Cardiff Centenary Walk
{{Short description|Tourist walkway in Cardiff, Wales}}
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File:Cardiff Centenary Walk Waymarker.jpg
File:Cardiff Centenary Walk.jpg
The Cardiff Centenary Walk is a tourist walkway through Cardiff city centre in Wales. Established as part of Cardiff's centennial celebrations to mark 100 years of city status in 2005, it has 41 points of interest, either Cardiff landmarks or significant historic sites. The route is marked by waymarkers on the pavement, which also direct pedestrians to the next waymarker. The whole walk is {{convert|3.6|km|mi|1}} long running around Cardiff in a clockwise direction,{{cite web |url=http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/content.asp?Parent_Directory_id=2865&nav=2868,2965,3669 |publisher=Cardiff Council |title=The Cardiff Centenary Walk |accessdate=2008-10-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060927061623/http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/content.asp?Parent_Directory_id=2865&nav=2868%2C2965%2C3669 |archivedate=27 September 2006 |df= }} starting and finishing at the Cardiff Visitor Centre at the Old Library.
Waymarkers numbers
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- Old Library{{coord|51.4800|-3.1776|display=inline|region:GB_scale:5000}}
- Cardiff Market
- St John the Baptist Church
- St. Mary Street/High Street
- Quay Street
- Womanby Street
- Millennium Stadium
- Angel Hotel
- Animal Wall
- West Gate
- Castle Arcade
- Cardiff Castle
- Duke Street Arcade
- Aneurin Bevan Statue
- East Gate
- The Friary
- Friary Gardens
- Dock Feeder
- City Hall
- Law Courts
- University of Wales Registry
- Glamorgan Building
- Bute Building
- Falklands Memorial
- Welsh National War Memorial
- Cardiff University
- National Museum Cardiff
- Gorsedd Gardens
- Park House
- New Theatre
- Park Hotel
- St David's Cathedral
- Town Wall
- The Fish Market
- Tabernacl Chapel
- Mill Lane
- The Old Brewery
- Royal Arcade
- Morgan Arcade
- Howells
- The Hayes{{coord|51.4787|-3.1759|display=inline|region:GB_scale:5000}}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113641/http://formerly.cardiff.gov.uk/content.asp?nav=2868,2965,6624&parent_directory_id=2865&state=nocache The Official Site]
- [https://www.outdoorcardiff.com/wp-content/uploads/CWleaf2013_EngFINALweb.pdf The Cardiff Centenary Walk route]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304125905/http://formerly.cardiff.gov.uk/content.asp?nav=2868,2965,6624,6679&parent_directory_id=2865&state=nocache The Cardiff Centenary Walk map/guide]
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Category:Tourist attractions in Cardiff