List of cultural venues in Cardiff
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This is a list of cultural venues in the City of Cardiff, capital of Wales.
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[edit] Sport
[edit] Stadia
Spectator sports venues with seating capacity:
- Cardiff Arms Park (13,000)
- Maindy Stadium
- Millennium Stadium (74,500)
- Ninian Park (22,000) To be replaced with a new 25,000 seater stadium by 2009
- SWALEC Stadium (formerly Sophia Gardens) (5500, rising to 15,643 by 2009)
- Cardiff Athletics Stadium (2008) Under construction replacing the older 1989 built stadium
- Glamorgan Wanderers Ground
[edit] Typically indoor venues
- Cardiff International Arena (6,700)
- National Indoor Athletics Centre (1,500 - 2,000)
- Welsh Institute of Sport
[edit] Leisure centres
- Cardiff International Swimming Pool (spectator capacity, 1000)
- Llanishen Lesiure Centre
- Pentwyn Leisure Centre
- Western Leisure Centre (currently closed for refurbishment)
- Eastern Lesiure Centre
- Channel View Leisure Centre
- Fairwater Leisure Centre
- Star Centre
- Heath Sports Centre
[edit] Swimming pools
- Maindy Pool
- Splott Pool
[edit] Golf courses
- St. Andrews Major Golf Course
- Castell Coch Golf Course
- Radyr Golf Club
- Whitchurch (Cardiff) Golf Club
- Creigiau Golf Club
- St. Mellons Golf Club
- Llanishen Golf Club
[edit] Performing arts
Performing arts venues with seating capacity:
- City Hall, Cardiff (600)
- Chapter Arts Centre (180)
- Llanover Hall Theatre (100)
- New Theatre (Cardiff) (1,144)
- Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
- Bute Theatre
- Caird Studio (50)
- Corus Recital Room
- S4C Studio (50)
- Sir Geraint Evans Recital Room (50)
- Weston Gallery (80)
- Sherman Theatre
- Main theatre (631)
- Venue 2 (163)
- Venue 3
- St David's Hall
- Main auditorium (up to 1,956)
- Level 3 Day Stage (or "Level 3 Bar") (350 including standing)
- The Gate Arts Centre, Roath (250)
- Wales Millennium Centre (Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru)
- Dance Space (100)
- Donald Gordon Theatre (1,897)
- Urdd Hall (153)
- Weston Studio (250)
- BBC Hoddinott Hall (in construction) (350)
- Roald Dahl Plass (Outdoor Arena)
[edit] Entertainment venues
- Red Dragon Centre
- Mermaid Quay
- Hard Rock Cafe
- Cardiff University Students' Union
- Millennium Plaza
- The Glee Club
[edit] Typically standing venues
- Barfly
- CF10
- Clwb Ifor Bach
- Queen Street (street performers, buskers)
- Coal Exchange
- The Point
[edit] Historic and architectural venues
This is a list of historic and architectural places and their use as a cultural venue:
- Cardiff Bay and Cardiff Barrage (has hosted open-air concerts)
- Bute Park (used for open air concerts and festivals)
- Cardiff Castle (has hosted open-air concerts, a professional boxing match and small exhibitions)
- Castell Coch (has hosted a celebrity renewal of wedding vows)
[edit] Museums and art galleries
- National Museum and Gallery, Cathays Park
- Museum of Welsh Life, St Fagans
- Cardiff Museum Project (under construction)
- Doctor Who Exhibiton Centre, Red Dragon Centre
- Welsh Regiment Museum
- Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay
[edit] Places of worship
[edit] Christian
- Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral (Roman Catholic), City centre
- Llandaff Cathedral (Church In Wales), Llandaff
- All Nations Church, Cathays
- Bethyl Presbytarian Church, Culverhouse Cross
- Thornhill Church, Thornhill
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Llanrumney
- Gabalfa Baptist Church, Gabalfa
- St. Cadoc's Church, Llanrumney
- Quakers Religious Society of Friends, City centre
- St. Augustine's Parish Church, Rumney
- St. Marks Church, Gabalfa
- Rumney Gospel Chapel, Rumney
- Rhiwbina Baptist Church, Rhiwbina
- Llanishen Parish Church, Llanishen
- St. Pauls Methodist Church, Butetown
- Eglwys Y Crwys Presbyterian Church of Wales, Cathays
- Emmanuel Baptist Church, Gabalfa
- Cardiff Chinese Christian Church
- Tabernacl Eglwys Y Bedyddwyr, The Hayes
- Christchurch United Church, Llanedeyrn
- St. Luke's, Canton
- German Lutheran Church
- Blessed Sacrament R.C Church, Rumney
- Church of Isan, Llanishen
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Rhiwbina
- St. Teilo's, Penylan
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
- St. Mary the Virgin Church in Wales, Butetown
- St. Joseph's RC Church, Cathays
[edit] Hindu
[edit] Sikhism
[edit] Judaism
[edit] Islam
- Madina Mosque, Cathays
- Severn Road Mosque, Canton
- Grangetown Mosque, Grangetown
- South Wales Islamic Centre, Butetown
[edit] Gay venues
- Golden Cross
- Kings Cross (the oldest gay bar in Wales)
- Bar Icon
- Lush
- Club X
- Exit
- Pulse
- Minskys
[edit] See also
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