bay Development Corporation

The Cardiff Bay Development Corporation was set up by the government of the United Kingdom on 3 April 1987 to undertake redevelopment of one sixth of the area of Cardiff to create Cardiff Bay....
 (CBDC) was created in 1987 to stimulate the redevelopment of 1,100 hectare
Hectare

A hectare is a unit of area equal to , or one square hectometre , and commonly used for surveying.The hectare is used in most countries around the world, especially in domains concerned with land ownership, land planning, and land management, including law , agriculture, forestry, and town planning....
s (2,700 acre
Acre

The acre is a Units of measurement of area in a number of different systems, including the Imperial unit#Measures of area and United States customary units#Units of area systems....
s) of derelict land. The Development Corporation aimed to attract private capital by spending public money to improve the area. Despite opposition by environmentalists and wildlife organisations, the mudflat
Mudflat

Mudflats are coastal wetlands that form when mud is deposited by tides or rivers. They are found in sheltered areas such as bays, bayous, lagoons, and estuaries....
s at the mouths of the River Taff
River Taff

The River Taff is a large river in Wales. It is known as the Afon Taf in Welsh language.It rises as two rivers in the Brecon Beacons - the Taf Fechan and the Taf Fawr , before joining to form the Taff north of Merthyr Tydfil....
 and River Ely
River Ely

The River Ely is a river in South Wales flowing generally south east, from Tonyrefail to the capital city of Cardiff.The river is about 24 miles long....
 were inundated, with loss of habitat for wading birds. The Barrage has created several new habitats for freshwater species with the wetlands
Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve

Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve is located in Cardiff Bay in the city of Cardiff. It covers an area of approximately 8 hectares . The area was officially opened as a wildlife reserve on 25 July 2002 in what was previously an area of Site of Special Scientific Interest up until the opening of the Cardiff Bay Barrage in April 2001....
 to the south of the Hamadryad
Hamadryad

Hamadryads are Greek mythology beings that live in trees. They are a specific species of dryad, which are a particular type of nymph. Hamadryads are born bonded to a specific tree....
 Park.

When the Development Corporation was wound up in on March 31, 2000, it had achieved many of its objectives. The whole area was unrecognisable from ten years before. Much private land was now open to the public, particularly around the inner harbour and the north side of Roath basin. Work is progressing to complete a 13 kilometre walkway around the Bay and the Barrage has created a world-class environment. In addition the development has enabled land in the city centre
Cardiff city centre

Cardiff city centre is the central business district of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The small and compact area is tightly bounded by the river Taff to the west, the Civic centre to the north and railway lines and two railway stations to the east and south....
 to be redeveloped for higher-value uses.

The development of "something like 1,250 apartments a year" however might cause future problems, as currently (2008) up to one third are not occupied. Critics such as Lorraine Barrett
Lorraine Barrett

Lorraine Barrett Member of the National Assembly for Wales is a Labour Party Labour Co-operative Member of the Welsh Assembly for Cardiff South and Penarth and an Assembly Commissioner since 2007....
 (AM Labour
Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
, Cardiff South and Penarth) say, the flat complexes will not help to build up a community and too few attention has been paid to develop affordable housing. With the recent falls in property values, sales in the area have become problematic. Therefore landlords might be more willing to rent their places out to "people who may not be suited to that type of living."

Connecting the Bay area to the centre of Cardiff was a primary goal when plans to develop the docklands were first mooted. Original plans included a grand boulevard (similar to where Lloyd George Avenue
Lloyd George Avenue

Lloyd George Avenue is an avenue in Cardiff, Wales. Roughly one mile long, the road links the Inner Harbour of Cardiff Bay to Cardiff city centre and forms part of the A470 road....
 is located now) with high density commercial and residential units straddling both sides. This would have created significant demand for quality public transport provisions facilitating connections to the new Bay area but public transport was often of poor quality and, but there are now much improved connections through the Cardiff Bus
Cardiff Bus

Cardiff Bus is the dominant bus operator in Cardiff, Wales and the surrounding area, including Barry, Wales and Penarth. Its hub is Cardiff central bus station....
 BayCar service and rail service from Cardiff Queen Street to Cardiff Bay railway station
Cardiff Bay railway station

Cardiff Bay railway station is a railway station serving the Cardiff Bay and Butetown areas of Cardiff. It is the southern Terminal station of the Butetown Branch Line 1 mile south of Cardiff Queen Street railway station....
.
Wales Millennium Centre 16 08 2005

