Leisure centres in Cardiff
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Most leisure centres in Cardiff
, capital of Wales
, are owned by Cardiff Council
. These centres are where people go to keep fit or relax through using the facilities. The council operates six leisure centre
s, one swimming pool
and three other leisure facilities. The Cardiff International Pool
in Cardiff Bay
is run privately.
in the south of the city. Its facilities include three badminton courts, sports hall, squash court, outdoor all weather five-a-side pitch, fitness suite, dance studio, I.T. room, music room, junior activities, children's parties, holiday programmes, activities area, climbing wall, fitness classes including aerobics, circuits, boxercise and cardio, and kickboxing.
The centre's World Trail outdoor exercise equipment has the following stations: Step Up, Push Up, Beam Jump, Climbing Wall, Body Curl, Leg Lift, Vault bar and Horizontal Loop Ladder.
The Centre is also host to Cardiff Bay Water Activity Centre which offers a wide range of water and land based activities.
The centre is served by Cardiff Bus
service 9A.
, serving south eastern
areas of the city. Facilities include a 25m x 12m swimming pool, 6 badminton courts, multi use sports hall, 5 squash courts, fitness suite, outdoor tarmac 5-a-side pitch, activity area, community suite, crèche, junior activities, children's parties, holiday programmes, trampolining and gymnastics, cafeteria and vending machines, and a lounge bar.
Cardiff Council is planning to develop the site of the leisure centre to include a new secondary school for the area.
The centre is served by Cardiff Bus
services 49 and 50.
, serving the north west of the city. Its facilities include 4 badminton courts, sports hall, 4 squash courts,
outdoor skate park, fitness suite, 25m x 12.5m swimming pool, children's activities, junior activities including gymnastics, trampolining and football, holiday programme, cafteria, vending machines, and a lounge bar.
In 2008, a local version of Britain's Got Talent
was held at the centre. In February 2010, the leisure centre was targeted by thieves who broke into lockers.
The centre is served by Cardiff Bus
services 33 and 61, and Danescourt railway station
.
in the north
of the city. The centre opened in 1987 and has facilities including a leisure pool with wave machine, 6 badminton courts, multi use sports hall, 3 squash courts, fitness suite with cardio theatre music system, mini gym with fitness assessment room, community suite, crèche, junior activities, children's parties, holiday programmes, bar/coffee area, pool side cafe, snooker room, and a private function room with catering and licensed bar for 250 people.
In 2006, Llanishen Leisure Centre installed a pool cover and controls for its pool pumps heating and cooling, resulting in a 20% drop in CO² emissions since 2006 and energy savings of more than £30,000 were made in 2008-09.
The leisure centre is served by Cardiff Bus
services 29, 29B and 52A, and Ty Glas railway station
.
Maindy Centre , also known as Maindy Swimming Pool and Cycle Track was originally opened in 1993 in Maindy
. In June 2005 a new 56 station fitness Suite, dance studio and lecture room were opened. Its facilities also include a 25m deck level swimming pool (6 lanes), football pitch (full size), floodlit 460m outdoor velodrome, outdoor tarmac 5-a-side pitch, and a cafeteria. The Life Trail (outdoor exercise equipment) has the following stations: Welcome station, Lower Body Warm-Up, Upper Body Warm Up, Torso Stability, Standing Push Up, Forearm Roll and Lower Body Stretch.
The site also incorporates the Road Safety Centre which provides various road safety programmes, school crossing patrol training, mature driver refresher courses, driving simulators and external traffic features.
Maindy Centre is home to the Maindy Flyers Youth Cycling Club, Squid Flyers Swimming Club, Maindy Corries Football Club, Maindy Higashi Karate Club, Maindy Triathlon Club and Maindy Rookie Lifesaving Club.
The cycle track was used in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
held in Cardiff.
The leisure centre is served by Cardiff Bus
services 21, 23, 24, 25 and 27.
in the north east
of the city. Its facilities include a leisure pool with slide, waves and features, 4 badminton courts, multi use sports hall, 2 squash courts, fitness suite, community suite, an upper activity area, crèche, junior activities, children's parties, holiday programmes,bar/coffee area, poolside café, and suites available for private function hire with catering and licensed bar.
In November 2009, the Welsh Open Dodgeball Tournament was held at Pentwyn Leisure Centre. The centre's swimming pool was dyed pink in celebration of a fundraising community day in 2009.
