Cardiff city centre

Cardiff City Centre
  • Welsh: Canol y Ddinas, Caerdydd
Central Business District
The Hayes, Cardiff with Cardiff Central Library (right)
Cardiff City Centre is located in Cardiff
Cardiff City Centre
Cardiff City Centre
Location within Cardiff
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCARDIFF
Postcode districtCF10; CF11; CF24
Dialling code029
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51°29′N 3°10′W / 51.48°N 3.17°W / 51.48; -3.17
Stadium House (left) and South Gate House (right), in the west of the city centre

Cardiff city centre (Welsh: Canol Dinas Caerdydd) is the city centre and central business district of Cardiff, Wales. The area is tightly bound by the River Taff to the west, the Civic Centre to the north and railway lines and two railway stations – Central and Queen Street – to the south and east respectively. Cardiff became a city in 1905.

The city centre in Cardiff consists of principal shopping streets: Queen Street, St. Mary's Street and the Hayes, as well as large shopping centres, and numerous arcades and lanes that house some smaller, specialized shops and boutiques.

The city centre has undergone a number of redevelopment projects, including St. David's 2,[1] which extended the shopping district southwards, creating 100 new stores and a flagship John Lewis, the only branch in Wales and the largest outside London. Compared to nearby cities, the new St David's Centre has more retail space than the whole of Newport or Swansea.[citation needed]

In 2008–9, the annual footfall of shoppers was 55 million, and is expected to have risen to 66 million by 2009–10.[needs update][2] Cardiff is the sixth most successful shopping destination in the United Kingdom – behind London, Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool.[3]

  1. ^ "Development – Project overview". 2013. Archived from the original on 27 December 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
  2. ^ Alford, Abby (3 June 2009). "Shoppers numbers set to soar in Cardiff". South Wales Echo. Welsh Media Ltd. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
  3. ^ Alford, Abby (25 November 2009). "Capital investment pushes Cardiff up retail rankings". Western Mail. Welsh Media Ltd. Retrieved 9 March 2013.