Notable buildings


St David's Hotel

The St David's Hotel and Spa
St David's Hotel & Spa

File:Entrance atrium St Davids Hotel and Spa.jpgSt David's Hotel & Spa is a luxury 5-star hotel situated in Cardiff Bay, Wales. It was originally owned by the Rocco Forte Hotels group, but was bought by the Principal Hotels group in 2007....
 is a 4-star
Star (classification)

Stars are often used as symbols for classification purposes. They are used by reviewers for ranking things such as movies, TV shows, restaurants, and hotels....
 hotel
Hotel

----A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including Bathroom#Types of bathroomss and air conditioning or clima...
 with commanding views of the Bay. Built by Rocco Forte in 2000, the hotel was sold in 2007 to Principal-Haley hotels.

Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre

A unique building known locally as 'The Tube' managed by Cardiff Harbour Authority
Cardiff Harbour Authority

The Cardiff Harbour Authority was formed as part of Cardiff Council on April 1, 2000. It took over responsibility from Cardiff Bay Development Corporation for management of the Cardiff Bay Barrage, the inland bay and the River Taff and River Ely....
 housing exhibitions and providing visitor information.

The Pierhead Building

The Pierhead
Pierhead Building

The Pierhead Building is a Grade 1 listed building of the National Assembly for Wales and is adjacent to the Senedd building and the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay, Wales....
 was built in 1897 and designed by William Frame, who studied under William Burgess It was formerly the headquarters of the Bute Dock Company.

The Senedd

The Senedd
Senedd

Senedd is the home of the National Assembly for Wales. It is situated on the waterfront in the Cardiff Bay area of Cardiff, Wales in the United Kingdom....
 is the National Assembly for Wales
National Assembly for Wales

The National Assembly for Wales is a devolution National Assembly with power to make legislation in Wales. The Assembly comprises 60 members, who are known as Assembly Member, or AMs ....
 debating chamber.

Wales Millennium Centre

The Wales Millennium Centre
Wales Millennium Centre

The Wales Millennium Centre , which also has a nickname locally as the Armadillo, is a centre for the performing arts located in the Cardiff Bay area of Cardiff, Wales....
 is home to the Welsh National Opera
Welsh National Opera

Welsh Nationne Opera is an opera company founded in Cardiff, Wales in 1946. The WNO tours Wales, the United Kingdom and the rest of the world extensively....
.

Norwegian Church

The Norwegian Church Arts Centre
Norwegian Church, Cardiff

The Norwegian Church in Cardiff, Wales, is a historic church building , which was formerly a place of worship for the Norway community in Cardiff....
, is a rescued historic wooden church that was rebuilt in 1992 and is now managed by Cardiff Harbour Authority
Cardiff Harbour Authority

The Cardiff Harbour Authority was formed as part of Cardiff Council on April 1, 2000. It took over responsibility from Cardiff Bay Development Corporation for management of the Cardiff Bay Barrage, the inland bay and the River Taff and River Ely....
 as a venue for small concerts and art exhibitions. When living in Cardiff as a child, the famous childrens author Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl was a United Kingdom novelist, short story writer and screenwriter, born in Wales of Norwegian people parents. After service in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, In which he became a flying ace, he rose to prominence in the 1940s with works for both Children's literature and adults, and became one of the world's bes...
 attended this church.

Techniquest

Techniquest
Techniquest

Techniquest is a science and discovery centre in Cardiff Bay, Wales. There are also centres in Glyndwr University, Llanberis, and Oakwood Theme Park....
 is an educational science centre.

Roald Dahl Plass

Roald Dahl Plass
Roald Dahl Plass

Roald Dahl Plass is a public plaza in Cardiff Bay, part of Cardiff, Wales. It is named after Cardiff-born author Roald Dahl, and is located on the coast along the south of the city centre....
 is a large open amphitheatre style plaza frequently used as a venue for carnivals and festivals all year round.

