28-668: Cardiff Central may refer to: Politics Cardiff Central (UK Parliament constituency) , 1983–2024 constituency in the UK Parliament. Cardiff Central (1918–1950 UK Parliament constituency) Cardiff Central (Senedd constituency) , constituency in the Senedd. Transport Cardiff Central railway station Cardiff Central bus station Geography Cardiff City Centre Buildings Cardiff Central Library Central Square, Cardiff Topics referred to by
56-491: A care home, employment units, and a health centre. In 2003, Cardiff Lifestyle Shopping Park was built, comprising six stores. The current occupants are Marks and Spencer Simply Food, Boots , HomeSense , Starbucks, DW Sports/MiFit and Pets at Home. Llanishen played a role in the Second World War effort. With the development of ROF Bridgend , a Royal Ordnance Factory , ROF Cardiff was opened in 1940 to take
84-624: A new public open space, the final element to be constructed (2010), to include a children's play area, sports pitch and community garden. Part of the George Wimpey development has been named Watkins Square and the Barratt development Tasker Square – after Wales' famous Victoria Cross winner Sir Tasker Watkins , who died during 2007. The Orchards complex, formerly the site of the National Coal Board 's regional office, housed
112-405: A reduced lake. However, the site was designation by Cadw and as a Site of Special Scientific Interest , making it difficult for the developer to gain building permission. Locals have campaigned to make the area a registered village green . Cardiff Sailing Centre ( Llanishen Sailing Centre ) is a sailing school teaching sailing , windsurfing and powerboating . Llanishen Leisure Centre
140-471: Is a full-time branch library. The area includes two non-functional reservoirs, Llanishen Reservoir and the smaller, adjoining Lisvane Reservoir . Llanishen Reservoir forms the end of a Victorian water supply system stretching from the Brecon Beacons to Cardiff. It was previously threatened by an American-led commercial development for domestic housing, where the proposed houses would be built around
168-535: Is also home to RampWorld Cardiff, which is Wales' largest indoor skatepark and operates as a non-profit making charity to provide indoor extreme sports training facilities. GoAir Trampoline Park is located on the Ty Glas Business Park in Llanishen. Llanishen RFC is based in the area and has a 3G rugby ground, built in 2018 as part of a new partnership with Llanishen High School. The club house
196-473: Is also home to a leisure centre and the former 60-acre (24 ha) Llanishen Reservoir , which is connected to a green corridor which bisects the city. Originally wooded farm land, in A.D. 535 two monks came eastwards from the small religious settlement of Llandaff , aiming to establish new settlements, or "llans", in the land below Caerphilly Mountain . With fresh water from the Nant Fawr stream, one of
224-597: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Cardiff Central (UK Parliament constituency) Cardiff Central ( Welsh : Canol Caerdydd ) was a borough constituency in the city of Cardiff . It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom , elected by the first past the post system. The seat
252-643: Is off Ty Glas Avenue nearby. The club's former training ground and pitch was located off Usk Road and was sold to a housing developer to fund the new 3G pitch facilities Llanishen's pubs include the Church Inn, believed to be the oldest surviving pub in Cardiff, and the Wolf's Castle. The district is served by two railway stations: Llanishen railway station (on the Cardiff Central to Rhymney Line ) in
280-464: Is situated in Llanishen and is the largest in the city. It has a pool with a wave machine, Squash courts, multi-activity sports hall, gym and cafeteria. It is built in a very similar layout to the leisure centre in Pentwyn . There is a public skatepark next to the leisure centre, featuring two quarter-pipes, a jump box, two flat banks, a driveway, a spine, a rail, a wallride and a halfpipe. Llanishen
308-812: The 2015 general election where students were disillusioned by the broken promises the Liberal Democrats made regarding tuition fees. This was despite the fact that these student loan promises did not apply to Wales, which has a different funding system and MP Jenny Willott had also voted against the English changes in Parliament. The seat was unchanged in the Fifth Periodical Report of the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Wales, which took effect at
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#1732765380871336-667: The Rhymney Railway was given permission to break the stranglehold of the Taff Vale Railway into Cardiff Docks . Building a line from Caerphilly to Crockherbtown Junction just north of Cardiff Queen Street , its 1.5 miles (2.4 km) tunnel to the north resulted in the accidental deaths of a number of people, many of them buried in St Isan's church. The railway and the development of Llanishen railway station allowed wealthy Cardiff businesspeople to commute from
364-476: The 11-storey Gleider House (Phase 1), Ty Rhodfa (formerly the Valuation Office Agency ) employing more than 2,700 staff on site in 2007 and ground floor offices for an enquiry centre or IREC. In 2020 the tax office vacated the site and moved to Central Square in the city centre. The HM Government buildings are due to be demolished and replaced by up to 250 houses, 70 retirement apartments,
392-421: The 117 rejected ballots: Of the 80 rejected ballots: Of the 204 rejected ballots: 51°30′14″N 3°09′32″W / 51.504°N 3.159°W / 51.504; -3.159 Llanishen 51°31′44″N 3°11′20″W / 51.529°N 3.189°W / 51.529; -3.189 Llanishen ( Welsh : Llanisien , llan church + Isien Saint Isan ) is a district and community in
