Cardiff

Cardiff

The Capital of Wales, Cardiff, is a vibrant and exciting city. The perfect place to learn about the city’s rich history is at The Cardiff Story Museum. Cardiff Bay has become the hub of the city with much to see and do including the Millennium Stadium, the Doctor Who Experience, churches, water-born experiences at the International White Water Centre and much, much more.

The Welsh Assembly also offers a fantastic introduction to parliament, politics and debating. While artists can visit the Norwegian Church Arts Centre and enjoy a concert at St David's concert hall, And of course Barry Island Pleasure Park is a pace to have plenty of fun!

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Lanlay Meadows

A landscape abandoned by a generation of progress

A step into Lanlay Meadows is a step back in time, where sprawling, unkempt hedgerows meet gnarled, twisted old oak trees.

Farmed for centuries, this small fragment of land has lain unchanged for decades, avoiding the wrath of today's flail hedge trimmers and fertilisers and becoming a rare haven for a huge array of wildlife.

Dyffryn Gardens

Magnificent Edwardian gardens flowing from grand vistas to intimate spaces overlooked by a large mansion

Dyffryn Gardens are an exceptional example of Edwardian garden design. Covering more than 55 acres they feature a stunning collection of intimate garden rooms including a rose garden, Pompeian garden and several ponds.

Newcastle Castle

Unstaffed open site, no booking required

St Lythans Burial Chamber

Unstaffed open site, no booking required

Coity Castle

Unstaffed open site, no booking required

Ogmore Castle

Unstaffed open site, no booking required

Tinkinswood Burial Chamber

Unstaffed open site, no booking required

Ewenny Priory

Unstaffed open site, no booking required

Old Beaupre Castle

Unstaffed open site, no booking required. Assists with Curriculum Cymreig

St Quentin's Castle

Mainly early 14th century remains of a large courtyard castle.

Also known as Llanblethian Castle, St Quentin's Castle near Cowbridge includes a massive twin-towered gatehouse. It is believed that the majority of the castle was built by Gilbert de Clare (the Last, d. 1314).

Unstaffed open site, no booking required

Millennium Stadium

Walk in the footsteps of Ryan Giggs. See where Madonna stood. Where Shane Williams laced his boots, and where all the action takes place on event days.

IT'S TIME TO EXPLORE ...

Schools Into Europe

Schools Into Europe is a family run business with over 55 years' experience of organising school trips and school tours in Europe, including the UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy and Poland.

Martin Tinney Gallery

The Martin Tinney Gallery is considered one of Wales’ premier private commercial art galleries and specialises in Welsh and Wales-based artists of the highest quality, past and present.

Glamorgan Archives

Glamorgan Archives collects, preserves and makes accessible documents relating to the geographical area it serves, as detailed in its collection policy, and maintains the corporate memory of its constituent authorities

We can help you to....
- trace the history of your family, your town, village or house
- carry out research for a school, college or evening course

The Prince's Trust - Cardiff

Prince's Trust centres currently offer the Fairbridge programme, which is an individually tailored personal development programme combining one-to-one support and group activities.

Originally Fairbridge De Cymru, we became part of The Prince's Trust in 2011.

Doctor Who Experience

Cardiff is indisputably the home of Doctor Who. The series is filmed on location in and around the city as well as at the new BBC Studios in Cardiff Bay. Just next door, the Doctor Who Experience has brought the Doctor home, making Cardiff the perfect choice for a Doctor Who themed break, ideal for fans of any age.

St Fagans: National History Museum

St Fagans is one of Europe's leading open-air museums and is Wales's most popular heritage attraction. The museum stands in the grounds of the magnificent St Fagans Castle and gardens, a late 16th-century manor house donated to the people of Wales by the Earl of Plymouth.

Llandaff Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of SS Peter & Paul, Dyfrig, Teilo and Euddogwy is the mother church of the Diocese of Llandaff and is the seat of the Bishop of Llandaff.  The Diocese, one of the six dioceses comprising the Province of The Church in Wales, covers the general area of South Wales bounded by Cardiff in the South East to Neath in the South West, the Heads of the Valleys to the North and th

Techniquest

Techniquest gives visitors a hands-on approach to science and includes a science theatre, a 

National Museum Cardiff

Situated in the heart of Cardiff’s elegant civic centre, today it houses Wales’s national archaeology, art, geology and natural history collections as well as major touring and temporary exhibitions.

Amgueddfa Lechi Cymru / National Slate Museum

Heritage centre at Llanberis, bringing back to life the inheritance of the North Wales slate industry.

Dinorwig Quarry closed in 1969. Today, rather than fashioning wagons and forging rails, the workshops tell a very special story: the story of the Welsh slate industry.

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