Water-based attractions

  • The Cardiff Bay Wetland Reserve which has rare birds and a boardwalk leading to a viewing platform
  • The Water Bus
    Water taxi

    A water taxi or water bus is a boat used to provide public transport, usually but not always in an urban environment. Service may be scheduled with multiple stops, operating in a similar manner to a bus, or on demand to many locations, operating in a similar manner to a taxicab....
    , which offers a public transport service and tourist cruises.
  • Cardiff Bay Barrage
    Cardiff Bay Barrage

    The Cardiff Bay Barrage lies across the mouth of Cardiff Bay, Wales between Queen Alexandra Dock and Penarth Head. It was one of the largest civil engineering projects in Europe during construction in the 1990s....
    , accessible via the Water Bus and by road, is free to explore and also has guided tours.
  • the Helwick Lightship, a restored old Lightvessel
    Lightvessel

    A lightvessel, or lightship, is a ship which acts as a lighthouse. They are used in waters that are too deep or otherwise unsuitable for lighthouse construction....
     with a cafe.
  • Queen Alexandra Dock
  • several smaller docks with landscaped seating areas and bridges, and views across the Bay.
  • numerous small private yacht
    Yacht

    A yacht is a recreational boat. It designates two rather different classes of watercraft, sailing and power yachts. Yachts are differentiated from working ships mainly by their leisure purpose....
    s and fishing boats moored within the Bay.
  • A wide range of watersports tuition & activities at .
  • - Dinghy racing and cruising, yacht racing and cruising, sea fishing, rowing
  • - The premier watersports club in South Wales


Commercial and residential

  • Style-conscious shops, bars and restaurants at Mermaid Quay
    Mermaid Quay

    Mermaid Quay is a shopping and leisure complex in Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Wales.It opened in August 1999 and was at the centre of the regeneration of the Bay by the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation ....
    .
  • The Point
    The Point, Cardiff

    The Point was a church-turned-popular music venue in Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Wales.The Point is situated in the old merchant's quarter of Mount Stuart Square....
    , a popular club and live music venue.
  • The Coal Exchange (aka The Exchange Centre), a venue for staged events.
  • Harry Ramsden's
    Harry Ramsden's

    Harry Ramsden's is the biggest fish and chip shop brand in the world.Based in the UK, the business has over 170 owned and Franchisingd outlets internationally, and serves around 10 million people annually ....
     fish and chip bar - a large, prominent building.
  • Bosphorus a Turkish restaurant offering a panoramic bay view
  • Cardiff Bay Ice Rink
  • Cardiff International Sports Village
    Cardiff International Sports Village

    Cardiff International Sports Village , which is also known as the Cardiff Sports Village or the ISV, is located in Cardiff Bay in the city of Cardiff, Wales....
     (under construction)
  • Cardiff Internation Pool
  • IKEA
    IKEA

    IKEA is a privately-held, international home products retailer that sells ready-to-assemble furniture furniture, accessories, and bathroom and kitchen items in their retail stores around the world....
  • The Red Dragon Centre
    Red Dragon Centre

    The Red Dragon Centre is an indoor entertainment complex in southern Cardiff, the capital of Wales.It is located in Cardiff Bay, opposite the Wales Millennium Centre....
     (formerly Atlantic Wharf Leisure Village), a large shopping, leisure and entertainment complex which also hosts a permanent Doctor Who
    Doctor Who

    Doctor Who is a British Science fiction on television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien Time travel known as "Doctor " who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box....
     exhibition, Doctor Who Up Close.
  • Atlantic Wharf, the area surrounding the refurbished Bute East Dock, with modern residential and commercial developments, and Cardiff County Hall
    County Hall, Cardiff

    The County Hall is the head office of Cardiff County Council, located beside a disused dock in Butetown, Cardiff.In September 2007, Council chief executive Byron Davies unveiled plans aimed at massive efficiency improvements and bringing in additional funding, which would include selling County Hall, the Cardiff Heliport and up to 40% of Ca...
    .
  • Jolyon's Boutique Hotel, the luxury hotel in the heart of the bay.


Appearances in the media

Cardiff Bay was used as the high-tech urban setting for the Ninth Doctor
Ninth Doctor

The Ninth Doctor is the ninth official Doctor #Changing faces of the fictional character known as the Doctor , in the long-running BBC Science fiction on television series Doctor Who....
 Doctor Who
Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British Science fiction on television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien Time travel known as "Doctor " who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box....
 episode Boom Town
Boom Town (Doctor Who)

"Boom Town" is an list of Doctor Who serials in the United Kingdom science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on June 4, 2005....
 and for the Torchwood
Torchwood

Torchwood is a United Kingdom science fiction on television drama television programme, created by Russell T Davies and starring John Barrowman and Eve Myles....
 spinoff, whose makers deliberately avoided stereotypical portrayals of Wales in order to portray Cardiff as it is today, a modern urban centre. In the Torchwood series, there is a giant underground base, secretly under-neath the Bay named "The Hub" from where the Torchwood team work. There is also a lift from the hub into the plaza with a perception filter making anyone who stands on the spot "Not noticed".. Roald Dahl Plass
Roald Dahl Plass

Roald Dahl Plass is a public plaza in Cardiff Bay, part of Cardiff, Wales. It is named after Cardiff-born author Roald Dahl, and is located on the coast along the south of the city centre....
 features prominently.

