{"id":61885,"date":"2025-02-27T20:10:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T20:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/111-places-in-cardiff-that-you-shouldnt-miss\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T02:17:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T02:17:37","slug":"111-places-in-cardiff-that-you-shouldnt-miss","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/111-places-in-cardiff-that-you-shouldnt-miss\/","title":{"rendered":"111 Places in Cardiff That You Shouldn’t Miss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whether you’re a proud Cardiffian, or a curious visitor, this is your ultimate guide to the Welsh capital’s hidden treasures and quirky charms.<\/p>\n

From the familiar to the downright bizarre, each entry offers a unique insight into the city’s life. Where can you dare to stand in a hurricane or peek into magical miniature worlds?<\/p>\n

Visit the place where Snoop Dogg turned gardener, uncover the unexpected tales behind the Norwegian church, touch walls that have stood for over 1,500 years, and even use a genuine 1920s urinal (gents only, of course!).<\/p>\n

But that’s just the beginning. With 111 unique locations to explore, you’ll discover Cardiff’s rich history and vibrant present. Each entry is brimming with fascinating facts, local lore, and practical visiting information, making this book perfect for both day-trippers and residents.<\/p>\n

Whether you’re planning a weekend getaway, entertaining out-of-town guests, or simply looking to fall in love with your city all over again, this guide will take you on a journey of discovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A guide to Cardiff’s secrets, from hurricane simulators to Snoop Dogg’s gardening. 111 hidden gems reveal a city of surprises for locals and visitors.
Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan Statue
\nFounder of the NHS | 10
\nAnimal Wall
\nCardiff ’s concrete jungle | 12
\nAntarctic 100 Memorial
\n‘I may be some time’ | 14
\nThe Arcades
\nShopping in comfort | 16
\nBetty Campbell Monument
\nMounting the insurmountable | 18
\nBilly the Seal
\nSealed with a myth | 20
\nBlackfriars Priory
\nFrom black cloaks to bedding plants | 22
\nBomb Site, Stockland Street
\nBaked-in memory | 24
\nThe Bone Yard
\nContainers of creativity | 26
\nBullring
\nCommonplace cruelty | 28
\nBute Family Mausoleum
\nSacred transitions | 30
\nBute Street Railway Station
\nStanding strong | 32
\nBute West Dock Basin
\nHigh-stakes stress | 34
\nBy Water and Fire
\nCardiff ’s dual heritage | 36
\nCaerau Fort
\nSix thousand years of history | 38
\nCapel I Bawb
\nA healthy love of reading | 40
\nCardiff Bay Barrage
\nThe price and prize of progress | 42
\nCardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve
\nA city sanctuary | 44
\nCardiff Castle
\nThe only rebuilt Roman fort in Britain | 46
\nCardiff City Mental Hospital
\nA trailblazer in psychiatric care | 48
\nCardiff Gaol
\nDic Penderyn’s downfall | 50
\nCardiff International White Water
\nRapids on request | 52
\n19 Castle Street
\nThe birthplace of broadcasting in Wales | 54
\nCathays Heritage Library
\nA butterfly for books | 56
\nCelebration of Life Garden
\nIf you go down to the park today… | 58
\nA Century of Topiary
\nFrom poison to pageantry | 60
\nChance & Counters
\nTabletop treasures | 62
\nCharter for Trees, Woods and People
\nDemocracy takes root | 64
\nChinese Cemetery
\nA peaceful place to rest | 66
\nChip Alley
\nCardiff ’s late-night-feast street | 68
\nClive Road Ghost Sign
\nBread of Heaven | 70
\nCornerstone
\nFrom ballast to buildings | 72
\nCorp Market
\nThe cross that turned full circle | 74
\nCromwell’s Stone
\nCivil War slaughter | 76
\nDead Canary
\nSpeakeasy style | 78
\nDead Man’s Alley
\nThe churchyard shortcut | 80
\nDeath Junction
\nHanged on hearsay | 82
\nDinas Powis Hillfort
\nAn internationally important post-Roman site | 84
\nFabLab Cardiff
\nWhere imagination meets innovation | 86
\nFlat Holm Radio
\nThe birth of wireless | 88
\nFred Keenor Statue
\nPitch perfect | 90
\nGift of Life Stone
\nA different kind of hero | 92
\nGlamorganshire Canal
\nBirding paradise | 94
\nGold Postbox
\nGeraint’s golden monument | 96
\nGorse
\nThe first Michelin-starred restaurant in Cardiff | 98
\nGorsedd Stones
\nA circle of culture | 100
\nGreek Orthodox Church
\nA Byzantine beauty | 102
\nGwyn Nicholls Memorial Gates
\nPlay to your strengths | 104
\nHamadryad Hospital
\nFrom warship to uniting nations | 106
\nHard Lines Cafe
\nThe hottest coffee in town | 108
\nHayes Island Snack Bar
\nFrom depot to dinner | 110
\nHendre Lake
\nWhat did the Romans ever do for us? | 112
\nHeroes of Wales
\nBlack lives matter | 114
\nIanto’s Shrine
\nFans forever | 116
\nInsole Court
\nKeeping up with the Butes, but not the times | 118
\nIrbic’s Cross
\nInterlaced history | 120
\nIvor Novello Statue
\nKeep the home fires burning | 122
\nJake’s Kingdom
\nPerched in the past | 124
\nLlanrumney Hall
\nSweet as sugar? | 126
\nLloyd George Avenue
\nA path to Parliament | 128
\nMansion House
\nDesigned for downsizing | 130
\nMarments Monograms
\nShop ’til you drop | 132
\nMedieval Walls
\nFire, flood and fortification | 134
\nMelingriffith Water Pump
\nA century of revolution | 136
\nMelingriffith Wild Swimming
\nWhere water works wonders | 138
\nMemorial to Merchant Seafarers
\nHidden heroes | 140
\nMillennium Centre Façade
\nAn allegorical elevation | 142
\nMillion-Pound Trading Floor
\nThe golden years of coal | 144
\nMrs Pratchett’s Sweet Shop
\nScene of The Great Mouse Plot | 146
\nNew Theatre
\nStage lights and spectres | 148