The leisure centre is served by Cardiff Bus
services 51 and 58.
The leisure centre is served by Cardiff Bus
services 12 and 13.
first opened in 1981 and was taken over by the Council in 2001 undergoing refurbishment to include a fitness suite, a disabled lift in the foyer and the incorporation of the new Splott Library.
Its facilities include six badminton courts, facilities for basketball/netball/football, disabled facilities and changing room, fitness suite, gymnastics, soft play, meeting rooms, function room, children's activities, holiday programmes, vending machines, and a fully licensed bar.
Cardiff's Dragon Dolls roller derby
team train weekly at the Star centre, where the Cardiff Beer Festival, Wales' biggest beer festival, has previously been held.
The leisure centre is served by Cardiff Bus
services 12 and 13.
, serving the south west
of the city. The centre was rebuilt in 2008 at a cost of £5.5m and could be used for training for the 2012 Olympic Games
Its facilities include a 72 station gymnasium/fitness suite, cardio theatre, spinning room, dance studio, training/meeting room, community room (crèche, martial arts, children's parties, holiday programmes), outdoor floodlit multi use games area (for football, basketball and tennis), deck level swimming pool (25 metres x 12.5 metres), teaching swimming pool (13 metres x 7 metres), small beached toddler pool with small slide and snake water squirter, vending machines and café. Western Leisure Centre is home to Western Warriors Swimming Club.
In February 2010, the leisure centre was targeted by thieves who broke into lockers.
The leisure centre is served by Cardiff Bus
services 12, 13 and 96.
Cardiff International Pool
, in the Cardiff International Sports Village
, opened on 12 January 2008. It is a public-private
funded project, with a partnership between Cardiff Council (land owner) and Parkwood Leisure (operator).
Construction of the GB£32 million facility commenced in April 2006 and includes two pools; an Olympic standard 50 m (164 ft) 10-lane competition swimming pool with seating for 1,000 spectators and a 25 m (82 ft) 4-lane indoor waterpark
with flume rides
, a beach area with water slide
s, a lazy river and jacuzzi. The centre also has a fitness suite
and studios, conference rooms and a café.
It was also built to support the London 2012 Olympics as a training facility. The pool replaces the Olympic size Empire Pool (used in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
, which Cardiff hosted) which was demolished to make way for the Millennium Stadium ready for Cardiff and Wales to host the 1999 Rugby World Cup
.
The leisure centre is served by Cardiff Bus
services 9, 9A, 35 and 36, and by Cogan railway station
.
Cardiff International Sports Stadium is a multi sport and special event facility. It has a capacity of 4,953.
Its facilities include a fully certificated international track and field facilities including an international standard external throws area, photo finish rooms and equipment, announcer's room, doping control facilities, first aid room
, sports retail outlet,
50 station staffed fitness suite including a cardio theatre, hospitality suite, 2 activity zones, 2 training rooms, physiotherapist rooms, 7 changing rooms, 100m x 70m inner field, full size artificial training pitch, 2 rugby / football pitches (1 floodlit), Trim trail leading to extensive off road running with links to Cardiff's parks and the Taff Trail
, and wetlands areas within facility grounds.
The stadium also is the home of Welsh athletics, Cardiff City Youth Team
, Cardiff Bay Harlequins A.F.C., Cardiff City Ladies football club
and Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club
.
The stadium is served by Cardiff Bus
service 95. There are 180 parking spaces on site and 1,000 spaces adjacent to the stadium.
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
, capital of Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
, are owned by Cardiff Council
Cardiff Council
The County Council of the City and County of Cardiff is the governing body for Cardiff, one of the Principal Areas of Wales. The council consists of 75 councillors, representing 29 electoral wards. The authority is properly styled as The County Council of the City and County of Cardiff or in...
. These centres are where people go to keep fit or relax through using the facilities. The council operates six leisure centre
Leisure centre
A leisure centre in the UK and Canada is a purpose built building or site, usually owned and operated by the city, borough council or municipal district council, where people go to keep fit or relax through using the facilities.- Typical Facilities :...
s, one swimming pool
Swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
and three other leisure facilities. The Cardiff International Pool
Cardiff International Pool
The Cardiff International Pool is a sport facility located in the Cardiff International Sports Village in Cardiff, capital of Wales. It opened to the public on 12 January 2008 and was officially opened on 26 February 2008 by Duncan Goodhew....
in Cardiff Bay
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff Bay is the area created by the Cardiff Barrage in South Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The regeneration of Cardiff Bay is now widely regarded as one of the most successful regeneration projects in the United Kingdom. The Bay is supplied by two rivers to form a freshwater lake round the...
is run privately.
