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Butetown

Butetown is a district and community in the south of the city of Cardiff, the capital of Wales.

Butetown
Butetown · Dominic Nelson
The place

Butetown is a district and community in the south of the city of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. It was originally a model housing estate built in the early 19th century by the 2nd Marquess of Bute, for whose title the area was named.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Butetown

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Millennium Stadium

    The Millennium Stadium, known since 2016 as the Principality Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is the national stadium of Wales in Cardiff. It has a retractable roof and a usual capacity of 73,931.

    1.7 km · national stadium of Wales · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Cardiff University

    Cardiff University is a public research university in Cardiff, Wales. It was established in 1883 as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire and became a founding college of the University of Wales in 1893.

    2.4 km · public research university in Cardiff, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Cardiff City Stadium

    Cardiff City Stadium is a stadium in the Leckwith area of Cardiff, Wales. It is the home of Cardiff City and the Wales national team.

    2.6 km · Stadium in Wales · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Cardiff Castle

    Cardiff Castle is a medieval castle and Victorian Gothic revival mansion located in the city centre of Cardiff, Wales. The original motte and bailey castle was built in the late 11th century by Norman invaders on top of a 3rd-century Roman fort.

    2 km · castle in Cardiff, Wales · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    National Museum Cardiff

    National Museum Cardiff, formerly known as the National Museum of Wales, is a museum and art gallery in Cardiff, Wales. The museum is part of the wider network of Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales.

    2.2 km · Main site of the national museum of Wales, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Ninian Park

    Ninian Park was a football stadium in the Leckwith area of Cardiff, Wales, that was the home of Cardiff City for 99 years. Opened in 1910 with a single wooden stand, it underwent numerous renovations during its lifespan and hosted fixtures with over 60,000 spectators in attendance.

    2.5 km · stadium in Cardiff, Wales · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral

    The Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St David, also known as St David's Cathedral, Cardiff, is a Catholic cathedral in the city centre of Cardiff, Wales, and is the centre of the Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia. Located in Charles Street, the cathedral remains the focal point for Catholic life in Cardiff, and the country as a whole.

    1.6 km · Roman Catholic cathedral in Cardiff, Wales · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    SWALEC Stadium

    The Cardiff Wales Stadium, which is part of Sophia Gardens Cardiff, is a cricket stadium in Cardiff, Wales. It is located in Sophia Gardens on the River Taff.

    2.9 km · Cricket Stadium in Cardiff, Wales · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    University of South Wales

    The University of South Wales is a public university in Wales, with campuses in Cardiff, Newport and Pontypridd. It was formed on 11 April 2013 from the merger of the University of Glamorgan and the University of Wales, Newport.

    1.4 km · university in Wales · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Pierhead Building

    The Pierhead Building is a Grade I listed building in Cardiff Bay, Wales. It was built in 1897 as the headquarters for the Bute Dock Company.

    400 m · Grade I listed building in Cardiff. Building in Cardiff, Wales · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Butetown

Airports
Cardiff (CWL), 15 km · Bristol (BRS), 33 km · Birmingham (BHX), 147 km
Stations
Cardiff Central railway station, 1.3 km · Cardiff Queen Street railway station, 1.7 km · Penarth railway station, 3.6 km · Ninian Park railway station, 2.6 km · Grangetown railway station, 1.6 km
  • London → Butetown
    211 km · quickest by road, 3h 57m · £22–29
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Butetown
    142 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £16–21
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Butetown
    215 km · quickest by road, 3h 57m · £23–31
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Butetown

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Butetown. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextIt is possible to visit Hereford as a day trip, using either train or car.

From Wikivoyage: Cardiff, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    109 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    156 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    475 km
  4. 04
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    483 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    511 km

If you know how people move in Butetown – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Butetown

Butetown is 2 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Cardiffcapital city of Wales, United Kingdom1.9 km
  • Penarthtown and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales3.5 km
  • Cathayssuburb and community in Cardiff, Wales3.3 km
  • Grangetowndistrict and community of Cardiff, Wales1.3 km
  • Adamsdowncommunity and inner city area in Cardiff, Wales2.1 km
  • Penylandistrict and community of Cardiff, Wales3.7 km