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6 unusual facts about Cardiff Bay


Butetown Branch Line

The Butetown Branch Line, also known as the Cardiff Bay Line, is a commuter railway line in Cardiff, Wales from Cardiff Bay and Cardiff Queen Street.

Cardiff Bay

The Bay lies off the A4232 before the Butetown tunnels and is linked to the city centre by Lloyd George Avenue and Bute Street.

Original plans included a grand boulevard (similar to where Lloyd George Avenue is located now) with high density commercial and residential units straddling both sides.

Lloyd George Avenue

Roughly one mile long, the road links the Inner Harbour of Cardiff Bay to Cardiff city centre and forms part of the A470 road.

Pobol y Cwm

Since 2012, the program is filmed at Roath Lock in Cardiff Bay, other than a few on-location shoots around Cardiff.

Ross McCormack

On 27 October 2009, McCormack was arrested in Cardiff Bay on a drink-driving charge after crashing his Range Rover into metal railings in the early hours of the morning.


ITV News Cymru Wales

ITV News Cymru Wales is broadcast live from ITV's studios at Culverhouse Cross on the western outskirts of Cardiff with a newsroom based in Colwyn Bay, in the north of the country, and a political unit at the National Assembly of Wales in Cardiff Bay.

Welsh Comedy Festival

The inaugural festival opened at Gio's and moved to locations such as The Point at Cardiff Bay, The Social (Cardiff) and the Cardiff University Student's Union and included a visit to Swansea's famous Grand Theatre during the festivities organised by local stand up comic and promoter Jeff Baker of Cracker Ass Comedy fame.


see also

Cardiff Bay Barrage

The Cardiff Bay Arts Trust (CBAT), now known as Safle, commissioned Swiss artist Felice Varini to produce piece of public art for the CHA, entitled 3 Ellipses for 3 Locks.

Cardiff Harbour Authority

It took over responsibility from Cardiff Bay Development Corporation for the management of Cardiff Bay which includes the bay, Cardiff Bay Barrage, the outer harbour and the River Taff and Ely.

Millennium Centre

Wales Millennium Centre, a performing arts complex located on the Cardiff Bay waterfront, Wales