Channel View Centre
Channel View Centre reopened on 1 March 2002 after a period of closure from 1997, in GrangetownGrangetown, Cardiff
Grangetown is a 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. The River Taff winds its way through the area...
in the south of the city. Its facilities include three badminton courts, sports hall, squash court, outdoor all weather five-a-side pitch, fitness suite, dance studio, I.T. room, music room, junior activities, children's parties, holiday programmes, activities area, climbing wall, fitness classes including aerobics, circuits, boxercise and cardio, and kickboxing.
The centre's World Trail outdoor exercise equipment has the following stations: Step Up, Push Up, Beam Jump, Climbing Wall, Body Curl, Leg Lift, Vault bar and Horizontal Loop Ladder.
The Centre is also host to Cardiff Bay Water Activity Centre which offers a wide range of water and land based activities.
The centre is served by Cardiff Bus
Cardiff Bus
Cardiff Bus is the dominant operator of bus services in Cardiff, Wales and the surrounding area, including Barry and Penarth. Its hub is Cardiff central bus station...
service 9A.
Eastern Leisure Centre
Eastern Leisure Centre opened in 1982 in LlanrumneyLlanrumney
Llanrumney is a district and suburb in the east of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales.-History:The land where modern Llanrumney stands was left to Keynsham Abbey by the Lord of Glamorgan after the Norman Conquest...
, serving south eastern
Cardiff East
Cardiff East may refer to:* Cardiff East * Cardiff East...
areas of the city. Facilities include a 25m x 12m swimming pool, 6 badminton courts, multi use sports hall, 5 squash courts, fitness suite, outdoor tarmac 5-a-side pitch, activity area, community suite, crèche, junior activities, children's parties, holiday programmes, trampolining and gymnastics, cafeteria and vending machines, and a lounge bar.
Cardiff Council is planning to develop the site of the leisure centre to include a new secondary school for the area.
The centre is served by Cardiff Bus
Cardiff Bus
Cardiff Bus is the dominant operator of bus services in Cardiff, Wales and the surrounding area, including Barry and Penarth. Its hub is Cardiff central bus station...
services 49 and 50.
Fairwater Leisure Centre
Fairwater Leisure Centre opened in 1983 in FairwaterFairwater, Cardiff
Fairwater is a district in the west of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is located a few miles from Culverhouse Cross which connects Cardiff to the M4 motorway.- History :The name Tyllgoed, meaning "dark wood" goes back to the 15th century...
, serving the north west of the city. Its facilities include 4 badminton courts, sports hall, 4 squash courts,
outdoor skate park, fitness suite, 25m x 12.5m swimming pool, children's activities, junior activities including gymnastics, trampolining and football, holiday programme, cafteria, vending machines, and a lounge bar.
In 2008, a local version of Britain's Got Talent
Britain's Got Talent
Britain's Got Talent is a British television talent show competition which started in June 2007 and originated from the Got Talent series. The show is produced by FremantleMedia's TalkbackThames and Simon Cowell's production company SYCOtv. The show is broadcast on ITV in Britain and TV3 in Ireland...
was held at the centre. In February 2010, the leisure centre was targeted by thieves who broke into lockers.
The centre is served by Cardiff Bus
Cardiff Bus
Cardiff Bus is the dominant operator of bus services in Cardiff, Wales and the surrounding area, including Barry and Penarth. Its hub is Cardiff central bus station...
services 33 and 61, and Danescourt railway station
Danescourt railway station
Danescourt railway station is a railway station serving Danescourt, which is a suburban area of Cardiff, Wales.The station is the first stop after Radyr on the City Line north of Cardiff Central. The City Line was originally a freight only line...
.
