List of places in Cardiff

Electoral wards

This is a list of electoral wards covered by Cardiff City Council:

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:

Civic Centre

The Civic Centre crafted out of white Portland stone and location of much of:

Cardiff University

National Museum and Gallery of Wales

Cardiff City Hall

Crown Buildings

Cardiff Crown Court

Temple of Peace

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:

Red Dragon Centre

Mermaid Quay

Wales Millennium Centre

Senedd

Techniquest

The Coal Exchange

St David's Hotel & Spa

Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve

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.

Cardiff International Pool

Cardiff International White Water

Cardiff Arena

Ice Arena Wales (in construction)

Communities that no longer exist

Crockherbtown

Newtown

Temperance Town

Tredegarville

Rivers

River Taff

River Ely

Rhymney River

Canals

Dock Feeder Canal

Glamorganshire Canal

Melingriffith Feeder Canal (Whitchurch)

Weirs

Blackweir

Llandaff weir

Radyr Weir

Lakes and reservoirs

Roath Park Lake

Llanishen Reservoir

Woods

Plymouth woods

Leckwith woods

Long Wood (Forest farm)

Higher Education

Cardiff University

Cardiff Metropolitan University (formerly UWIC)

University of South Wales (formerly University of Glamorgan and University of Wales, Newport)

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

Further Education

Cardiff and Vale College

St David's Catholic College

Cardiff Sixth Form College

Adamsdown

Adamsdown Primary School

Stacey Primary School

Tredegarville Primary School

Birchgrove

Birchgrove Primary School

Butetown

Mount Stuart Primary School

St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Primary School

St Mary The Virgin Church in Wales Primary School

Caerau

Glyn Derw High School

Woodlands High School

Riverbank School

Millbank Primary School

Trelai Primary School

Caerau Infant School

Cwrt-Yr-Ala Junior School

Canton

Fitzalan High School

Lansdowne Primary School

Radnor Primary School

Ysgol Gymraeg Pwll Coch

Ysgol Gymraeg Treganna

Severn Infant School

Severn Junior School

Cathays

Cathays High School

Gladstone Primary School

Cardiff Muslim Primary School

St Monica's Church in Wales Primary School

Coryton

Coryton Primary School

Creigiau

Cregiau Primary School

Cyncoed

Cardiff High School

Lakeside Primary School

Rhydypenau Primary School

Ely

Michaelston Community College (Formerly Glan Ely High School)

Herbert Thompson Primary School

St Fagan's Church in Wales Primary School

St Francis Roman Catholic Primary School

Hywel Dda Infant School

Hywel Dda Junior School

Windsor Clive Infant School

Windsor Clive Junior School

Fairwater

Cantonian High School

Bishop of Llandaff Church in Wales High School

Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr

Fairwater Primary School

Holy Family Roman Catholic Primary School

Pentrebane Primary School

Peter Lea Primary School

Ysgol Gymraeg Coed-Y-Gof

Gabalfa

Allensbank Primary School

Gabalfa Primary School

Ysgol Mynydd Bychan

St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School

St Monica's Church in Wales Primary School

Grangetown

Grangetown Primary School

Ninian Park Primary School

St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School

St Paul's Church in Wales Primary School

Heath

Ton-Yr-Ywen Primary School

Lisvane

Corpus Christi Roman Catholic High School

Llysfaen Primary School

Llandaff

Bishop of Llandaff Church in Wales High School

Llandaff Church in Wales Primary School

Ysgol Pencae

Danescourt Infant School

Danescourt Junior School

Llandaff North

Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf

Meadowbank School

Hawthorn Infant School

Hawthorn Junior School

Llanederyn

Llanederyn High School

Llanederyn Primary School

Llanishen

Llanishen High School

Cefn Onn Primary School

Christ the King Roman Catholic Primary School

Coed Glas Primary School

Ysgol Y Wern

The Court School

Llanrumney

Llanrumney High School

Bryn Hafod Primary School

Glan-yr-Afon Primary School

Pen-y-Bryn Primary School

St Cadoc's Roman Catholic Primary School

St Mellon's Church in Wales Primary School

Ysgol Bro Eirwg

Pentwyn

All Saints Primary School

Bryn Celyn Primary School

The Hollies School

Springwood Primary School

St Bernadette's Roman Catholic Primary School

St David's Church in Wales Primary School

St Peter Evan's Roman Catholic Primary School

Ysgol Y Berllan Deg

Glyncoed Infant & Nursery School

Glyncoed Junior School

St Philip Evans Roman Catholic Primary School

Pentyrch

Pentyrch Primary School

Ysgol Gynradd Gwaelod Y Garth Primary School

Penylan

St Teilo's Church in Wales High School

Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Edern

Ty Gwyn School

Marlborough Infant School

Marlborough Junior School

Radyr & Morganstown

Radyr Comprehensive School

Bryn Deri Primary School

Radyr Primary School

Rhiwbina

Greenhill School

Llanishen Fach Primary School

Rhiwbeina Primary School

Greenhill School

Riverside

Kitchener Primary School

St Mary's Catholic Primary School

Roath

Albany Primary School

St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School

Taibah Muslim Primary School

St Anne's Church in Wales Infant School

Rumney

Eastern High School, Cardiff

St Illtyd's Catholic High School

Greenway Primary School

Rumney Primary School

Splott

Baden Powell Primary School

Moorland Primary School

St Alban's Roman Catholic Primary School

Ysgol Glan Morfa

Thornhill

Thornhill Primary School

Tongwynlais

Tongwynlais Primary School

Tremorfa

Willows High School

Trowbridge

Bishop Childs Church in Wales Primary School

Meadowlane Primary School

Oakfield Primary School

St John Lloyd Roman Catholic Primary School

Willowbrook Primary School

Trowbridge Primary School

Whitchurch

Whitchurch High School

Eglwys Newydd Primary School

Eglwys Wen Primary School

Ysgol Gymraeg Melin Gruffydd

Archaeological sites

Cardiff Castle

Castell Coch

Morganstown Motte

The Twmpath (Rhiwbina)

The Priory (Bute park)

The Friary (foundations removed to build the Capital Tower)

Public transport hubs

Cardiff Central railway station

Cardiff Queen Street railway station

Cardiff Central bus station

Radyr railway station

Dumfries Place (bus interchange)

Greyfriars Road (bus interchange)

Major roads

A4055 road

A470 road

A48 road

A48(M) motorway

M4 motorway

A4232 road

Cycle routes

Taff Trail

Ely Trail

Rhymney Trail

Lôn Las Cymru (National Cycle Network: Route 8)

National Cycle Network: Route 88

Walking routes

Cardiff Centenary Walk

Shipping

Cardiff Bay (leisure boats and local ferries)

Penarth Marina

Airports

Cardiff Heliport

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