420-457: The 2010 general election. Since the seat's re-creation in 1983, it was held successively by each of the three main political parties; the Liberal Democrats gained it at the 2005 election after 13 years of Labour representation. The constituency has transformed dramatically from being a Conservative seat for some years, to a Labour–Lib Dem marginal to the safest Labour seat in Wales at the time. Of
448-644: The Allies prepared for D-Day . In 1987 ROF Cardiff became an Atomic Weapons Establishment . It closed down in February 1997. Since its closure, ROF Cardiff has become the site of major housing developments by George Wimpey (called Parklands), Barratt (Ty Glas Square) and Leadbitter (Llys Enfys. Bellway and Persimmon/Charles Church created further housing between the AWE site and the HMRC building. The site will also host
476-717: The central area of the City of Cardiff . It extended from the area around the Millennium Stadium in the south to Llanishen Golf Course in the north, taking in the City Centre and the University . This was a Conservative-held three-way marginal constituency throughout the 1980s but since 1997 Labour and the Liberal Democrats have pushed the Conservative candidate into third place. The Liberal Democrats won
504-569: The east and Ty Glas railway station (on the Cardiff Central to Coryton ) in the west. Three bus routes serve Llanishen: Llanishen is part of an electoral ward with Thornhill, and is also a community of the City of Cardiff . There is no community council for the area. The Llanishen ward falls within the Senedd constituency of Cardiff North and the UK Parliamentary constituency of
532-485: The equivalent Welsh Assembly seat in 1999 and 2003 and also dominate the wards which make up the seat in elections to Cardiff Council . The later constituency was socially diverse, with both very affluent and very deprived areas. It has a large student population which seems to have helped Labour to win in 1992 and 1997 but thereafter increasingly switched to the Liberal Democrats due to opposition to government plans for reforming student support. This switched yet again in
560-694: The explosives from Bridgend and produce tank, anti-tank and field guns. Air defences against paratroopers were placed in nearby fields, and facilities were strengthened in 1941 when the Royal Air Force established both a RAF Regiment base and a glider training facility. In 1943 the United States Army began using the facilities to hold troops and undertake local training, including basic flight in Tiger Cubs. The Americans left in June 1944 as
588-664: The monks, Isan, founded his llan on the site of the modern day Oval Park. In 1089 at the Battle of the Heath , the Normans fought the Welsh Celts north of the settlement. The victorious Normans expanded Llanishen, starting work on a church to the north which was completed in the 12th century. Although Oliver Cromwell had ties with Llanishen and the neighbouring village of Lisvane , the village remained undisturbed until 1871, when
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#1732765380871616-516: The north of Cardiff , Wales . Its population as of the 2011 census was 17,417. Llanishen is the home of the former HMRC tax offices, the tallest buildings in north Cardiff and a landmark for miles around. The office complex overlooks the Crystal and Fishguard estates, the Parc Tŷ Glas industrial estate, Llanishen village, leafy suburban roads and parks that constitute the district. Llanishen
644-741: The offices of the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales , and the Welsh office of the Camelot Group , operators of the UK National Lottery . In 2018, the Orchards were demolished and McCarthy and Stone built an independent living complex called Llys Faith. Llanishen village is a small local shopping centre offering a range of shops and services to the surrounding community. Llanishen Library
672-462: The same name . It covers some or all of the geographical areas of Llanishen and Thornhill . It is bounded by the wards of Lisvane to the northwest; Cyncoed to the southeast; Heath to the south; and Rhiwbina to the west. The 16th-century Welsh bard Meurig Dafydd was born in Llanishen. The film director Richard Marquand ( Jagged Edge , Return of the Jedi ) was born in Llanishen. His father
700-427: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Cardiff Central . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cardiff_Central&oldid=1229822881 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
728-617: The village since has been through redevelopment of former farming and military land into commercial usage and housing development. Thornhill was part of the Llanishen civil parish until November 2016, when a new community of Thornhill was created north of the Linear Park. Parc Tŷ Glas is home to the offices of the television station S4C and of the National Eisteddfod of Wales . HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) formerly occupied Ty Glas, an 18-storey tower block (Phase 2),
756-432: The village to the city centre easily, resulting in the expansion of the village's population by 20,000 between 1851 and 1871. In 1887, the two new reservoirs of Llanishen were built to allow distribution of water collected in the Brecon Beacons to the city. In 1922, after expansion north by the city and south by the village, Llanishen became a suburb of Cardiff. Llanishen Golf Club was established in 1905. Development of
784-896: Was last held by Jo Stevens of the Labour Party . She was appointed as Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 6 April 2020. The constituency was abolished as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales . The constituency's wards were split between Cardiff East and Cardiff South and Penarth . 1983–2010 : The City of Cardiff wards of Adamsdown , Cathays , Cyncoed , Pentwyn , Plasnewydd , and Roath. 2010–2024 : The Cardiff electoral divisions of Adamsdown, Cathays, Cyncoed, Pentwyn, Penylan , and Plasnewydd. As its name suggests, Cardiff Central covered
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