Llanishen Leisure Centre
Llanishen Leisure Centre is the largest in Cardiff, in LlanishenLlanishen
Llanishen is a district in the north of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. Llanishen is well-known as the home of the 'Tax Offices', the tallest buildings in north Cardiff and a landmark for miles around...
in the north
Cardiff North
Cardiff North or North Cardiff can refer to the collections of mainly middle class suburban communities in the north of Cardiff, Wales. The population of the north of Cardiff is around 85,000 and is represented by the Conservative Party on most levels of government...
of the city. The centre opened in 1987 and has facilities including a leisure pool with wave machine, 6 badminton courts, multi use sports hall, 3 squash courts, fitness suite with cardio theatre music system, mini gym with fitness assessment room, community suite, crèche, junior activities, children's parties, holiday programmes, bar/coffee area, pool side cafe, snooker room, and a private function room with catering and licensed bar for 250 people.
In 2006, Llanishen Leisure Centre installed a pool cover and controls for its pool pumps heating and cooling, resulting in a 20% drop in CO² emissions since 2006 and energy savings of more than £30,000 were made in 2008-09.
The leisure centre is served by Cardiff Bus
Cardiff Bus
Cardiff Bus is the dominant operator of bus services in Cardiff, Wales and the surrounding area, including Barry and Penarth. Its hub is Cardiff central bus station...
services 29, 29B and 52A, and Ty Glas railway station
Ty Glas railway station
Ty Glas railway station is a railway stations serving business and industrial sites in Llanishen and Heath, Cardiff. It is located on the Coryton Line north of Cardiff Central...
.
Maindy Centre
Maindy
Maindy is a district of the city of Cardiff, Wales. It lies between the districts of Cathays and Penylan. It falls within the Cathays ward.A notable facility in the area is the Maindy Centre consisting of a cycle track and swimming pool. The cycle track was used in the 1958 British Empire and...
. In June 2005 a new 56 station fitness Suite, dance studio and lecture room were opened. Its facilities also include a 25m deck level swimming pool (6 lanes), football pitch (full size), floodlit 460m outdoor velodrome, outdoor tarmac 5-a-side pitch, and a cafeteria. The Life Trail (outdoor exercise equipment) has the following stations: Welcome station, Lower Body Warm-Up, Upper Body Warm Up, Torso Stability, Standing Push Up, Forearm Roll and Lower Body Stretch.
The site also incorporates the Road Safety Centre which provides various road safety programmes, school crossing patrol training, mature driver refresher courses, driving simulators and external traffic features.
Maindy Centre is home to the Maindy Flyers Youth Cycling Club, Squid Flyers Swimming Club, Maindy Corries Football Club, Maindy Higashi Karate Club, Maindy Triathlon Club and Maindy Rookie Lifesaving Club.
The cycle track was used in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Cardiff, capital of Wales from 18–26 July 1958.Thirty-five nations sent a total of 1,130 athletes and 228 officials to the Cardiff Games and 23 countries and dependencies won medals, including, for the first time, Singapore, Ghana, Kenya...
held in Cardiff.
The leisure centre is served by Cardiff Bus
Cardiff Bus
Cardiff Bus is the dominant operator of bus services in Cardiff, Wales and the surrounding area, including Barry and Penarth. Its hub is Cardiff central bus station...
services 21, 23, 24, 25 and 27.
Pentwyn Leisure Centre
Pentwyn Leisure Centre opened in 1989 in PentwynPentwyn
Pentwyn may refer to:*Pentwyn, Cardiff, a district of the city of Cardiff, Wales*Pentwyn, Monmouthshire, a village in Monmouthshire, Wales*Pentwyn, Caerphilly, a village in the Darran Valley...
in the north east
Cardiff East
Cardiff East may refer to:* Cardiff East * Cardiff East...
of the city. Its facilities include a leisure pool with slide, waves and features, 4 badminton courts, multi use sports hall, 2 squash courts, fitness suite, community suite, an upper activity area, crèche, junior activities, children's parties, holiday programmes,bar/coffee area, poolside café, and suites available for private function hire with catering and licensed bar.
In November 2009, the Welsh Open Dodgeball Tournament was held at Pentwyn Leisure Centre. The centre's swimming pool was dyed pink in celebration of a fundraising community day in 2009.
The leisure centre is served by Cardiff Bus
Cardiff Bus
Cardiff Bus is the dominant operator of bus services in Cardiff, Wales and the surrounding area, including Barry and Penarth. Its hub is Cardiff central bus station...
services 51 and 58.