\nNorwegian Church
\nPit props and pulpits | 150
\nOld Baths, Penarth
\nA pool of champions | 152
\nPanorama Stone
\nA compass of connection | 154
\nParc Cefn Onn
\nA wheelie wonderful woodland walk | 156
\nPark House
\nA stylish introduction | 158
\nPenarth Pier
\nStanding strong since 1895 | 160
\nPenn Family Filter
\nBefore the tap ran clear | 162
\nPlasma Soup
\nWhere lightning strikes twice | 164
\nPlasturton Gardens
\nA portal between worlds | 166
\nPneumoconiosis Mural
\nThe fight for miners’ lungs | 168
\nPost Secrets
\nPeep show | 170
\nPostbox Subsumed by a Tree
\nSpecial delivery | 172
\nPrincipality Building Society HQ
\nA mutual understanding | 174
\nThe Pumping Station
\nEngineering a healthier city | 176
\nThe Queens Vaults
\nWhere ships once moored | 178
\nRadyr Hydro Scheme
\nFrom emergency declaration to energy generation | 180
\nRhiwbina Garden Village
\nA working-class idyll? | 182
\nRiverside Market
\nA feast for the senses | 184
\nRoath Lock Drama Village
\nDoctor Who? | 186
\nRoath Mill
\nMedieval Cardiff ’s breadbasket | 188
\nRoman Gods
\nClassical confusion | 190
\nRugby Codebreakers
\nSporting giants | 192
\nSauropodomorpha Footprints
\nPenarth’s prehistoric pedestrians | 194
\nScale the Stadium
\nA bird’s-eye view | 196
\nScott Memorial
\nThe lighthouse in the lake | 198
\nSenedd
\nTransparent democracy | 200
\nShand House
\nA visionary’s legacy | 202
\nSisley’s Tree
\nMaking a good impression | 204
\nSnoop Dogg’s Classroom
\nA lesson in growing giant vegetables | 206
\nSt Mary’s Church
\nA ghostly outline | 208
\nSt Teilo’s Skull
\nThe world’s most travelled relic? | 210
\nTemple of Peace
\n‘A peace building for peacebuilding’ | 212
\nTerrapin Island
\nPets and pests | 214
\nTiny Forest
\nA space for all seasons | 216
\nTiny Rebel
\nThe boozy bear with a big heart | 218
\nTreetop Adventure Golf
\nPutting through paradise | 220
\nVictoria Park Splash Pad
\nA cool place to play | 222
\nVulcan Hotel
\nThe last of Little Ireland | 224
\nWeird and Wonderful Wales Mural
\nA steamy story | 226
\nWhitchurch Common Trees
\nAn arboreal memorial | 228
\nWorld’s Smallest Lovespoon
\nIt’s not the size that counts! | 230<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":61886,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5550],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61885","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-travel","7":"author-by-author-julia-goodfellow-smith","8":"publisher-emons-verlag-gmbh","9":"series-111-places","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n111 Places in Cardiff That You Shouldn't Miss - ACC Art Books UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Title: 111 Places in Cardiff That You Shouldn't Miss, Pages: 240 Pages, Publish Date: 15th Sep 2025, Author: Julia Goodfellow-Smith, ISBN: 9783740824655. A guide to Cardiff's secrets, from hurricane simulators to Snoop Dogg's gardening. 111 hidden gems reveal a city of surprises for locals and visitors.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 Façade 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\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/111-places-in-cardiff-that-you-shouldnt-miss\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"111 Places in Cardiff That You Shouldn't Miss - ACC Art Books UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Title: 111 Places in Cardiff That You Shouldn't Miss, Pages: 240 Pages, Publish Date: 15th Sep 2025, Author: Julia Goodfellow-Smith, ISBN: 9783740824655. A guide to Cardiff's secrets, from hurricane simulators to Snoop Dogg's gardening. 111 hidden gems reveal a city of surprises for locals and visitors.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 Façade 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\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/111-places-in-cardiff-that-you-shouldnt-miss\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ACC Art Books UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ACCArtBooks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-21T02:17:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9783740824655-04-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2126\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@accartbooks\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/111-places-in-cardiff-that-you-shouldnt-miss\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/111-places-in-cardiff-that-you-shouldnt-miss\/\",\"name\":\"111 Places in Cardiff That You Shouldn't Miss - ACC Art Books UK\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/111-places-in-cardiff-that-you-shouldnt-miss\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/111-places-in-cardiff-that-you-shouldnt-miss\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9783740824655-04-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-27T20:10:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-21T02:17:37+00:00\",\"description\":\"Title: 111 Places in Cardiff That You Shouldn't Miss, Pages: 240 Pages, Publish Date: 15th Sep 2025, Author: Julia Goodfellow-Smith, ISBN: 9783740824655. A guide to Cardiff's secrets, from hurricane simulators to Snoop Dogg's gardening. 111 hidden gems reveal a city of surprises for locals and visitors.