111 Places in Cardiff That You Shouldn't Miss

Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan Statue
Founder of the NHS | 10
Animal Wall
Cardiff 's concrete jungle | 12
Antarctic 100 Memorial
'I may be some time' | 14
The Arcades
Shopping in comfort | 16
Betty Campbell Monument
Mounting the insurmountable | 18
Billy the Seal
Sealed with a myth | 20
Blackfriars Priory
From black cloaks to bedding plants | 22
Bomb Site, Stockland Street
Baked-in memory | 24
The Bone Yard
Containers of creativity | 26
Bullring
Commonplace cruelty | 28
Bute Family Mausoleum
Sacred transitions | 30
Bute Street Railway Station
Standing strong | 32
Bute West Dock Basin
High-stakes stress | 34
By Water and Fire
Cardiff 's dual heritage | 36
Caerau Fort
Six thousand years of history | 38
Capel I Bawb
A healthy love of reading | 40
Cardiff Bay Barrage
The price and prize of progress | 42
Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve
A city sanctuary | 44
Cardiff Castle
The only rebuilt Roman fort in Britain | 46
Cardiff City Mental Hospital
A trailblazer in psychiatric care | 48
Cardiff Gaol
Dic Penderyn's downfall | 50
Cardiff International White Water
Rapids on request | 52
19 Castle Street
The birthplace of broadcasting in Wales | 54
Cathays Heritage Library
A butterfly for books | 56
Celebration of Life Garden
If you go down to the park today... | 58
A Century of Topiary
From poison to pageantry | 60
Chance & Counters
Tabletop treasures | 62
Charter for Trees, Woods and People
Democracy takes root | 64
Chinese Cemetery
A peaceful place to rest | 66
Chip Alley
Cardiff 's late-night-feast street | 68
Clive Road Ghost Sign
Bread of Heaven | 70
Cornerstone
From ballast to buildings | 72
Corp Market
The cross that turned full circle | 74
Cromwell's Stone
Civil War slaughter | 76
Dead Canary
Speakeasy style | 78
Dead Man's Alley
The churchyard shortcut | 80
Death Junction
Hanged on hearsay | 82
Dinas Powis Hillfort
An internationally important post-Roman site | 84
FabLab Cardiff
Where imagination meets innovation | 86
Flat Holm Radio
The birth of wireless | 88
Fred Keenor Statue
Pitch perfect | 90
Gift of Life Stone
A different kind of hero | 92
Glamorganshire Canal
Birding paradise | 94
Gold Postbox
Geraint's golden monument | 96
Gorse
The first Michelin-starred restaurant in Cardiff | 98
Gorsedd Stones
A circle of culture | 100
Greek Orthodox Church
A Byzantine beauty | 102
Gwyn Nicholls Memorial Gates
Play to your strengths | 104
Hamadryad Hospital
From warship to uniting nations | 106
Hard Lines Cafe
The hottest coffee in town | 108
Hayes Island Snack Bar
From depot to dinner | 110
Hendre Lake
What did the Romans ever do for us? | 112
Heroes of Wales
Black lives matter | 114
Ianto's Shrine
Fans forever | 116
Insole Court
Keeping up with the Butes, but not the times | 118
Irbic's Cross
Interlaced history | 120
Ivor Novello Statue
Keep the home fires burning | 122
Jake's Kingdom
Perched in the past | 124
Llanrumney Hall
Sweet as sugar? | 126
Lloyd George Avenue
A path to Parliament | 128
Mansion House
Designed for downsizing | 130
Marments Monograms
Shop 'til you drop | 132
Medieval Walls
Fire, flood and fortification | 134
Melingriffith Water Pump
A century of revolution | 136
Melingriffith Wild Swimming
Where water works wonders | 138
Memorial to Merchant Seafarers
Hidden heroes | 140
Millennium Centre Facade
An allegorical elevation | 142
Million-Pound Trading Floor
The golden years of coal | 144
Mrs Pratchett's Sweet Shop
Scene of The Great Mouse Plot | 146
New Theatre
Stage lights and spectres | 148
Norwegian Church
Pit props and pulpits | 150
Old Baths, Penarth
A pool of champions | 152
Panorama Stone
A compass of connection | 154
Parc Cefn Onn
A wheelie wonderful woodland walk | 156
Park House
A stylish introduction | 158
Penarth Pier
Standing strong since 1895 | 160
Penn Family Filter
Before the tap ran clear | 162
Plasma Soup
Where lightning strikes twice | 164
Plasturton Gardens
A portal between worlds | 166
Pneumoconiosis Mural
The fight for miners' lungs | 168
Post Secrets
Peep show | 170
Postbox Subsumed by a Tree
Special delivery | 172
Principality Building Society HQ
A mutual understanding | 174
The Pumping Station
Engineering a healthier city | 176
The Queens Vaults
Where ships once moored | 178
Radyr Hydro Scheme
From emergency declaration to energy generation | 180
Rhiwbina Garden Village
A working-class idyll? | 182
Riverside Market
A feast for the senses | 184
Roath Lock Drama Village
Doctor Who? | 186
Roath Mill
Medieval Cardiff 's breadbasket | 188
Roman Gods
Classical confusion | 190
Rugby Codebreakers
Sporting giants | 192
Sauropodomorpha Footprints
Penarth's prehistoric pedestrians | 194
Scale the Stadium
A bird's-eye view | 196
Scott Memorial
The lighthouse in the lake | 198
Senedd
Transparent democracy | 200
Shand House
A visionary's legacy | 202
Sisley's Tree
Making a good impression | 204
Snoop Dogg's Classroom
A lesson in growing giant vegetables | 206
St Mary's Church
A ghostly outline | 208
St Teilo's Skull
The world's most travelled relic? | 210
Temple of Peace
'A peace building for peacebuilding' | 212
Terrapin Island
Pets and pests | 214
Tiny Forest
A space for all seasons | 216
Tiny Rebel
The boozy bear with a big heart | 218
Treetop Adventure Golf
Putting through paradise | 220
Victoria Park Splash Pad
A cool place to play | 222
Vulcan Hotel
The last of Little Ireland | 224
Weird and Wonderful Wales Mural
A steamy story | 226
Whitchurch Common Trees
An arboreal memorial | 228
World's Smallest Lovespoon
It's not the size that counts! | 230