Also the Tenth Doctor
Tenth Doctor

The Tenth Doctor is the tenth Doctor #Changing faces of the fictional character known as Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC Science fiction on television series Doctor Who....
 Doctor Who
Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British Science fiction on television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien Time travel known as "Doctor " who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box....
 Christmas Special (2006), "The Runaway Bride
The Runaway Bride (Doctor Who)

"The Runaway Bride" is a special List of Doctor Who serials of the long running United Kingdom science fiction television series Doctor Who, starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor....
" made use of office buildings in the Cardiff Bay.

Transport

Cardiff Bay railway station
Cardiff Bay railway station

Cardiff Bay railway station is a railway station serving the Cardiff Bay and Butetown areas of Cardiff. It is the southern Terminal station of the Butetown Branch Line 1 mile south of Cardiff Queen Street railway station....
 is northeast of Mermaid Quay and is served by shuttle services to Cardiff Queen Street railway station
Cardiff Queen Street railway station

Cardiff Queen Street railway station is Wales' second busiest Train station in Cardiff, Wales.It is the main hub of the Valley Lines network - a railway system serving Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan, Bridgend and the South Wales Valleys....
.

Cardiff Bus
Cardiff Bus

Cardiff Bus is the dominant bus operator in Cardiff, Wales and the surrounding area, including Barry, Wales and Penarth. Its hub is Cardiff central bus station....
 operates the following services to the Bay:
  • 1 - Bay Circle clockwise: Grangetown-Leckwith-Canton-Fairwater-Llandaff-Gabalfa-Heath-Penylan-Roath-Tremorfa-Central Station
  • 2 - Bay Circle anticlockwise: as above but reversed
  • 6 - Baycar: Queen Street station via Central Station
  • 8 - University Hospital of Wales via Grangetown, Central Station, Roath, Cathays and Heath
  • 11 - Pengam Green via Central Station and Tremorfa
  • 35 - Gabalfa via Central Station, Cathays and Heath


The Bay lies of the A4232
A4232 road

The A4232, which is known either as the Peripheral Distributor Road or the Cardiff Link Road , is a distributor road in Cardiff, the capital of Wales....
 before the Butetown tunnels and is linked to the city centre by Lloyd George Avenue
A470 road

The A470 is a major long-distance connective spine road in Wales, running from Cardiff on the south coast to Llandudno on the north coast. It covers approximately 186 miles , over a zig-zagging route through the entirety of the country's mountainous central region, including the Brecon Beacons and much of Snowdonia National Park....
 or Bute Street
Bute Street (Cardiff)

Bute Street is a street in Cardiff, Wales. It links Cardiff Bay and Butetown with Cardiff city centre. It now has no road number. It runs from the dockside of the Mermaid Quay complex in the south, which is a Car-free zone, to the junction of Bute Terrace in the north....
.

See also

  • Tiger Bay
    Tiger Bay

    This article relates to the place in Wales, for other meanings see Tiger Bay .Tiger Bay was the local name for an area of Cardiff which covered Butetown and Cardiff Docks....
  • Butetown
    Butetown

    Butetown is a district in the Cardiff South of the city of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It was originally a model housing estate built in the early nineteenth century by John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute, for whose title the area was named....
  • List of places in Cardiff
    List of places in Cardiff

    This is a listing of places in Cardiff, capital city of Wales....
  • Penarth Marina
    Penarth Marina

    Penarth Marina is situated in the sheltered waters of Cardiff Bay, near Cardiff, the capital city of Wales.Penarth Marina is built around the basin of the historic Penarth and has 350 berths....
  • Cardiff
    Cardiff

    Cardiff is the Capital , largest city and most populous Unitary authority#Wales in Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for many national cultural and sport institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of Welsh Assembly Government ....

Gallery


External links


  • - "Cardiff Location Tours"