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 Façade 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\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/111-places-in-cardiff-that-you-shouldnt-miss\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/111-places-in-cardiff-that-you-shouldnt-miss\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/111-places-in-cardiff-that-you-shouldnt-miss\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9783740824655-04-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9783740824655-04-2.jpg\",\"width\":1400,\"height\":2126},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/111-places-in-cardiff-that-you-shouldnt-miss\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Books\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/books\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"111 Places in Cardiff That You Shouldn’t Miss\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/\",\"name\":\"ACC Art Books UK\",\"description\":\"One of the world\u2019s leading publishers and distributors of books on the arts and visual culture\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ACC Art Books UK\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Acc-Logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Acc-Logo.png\",\"width\":64,\"height\":100,\"caption\":\"ACC Art Books UK\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ACCArtBooks\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/accartbooks\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"111 Places in Cardiff That You Shouldn't Miss - ACC Art Books UK","description":"Title: 111 Places in Cardiff That You Shouldn't Miss, Pages: 240 Pages, Publish Date: 15th Sep 2025, Author: Julia Goodfellow-Smith, ISBN: 9783740824655. A guide to Cardiff's secrets, from hurricane simulators to Snoop Dogg's gardening. 111 hidden gems reveal a city of surprises for locals and visitors.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 Façade 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","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/111-places-in-cardiff-that-you-shouldnt-miss\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"111 Places in Cardiff That You Shouldn't Miss - ACC Art Books UK","og_description":"Title: 111 Places in Cardiff That You Shouldn't Miss, Pages: 240 Pages, Publish Date: 15th Sep 2025, Author: Julia Goodfellow-Smith, ISBN: 9783740824655. A guide to Cardiff's secrets, from hurricane simulators to Snoop Dogg's gardening. 111 hidden gems reveal a city of surprises for locals and visitors.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 Façade 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","og_url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/111-places-in-cardiff-that-you-shouldnt-miss\/","og_site_name":"ACC Art Books UK","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ACCArtBooks\/","article_modified_time":"2025-09-21T02:17:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1400,"height":2126,"url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9783740824655-04-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@accartbooks","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/111-places-in-cardiff-that-you-shouldnt-miss\/","url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/111-places-in-cardiff-that-you-shouldnt-miss\/","name":"111 Places in Cardiff That You Shouldn't Miss - ACC Art Books UK","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/111-places-in-cardiff-that-you-shouldnt-miss\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/111-places-in-cardiff-that-you-shouldnt-miss\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9783740824655-04-2.jpg","datePublished":"2025-02-27T20:10:45+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-21T02:17:37+00:00","description":"Title: 111 Places in Cardiff That You Shouldn't Miss, Pages: 240 Pages, Publish Date: 15th Sep 2025, Author: Julia Goodfellow-Smith, ISBN: 9783740824655. A guide to Cardiff's secrets, from hurricane simulators to Snoop Dogg's gardening. 111 hidden gems reveal a city of surprises for locals and visitors.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 Façade 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","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/111-places-in-cardiff-that-you-shouldnt-miss\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/111-places-in-cardiff-that-you-shouldnt-miss\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/111-places-in-cardiff-that-you-shouldnt-miss\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9783740824655-04-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9783740824655-04-2.jpg","width":1400,"height":2126},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/111-places-in-cardiff-that-you-shouldnt-miss\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Books","item":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/books\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"111 Places in Cardiff That You Shouldn’t Miss"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/","name":"ACC Art Books UK","description":"One of the world\u2019s leading publishers and distributors of books on the arts and visual culture","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#organization","name":"ACC Art Books UK","url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Acc-Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Acc-Logo.png","width":64,"height":100,"caption":"ACC Art Books UK"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ACCArtBooks\/","https:\/\/x.com\/accartbooks"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/61885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=61885"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=61885"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=61885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}