Splott Pool
Splott Pool , originally an open air pool, opened in 1976 as an indoor pool and is Cardiff Council's oldest pool. Splott is home to the Squid Flyers Swimming Club. Splott Pool was refurbished in 2003 to include disabled accessible changing facilities, including specialised lifting hoists and cradles, and a specific changing room with an overhead hoist and showering bed. A number of physically and mentally disabled groups use Splott Pool during the specific sessions programmed in throughout the week. Its facilities include a 25m swimming pool, fitness suite and cafeteria.The leisure centre is served by Cardiff Bus
Cardiff Bus
Cardiff Bus is the dominant operator of bus services in Cardiff, Wales and the surrounding area, including Barry and Penarth. Its hub is Cardiff central bus station...
services 12 and 13.
STAR Centre
STAR Centre , in SplottSplott
Splott is a district in the south of the city of Cardiff, capital of Wales, just east of the city centre. It was built up in the late 19th century on the land of two farms of the same name: Upper Splott and Lower Splott Farms. Splott is characterised by its once vast steelworks and rows of tightly...
first opened in 1981 and was taken over by the Council in 2001 undergoing refurbishment to include a fitness suite, a disabled lift in the foyer and the incorporation of the new Splott Library.
Its facilities include six badminton courts, facilities for basketball/netball/football, disabled facilities and changing room, fitness suite, gymnastics, soft play, meeting rooms, function room, children's activities, holiday programmes, vending machines, and a fully licensed bar.
Cardiff's Dragon Dolls roller derby
Roller derby
Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating in the same direction around a track. Game play consists of a series of short matchups in which both teams designate a scoring player who scores points by lapping members of the opposing team...
team train weekly at the Star centre, where the Cardiff Beer Festival, Wales' biggest beer festival, has previously been held.
The leisure centre is served by Cardiff Bus
Cardiff Bus
Cardiff Bus is the dominant operator of bus services in Cardiff, Wales and the surrounding area, including Barry and Penarth. Its hub is Cardiff central bus station...
services 12 and 13.
Western Leisure Centre
Western Leisure Centre opened in 1979 in CaerauCaerau, Cardiff
Caerau is a community in the west of Cardiff, capital city of Wales. Heol Trelai is the main road or avenue which is very much lined with large trees and shrubbery. Dominated mostly by council housing, it has the Western Leisure Centre, supermarkets, schools, churches and an Ely Police Station...
, serving the south west
Cardiff West
Cardiff West or West Cardiff refers to the collection of communities in the west of Cardiff, Wales. Also the usage is unofficial and boundaries are only ambiguously defined, they generally share the postcodes CF5 or CF15, and the telephone code 029...
of the city. The centre was rebuilt in 2008 at a cost of £5.5m and could be used for training for the 2012 Olympic Games
Its facilities include a 72 station gymnasium/fitness suite, cardio theatre, spinning room, dance studio, training/meeting room, community room (crèche, martial arts, children's parties, holiday programmes), outdoor floodlit multi use games area (for football, basketball and tennis), deck level swimming pool (25 metres x 12.5 metres), teaching swimming pool (13 metres x 7 metres), small beached toddler pool with small slide and snake water squirter, vending machines and café. Western Leisure Centre is home to Western Warriors Swimming Club.
In February 2010, the leisure centre was targeted by thieves who broke into lockers.
The leisure centre is served by Cardiff Bus
Cardiff Bus
Cardiff Bus is the dominant operator of bus services in Cardiff, Wales and the surrounding area, including Barry and Penarth. Its hub is Cardiff central bus station...
services 12, 13 and 96.
Cardiff International Pool
Cardiff International Pool
The Cardiff International Pool is a sport facility located in the Cardiff International Sports Village in Cardiff, capital of Wales. It opened to the public on 12 January 2008 and was officially opened on 26 February 2008 by Duncan Goodhew....
, in the Cardiff International Sports Village
Cardiff International Sports Village
Cardiff International Sports Village is located in Cardiff Bay in the city of Cardiff, Wales. It is one of the largest regeneration projects currently in the UK...
, opened on 12 January 2008. It is a public-private
Public-private partnership
Public–private partnership describes a government service or private business venture which is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies...
funded project, with a partnership between Cardiff Council (land owner) and Parkwood Leisure (operator).
