Glamorgan Archives, Cardiff. Free Admission.

Details

Accessibility

Car parking is available at the site, including 4 disability parking bays.

Ground floor is completely accessible with accessible toilet facilities, and The Glamorgan Archives building is fully accessible.

Please contact the Centre to discuss your specific requirements.

Brief description

Repository for all archives relating to the County of Glamorgan.

https://cadw.gov.wales/open-doors-glamorgan-archives

"Glamorgan Archives is a local authority archive service for the authorities of Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taff and the Vale of Glamorgan. It collects, preserves and makes available to the public documents from the area dating from the 12th century to the present day. Over 12km of documents are held in the strongrooms of its purpose-built facility."

Address

Glamorgan Archives, Clos Parc Morgannwg, Leckwith, Cardiff, CF11 8AW.

Email

GlamRO@cardiff.gov.uk

Phone

029 2087 2200 and  029 2087 2299

Website

https://glamarchives.gov.uk

Directions

"A handy landmark is the new Cardiff City Stadium – if you can see that, you can’t be far away as we’re right next door. We’re also adjacent to the Capital Retail Park, although there is only pedestrian access between our site and the shops.

From M4 take Junction 33 onto A4232.

Take B4267 exit signposted Cardiff City Stadium.

Go past the Stadium and public park on right.

Turn right at traffic lights onto Sloper Road.

The access to the Centre is on right hand side immediately behind the football stadium on Clos Parc Morgannwg.

Follow this road and the site is directly in front of you.

From Cardiff City Centre leave westwards on A4161, Cowbridge Road East.

Just after Clock Tower on right hand side above St David's Hospital, keep left onto Wellington Street.

At 5-way traffic lights, take 2nd left, go under two railway bridges and turn left at traffic lights onto Sloper Road.

The access to the Centre is on right hand side immediately behind the football stadium on Clos Parc Morgannwg.

Follow this road and the site is directly in front of you.

We have both car and bicycle parking for visitors.   The car park is locked when the office closes.

From outside Cardiff, travel to Junction 33 on the M4 and leave the motorway to join the A4232. After six miles exit the A4232 at the B4267 turn off, sign-posted Cardiff City Stadium. Take the first exit from the roundabout onto Leckwith Road (B4267). Continue for half a mile, passing the Capital Retail Park and Cardiff City Stadium on your right. At a traffic light controlled crossroads, just before a railway bridge, turn right onto Sloper Road. Continue for quarter of a mile; as you pass Cardiff City Stadium, Clos Parc Morgannwg will be on your right – there is a brown tourism sign at the entrance to the road."

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Opening Times

https://glamarchives.gov.uk/visiting-us/

2024;Tuesday – Thursday, 9.30am – 12.30pm and 1.30pm -4.30pm.

Please note that we will close for one hour over lunch.

Transport

https://glamarchives.gov.uk/visiting-us/

2024: From Cardiff Central catch the train either to Grangetown or Ninian Park stations. Grangetown is on the Penarth line and Ninian Park is on the City Link in the direction of Radyr. Trains to Radyr leave every half hour, trains to Grangetown leave every 8-10 minutes.

If you are travelling in from the North of Cardiff you can alight at Radyr and take any train heading for Coryton on the City Link, which will travel through Ninian Park on the way to Cardiff Central. Trains on the City Link run approximately every half an hour.

Travelling by Train

From Cardiff Central catch the train either to Grangetown or Ninian Park stations. Grangetown is on the Penarth line and Ninian Park is on the City Link in the direction of Radyr. Trains to Radyr leave every half hour, trains to Grangetown leave every 8-10 minutes.

If you are travelling in from the North of Cardiff you can alight at Radyr and take any train heading for Coryton on the City Link, which will travel through Ninian Park on the way to Cardiff Central. Trains on the City Link run approximately every half an hour.

Travelling by Bus

From behind Cardiff Central Library you can catch the service Number 1 or 2. These are city circle bus routes and you should try to catch the Number 1 to travel to the office and the number 2 to get back. Both these services stop at the closest bus stop to the Archives, and run twice an hour. Alternatively service numbers 92, 93, 94 and 95 all stop at the ends of Sloper Road and are no more than a 10 minute walk from the Glamorgan Archives."

Nearest Train Stations are at Ninian Park and Grangetown.

For more travel information go to  www.traveline.cymru/travel-info or call 0800 464 00 00

Amenities

Toilets, Free parking is available onsite.

Cafe and Sandwich bars can be found on the Retail Park just next to the Centre, behind the Football Stadium.