A PowerPoint by: Paige Kingston Mod: 3\5

1. Come Visit Cardiff, Wales A PowerPoint by: Paige Kingston Mod: 3\5

2. Where is Cardiff Located within Wales? • Cardiff is in Southern-western Wales. • It is about 150 miles northwest of London.

3. What is it’s location within Europe? • Cardiff is the capital of Wales! • Wales is on the island of The United Kingdom. • The United Kingdom has 4 countries on it.

4. How’s the temp. in Cardiff? • It lies in a northern temperate zone • Cardiff has mild weather that is often cloudy, wet and windy. • Summers tend to be warm and sunny, with average maximum temperatures between 19 C (66 F) and 22 C (72.F). • Winters tend to be fairly wet, but rainfall is rarely excessive and the temperature usually stays above freezing.

5. Cardiff Climograph…

6. CardiffsSunshine hours… • Cardiff has 1518 hours of sunshine during an average year (Wales 1388.7 hours). • Cardiff is sunniest during July, with an average 203.4 hours during the month (Wales 183.3 hours).

7. Towns & villages In Cardiff • Birch grove • Caerau • Canton • Cardiff • Creigiau • Ely • Grangetown • Gwaelod-y-garth • Lisvane • Llandaff • Llandaff North • Llanedeyrn • Llanishen • Llanrumney • Pentwyn • Pentyrch • Radyr • Roath • Rumney • St Fagans • St Mellons • Taffs Well • Thornhill • Tongwynlais • Whit church

8. Water Fun In Cardiff~ • Sailing, Boating, Canoeing, Water Skiing, Windsurfing, Surfing & diving,

9. Important Buildings, Structure & Landmarks to visit…

10. Millennium Stadium • It’s a national known stadium. • Used for football, rugby, boxing, ect. • This stadium will be used In the 2012 Olympics for a few football matches.

11. Pier-head Building • It’s the building for the “National Assembly For Wales”. • Referred to as “Baby Big Ben”. • The building consist of a French-Gothic Renaissance theme.

12. Cardiff Castle • This is what Cardiff is most known for. • This castle is for the medieval time period. • It is from the 19th century. • Its now a popular tourist attraction, hosting many events.

13. Cardiff University’ • This is the leading research school in Catha's Park. • Came to be in 1881. • Ranked 122 globally.

14. Coal Exchange • A live music venue • It is located in Cardiff Bay. • Opened in 1988 & refurbished and re-opened in 2001. • Capacity of 1,000.

15. St. Fagan's Castle • Commonly referred to as open-air museum. • In South Wales • Started in 1946 • Much of the Doctor Who episodes "Human Nature" and "The Family of Blood" were filmed at St Fagan's.

16. Castle Coch • Or in English “Red castle”. • Designed for the 19th century. • Has a tower appearance. • This castle has made numerous T.V. appearances. • There are 3 parts to the tower.

17. St. David's Hall • It is a Performing arts & conference venue. • Its been known to host annual welsh proms. • It was built in 1982. • Its first event held was an orchestra performance by the “Wales BBC orchestra”. • It is owned & managed by the Cardiff Council.

18. Transportation In Cardiff

19. Taxi Cab • Between 2008 and 2009, taxi usage dropped from 59.7% to 52.3%. • Even with the drop taxi is still in the most top 10 ways of transportation. • Taxi’s are most commonly used in sports, media & education.

20. Suburban Rail • Cardiff has an urban rail metro network operated by Arriva Trains Wales known as Valley Lines. • The council is investigating converting the Cardiff City Line, Coryton Line and Butetown Branch Line into light rail lines and extending them in the near future.

21. BUS • Cardiff has a comprehensive bus network. • The buses in Cardiff are all council owned. • The type of bus line in Cardiff travels throughout the city as well as the other parts of Wales.

22. Park ‘n Ride • There are four Park and Ride services in the city: • West Park - Cardiff City Stadium. • South Park- Cardiff Bay. • North Park- Gabalfaand Cathays. • Cardiff East- which is the newest, runs to Queen Street station from Pentwyn.

23. Cycling or biking • There are 3 major off-road cycle routes in Cardiff… • The Taff Trail follows the River Taff south to north from Cardiff Bay. • The Ely Trail follows the River Ely west to east from St Fagans. • The Rhymney Trail follows the River Rhymney east to west in Pentwyn and Llanrumney.

24. The Aquabus • The Aquabus runs every hour between the city centre (Taff Mead Embankment) and Cardiff Bay (Mermaid Quay), and between Cardiff Bay and Penarth (Cardiff Bay barrage).

25. Air • Cardiff, as well as South and West Wales, is served by Cardiff Airport. • Another air way is Cardiff’s Heliport. • The Heliport is most popular for police services to transport. • Both the Airport & heliport are located in Rhoose, a town in Cardiff.

26. Rail & Light rail • There are plans to open more railway stations on existing lines in order to encourage more people to leave their cars at home and help reduce city centre congestion. • Cost are rising. • A new out of town parkway-style station with 3,500 parking spaces has been proposed.

27. Bibliography • http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&rlz=1W1ADFA_en&biw=1259&bih=578&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=light+rail&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq= • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Cardiff#Air • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Cardiff

28. Come Visit Cardiff, Wales • A PowerPoint by: Paige Kingston Mod: 3\5