Construction of the GB£32 million facility commenced in April 2006 and includes two pools; an Olympic standard 50 m (164 ft) 10-lane competition swimming pool with seating for 1,000 spectators and a 25 m (82 ft) 4-lane indoor waterpark
Indoor waterpark
An indoor waterpark is a type of waterpark that is located inside a building. An indoor waterpark has the ability to stay open year-round, as it is not affected by weather conditions.-History:...
with flume rides
Flume
A flume is an open artificial water channel, in the form of a gravity chute, that leads water from a diversion dam or weir completely aside a natural flow. Often, the flume is an elevated box structure that follows the natural contours of the land. These have been extensively used in hydraulic...
, a beach area with water slide
Water slide
A water slide is a type of slide designed for warm-weather or indoor recreational use at water parks. Water slides differ in their riding method and therefore size...
s, a lazy river and jacuzzi. The centre also has a fitness suite
Gym
The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
and studios, conference rooms and a café.
It was also built to support the London 2012 Olympics as a training facility. The pool replaces the Olympic size Empire Pool (used in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Cardiff, capital of Wales from 18–26 July 1958.Thirty-five nations sent a total of 1,130 athletes and 228 officials to the Cardiff Games and 23 countries and dependencies won medals, including, for the first time, Singapore, Ghana, Kenya...
, which Cardiff hosted) which was demolished to make way for the Millennium Stadium ready for Cardiff and Wales to host the 1999 Rugby World Cup
1999 Rugby World Cup
The 1999 Rugby World Cup was the fourth Rugby World Cup, and the first to be held in rugby union's professional era. The principal host nation was Wales, although the majority of matches were played outside the country, shared between England, France, Scotland and Ireland...
.
The leisure centre is served by Cardiff Bus
Cardiff Bus
Cardiff Bus is the dominant operator of bus services in Cardiff, Wales and the surrounding area, including Barry and Penarth. Its hub is Cardiff central bus station...
services 9, 9A, 35 and 36, and by Cogan railway station
Cogan railway station
Cogan railway station is a railway station serving Cogan in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales. It is located on the Vale of Glamorgan Line 2¾ miles south of Cardiff Central on the way to Barry Island and Bridgend....
.
Cardiff International Sports Stadium
Its facilities include a fully certificated international track and field facilities including an international standard external throws area, photo finish rooms and equipment, announcer's room, doping control facilities, first aid room
First aid room
A first aid room or medical room is a room in an establishment to which someone who is injured or taken ill on the premises can be taken for first aid and to await the arrival of professional emergency medical services.A first aid room should be clearly signposted, easily accessible and contain:*...
, sports retail outlet,
50 station staffed fitness suite including a cardio theatre, hospitality suite, 2 activity zones, 2 training rooms, physiotherapist rooms, 7 changing rooms, 100m x 70m inner field, full size artificial training pitch, 2 rugby / football pitches (1 floodlit), Trim trail leading to extensive off road running with links to Cardiff's parks and the Taff Trail
Taff Trail
The Taff Trail is a popular walking and cycle path that runs for between Cardiff Bay and Brecon in Wales. It is named so because it follows the course of the River Taff...
, and wetlands areas within facility grounds.
The stadium also is the home of Welsh athletics, Cardiff City Youth Team
Cardiff City F.C. Academy
The Cardiff City F.C. Academy is the youth academy currently set up at Cardiff City in order to discover and nurture young talent. The academy has a range of players from ages seven to 18.-Information:...
, Cardiff Bay Harlequins A.F.C., Cardiff City Ladies football club
Cardiff City L.F.C.
Cardiff City Ladies Football Club is a Welsh women's football club currently playing at the third level in England. The club was founded in 1975 as Llanedeyrn L.F.C. after a local charity match. They play at Cardiff International Sports Stadium, Cardiff....
and Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club
Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club
Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club is an athletics club based at the Cardiff International Sports Stadium, Cardiff. The club began as a cross country club, the first athletics only club in Wales. Roath Harriers runners became champions of the first Welsh Cross Country Championships, held on 7th March...
.
The stadium is served by Cardiff Bus
Cardiff Bus
Cardiff Bus is the dominant operator of bus services in Cardiff, Wales and the surrounding area, including Barry and Penarth. Its hub is Cardiff central bus station...
service 95. There are 180 parking spaces on site and 1,000 spaces adjacent to the stadium.