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Pierhead, Cardiff Bay - photo by Matthew Cummins

Butetown & Cardiff Bay

Cardiff's historic docklands have transformed. Once the world's largest coal port, the area is now crammed with restaurants and new apartment blocks.


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Tales Of The City

Your stories and memories from Butetown & Cardiff Bay.

Audio

Windsor Esplanade
Meet the Neighbours
Windsor Esplanade
"That was our playground, the tide and the mudflats."


Video

Cardiff By Night
BBC Wales

See the city's skyline - fly over the barrage towards the stadium.


Story

Queenie O'Coco
Christine Muscat
Loudon Square
"The roundabout in Loudon Square park was one of the best."


Charles Wall
Janet Player
Bute Street
"My grandfather had a haulage business in Bute Street"


Leaving Bute Street
Janet Martin Salmon
Bute Street
"I remember visiting my Nanny often who lived on Bute Street."


The Bute Castle
Colin Fender
Angelina Street
"What a melting pot of nationalities."


Tolerance
Abdulla Hassan
Christina Street
"Growing up we did not see colour or religion, we only saw friends."


School Days
Marilyn Wellington
Maria Street
"We used to play rounders in the streets and tie string to someone's door."


I Love Butetown
Aisha Omar
Maria Street
"I was one of the first children brought from Somaliland."


Butetown in the 80s
Leah Dunkley
Angelina Street
"It was a close-knit nighboughood."


Impressions of Cardiff Bay
Eleanor Brorders
Cardiff Bay
"I know why the wild birds are not bothered by the noise. They carry their peace with them..."


Life on the Puffers
Graham Williams
East Dock
"There was me, a 16 going on 17 year old kid, driving this almighty powerful engine, all on my own!"


The First Chinese Takeway?
Mohamed Charles Said
Bute Street
"My brother and I smelt the wonderful aromas coming from a side door..."


Taking More Than a Chance
Alan Greening
Tyndall Street
"As lorries laden with fruit and vegetables queued to go under the bridge, local youngsters often used to raid them..."


Photo

Cardiff Bay

Your snaps of the Bay.


Music in the Bay
Tony Moares

"My father, Jose Moares, aka Baracaldo, was a guitarist and played in clubs around the Bay."


Morning by the Lightship
Lewis Randall

"I took some pictures to remind me of what a great location it is"


Inside the lock
Robert Windsor
Cardiff Bay Barrage
"Waiting to enter Cardiff Bay"


Location guide

Butetown & Cardiff Bay

Old and new sit side by side in Cardiff's historic docklands.


Wales Millennium Centre

Take a closer look at the showpiece arts venue in the bay.


Welsh Assembly

More about the new home of Welsh politics.


Butetown and the Bay


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