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

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.
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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.
- 01Millennium 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 - 02Cardiff 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 - 03Cardiff 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 - 04Cardiff 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 - 05National 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 - 06Ninian 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 - 07Cardiff 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 - 08SWALEC 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 - 09University 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 - 10Pierhead 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
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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 → Butetown211 km · quickest by road, 3h 57m · £22–29
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Butetown142 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £16–21
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Butetown215 km · quickest by road, 3h 57m · £23–31
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
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.
- Go nextIt is possible to visit Hereford as a day trip, using either train or car.
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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