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Cardiff at night - photo by Esther Illana

City Centre

In the past decade, Cardiff's centre has transformed itself from province to nightclub capital and shopping mecca. If you want to get away from all this, Bute Park creeps right up to the core of the city.


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Tales Of The City

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Your Photos

Take a photo tour of the city centre as it is today.

Step In To The Past

Remember when trolley buses sped up and down Queen Street?

Panoramic

Queen Street
Queen Street
A 360 degree view of the shopping street from outside Queens Arcade.


St John's Church
St John Street
See a 360 degree view from St John's Church.


Greyfriars
Greyfriars
Stand near Cardiff's Hilton hotel and see the sights.


Castle Street
Castle Street
Stand at the point where Queen Street meets Castle Street.


St Mary Street
St Mary Street
Stand at the point where St Mary Street merges with High Street.


View from the castle
Ben Clegg
Cardiff Castle


Audio

Trip To The Panto
Jeanette Ayres
Park Place
"The show had started when the manager announced an air raid warning."


Baking
Ruth Joseph
St Mary Street
"The row of directors sat and tasted. There and then the order arrived."


Video

A Night at the Dog & Duck
Rhiannon Morgan
Womanby Street
"It usually started with a few drinks at Sarah's house."


Tone Deaf
Davin Alexander
Park Place
"I could sing, I knew I could sing."


From Selling Titles to Selling Tickets
Ann Teear
Cardiff Central Station
"There were always celebrities on the London train."


Bargain Basement
Tahira Sarwar
Queen Street
"Why is every shop having a sale?"


Story

Shopping Heaven
Les Carter
Queen Street
"It acquired an extra attraction in 1937 - namely an escalator."


Another Cardiff Saturday Night
Rae Robinson
Wyndham Arcade
"The girls stand there stabbing their chips."


Caroline Street v Womanby Street
Andrew Williams
Caroline Street
"Chips, urine, burger van, rain..."


After The Game
Jillian Grey
Caroline Street
"Flotsam on a tear-fed stream"


Castle Magic
Nayef

"I felt like the king of Wales."


Snakes Alive
Gerry Rose
Bute Park
"A ball of twine, a length of catgut, a bent pin and a tin of maggots..."


The Day of Aberfan
Terry Lee
Kingsway
"I didn't think a six foot something fifteen stone scrum half and steelworker could cry"


Bridge Street Memories
Glyn Williams
Bridge Street
"Lively and bustling, full of light and crowds..."


This is the BBC
Castle Street
Broadcasting in Wales began here in 1923.


Glamorgan Canal Memories
Glyn Williams
Upper Bute Street
We used to swim in it in the summer, although it was full of urban deritrus, and black with coal dust...


Cardiff Museum
The Hayes
What should the Old Library exhibit to celebrate the city's history?


Photo

City Hall
Bob Milllard
Boulevard de Nantes


Cardiff Castle
Esther Illana
Castle Street


Old Library
David Lloyd
Working Street


Bute Park
Esther Illana


Duke Street and Castle Street
Esther Illana
Duke Street


Royal Arcade
Esther Illana
Royal Arcade


Herbert House
Tony Lloyd
Greyfriars Road
"I took this as a school boy on my way home from swimming at the Empire Pool."


Trolleybuses in Havelock Street
Tony Lloyd
Havelock Street


Coopers Field
John Dixon
Coopers Field


Central Hotel
Twm Davies

"This 120-year-old hotel was ravaged by a fire over a year ago."


Wallys
Twm Davies
Royal Arcade
"The pleasures of city life is finding these secret grottos."


Cardiff prison
Julie Forster


View from Central Hotel
Eric Williams Collection

Cardiff Yesterday


Queen Street
Eric Williams Collection
Queen Street
Cardiff Yesterday


Castle Street
Eric Williams Collection
Castle Street
Cardiff Yesterday


North Road
Eric Williams Collection
North Road
Cardiff Yesterday


Sophia Gardens
Eric Williams Collection

Cardiff Yesterday


City Hall
Owen Hardwicke

Scott of the Antartic visited the Mayor of Cardiff in 1910.


Medieval Street
Paula Bailey
Womanby Street
"The name is thought to derive from the Norse word Houndemanneby, meaning 'huntsman's dwelling'"


Taff Truck
Viv Goldberg

"They were carrying silt dredged from the river."


City of Arcades
Paula Bailey
Morgan Arcade
"There are many Victorian and Edwardian arcades lacing together the main streets of the city centre."


Sunset over Queen Street
Richard Yeo
Queen Street


Sunny Caroline Street
Richard Yeo
Caroline Street


Autumn Colours
Bob Hardy
Castle Grounds
"I captured this scene just before the rain set in."


Brewery Quarter
Neil Kitchiner
St Mary Street
"The flats are reflected in the window of the Hard Rock Cafe."


Squirrel in the park
Philippe Capelle
Bute Park
"My younger daughter fell in love with this squirrel."


St Johns Church
Zohra Abdulrahman


Mill Lane
Michael Rees
Mill Lane
"The view from my hotel window"


Canal remains
Betty Fish
Bute Park
"This branch was from the feeder canal that led down to the old West Dock."


Watching over the Hayes
Betty Fish
The Hayes
"I wonder what he will see next?"


Contrasting Lines
Betty Fish

"The straight and curved lines make an eye catching design."


Taff in Autumn
Pieter Flynn


Wood Carving in Bute Park
Pieter Flynn


Globe Hotel
Pam Stewart
Castle Street
Now known as Dempseys


Coming Home
Olivia Newton-John
Trinity Street
The singer and actress visits the pub where her father was born




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