Cardiff Centenary Walk
Tourist walkway in Cardiff, Wales
51°28′52″N 3°10′48″W / 51.481°N 3.180°W / 51.481; -3.180
The Cardiff Centenary Walk is a tourist walkway through Cardiff city centre in Wales. Established as part of Cardiff's centennial celebrations to mark 100 years of city status in 2005, it has 41 points of interest, either Cardiff landmarks or significant historic sites. The route is marked by waymarkers on the pavement, which also direct pedestrians to the next waymarker. The whole walk is 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) long running around Cardiff in a clockwise direction,[1] starting and finishing at the Cardiff Visitor Centre at the Old Library.
Waymarkers numbers
- Old Library[2]
- Cardiff Market
- St John the Baptist Church
- St. Mary Street/High Street
- Quay Street
- Womanby Street
- Millennium Stadium
- Angel Hotel
- Animal Wall
- West Gate
- Castle Arcade
- Cardiff Castle
- Duke Street Arcade
- Aneurin Bevan Statue
- East Gate
- The Friary
- Friary Gardens
- Dock Feeder
- City Hall
- Law Courts
- University of Wales Registry
- Glamorgan Building
- Bute Building
- Falklands Memorial
- Welsh National War Memorial
- Cardiff University
- National Museum Cardiff
- Gorsedd Gardens
- Park House
- New Theatre
- Park Hotel
- St David's Cathedral
- Town Wall
- The Fish Market
- Tabernacl Chapel
- Mill Lane
- The Old Brewery
- Royal Arcade
- Morgan Arcade
- Howells
- The Hayes[3]
Notes
- ^ "The Cardiff Centenary Walk". Cardiff Council. Archived from the original on 27 September 2006. Retrieved 19 October 2008.
- ^ 51°28′48″N 3°10′39″W / 51.4800°N 3.1776°W / 51.4800; -3.1776
- ^ 51°28′43″N 3°10′33″W / 51.4787°N 3.1759°W / 51.4787; -3.1759
External links
- The Official Site
- The Cardiff Centenary Walk route
- The Cardiff Centenary Walk map/guide
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Landmarks and visitor attractions in Cardiff
- Alliance
- Animal Wall
- Cardiff Central Library
- Cardiff Central Station
- Cardiff City Stadium
- Cardiff International Sports Stadium
- Central Market
- Ianto's Shrine
- Llandaff Cathedral
- Millennium Stadium
- Pierhead Building
- Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
- St David's Hall
- St David's Hotel
- St John the Baptist Church
- Senedd building
- Sophia Gardens
- Temple of Peace
- The Old Library
- Wales Millennium Centre
- Welsh National War Memorial
- National Museum Cardiff
- St Fagans National Museum of History
- Bute Park
- Cardiff Castle
- Castell Coch
- Cathays Park
- Cardiff Bay
- Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve
- Cardiff Centenary Walk
- Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral
- Bute Park
- Cardiff International Sports Village
- Cardiff Story Museum
- Flat Holm
- Insole Court
- Roath Park
- Mermaid Quay
- Museum of the Welsh Soldier
- Norwegian Church
- Red Dragon Centre
- Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
- Techniquest
- Victoria Park