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Splott is part of the STAR area of Cardiff (STAR stands for Splott, Tremorfa, Adamsdown and Roath, four inner city suburbs born out of the industrial revolution). [26] The former STAR Centre leisure facility is located in Splott (although this was closed when the new STAR Hub was opened and the former STAR Centre was then utilized by the NHS).
St Alban-on-the-Moors Church, Splott, also known simply as The Cardiff Oratory or St Alban's Church, is a Roman Catholic church in Splott, Cardiff, Wales. Since 2019, the church is administered by the Fathers and Brothers of the Cardiff Oratory .
Adamsdown (sometimes Welsh: Waunadda or Y Sblot Uchaf, ' Upper Splott ') is an inner city area and community in the south of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales.Adamsdown is generally located between Newport Road, to the north and the mainline railway to the south.
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The centre of Cardiff, the capital of Wales, is relatively flat and is bounded by hills on the outskirts to the east, north and west.Its geographic features were influential in its development as the world's largest coal port, most notably its proximity and easy access to the coal fields of the south Wales valleys.
Roath Court. Roath Court is a nineteenth-century villa on the site of the medieval manor house of Roath. [12] Since 1952 it has been a funeral home. [13] Its Georgian portico, designed by Robert Adam in 1766 for Bowood House, Wiltshire, was moved there in 1956.
Cardiff hosted eight football matches of the London 2012 Olympics [1] and was the training base for certain participating nations. In 2008/09, 61% of Cardiff residents regularly participated in sport and active recreation, the highest percentage out of all 22 local authorities in Wales. [2]
Cardiff is the largest city in Wales and has the most tall buildings in the country. [2] Designed by Rio Architects, [3] the tallest building in Cardiff is Bridge Street Exchange at 85 m (279 ft). It replaced Capital Tower in 2018, which, at 80 m (260 ft), which had been the tallest building in Cardiff since 1970.