Cardiff West or West Cardiff refers to the collection of communities in the west of Cardiff

Cardiff

Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...

, Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

. Also the usage is unofficial and boundaries are only ambiguously defined, they generally share the postcodes CF5 or CF15, and the telephone code 029. Areas generally considered to be in West Cardiff are west of the River Taff

River Taff

The River Taff is a large river in Wales. It rises as two rivers in the Brecon Beacons — the Taf Fechan and the Taf Fawr — before joining to form the Taff north of Merthyr Tydfil...

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• Caerau
  Caerau, Cardiff
  Caerau is a community in the west of Cardiff, capital city of Wales. Heol Trelai is the main road or avenue which is very much lined with large trees and shrubbery. Dominated mostly by council housing, it has the Western Leisure Centre, supermarkets, schools, churches and an Ely Police Station...
  
  
• Canton
  Canton, Cardiff
  Canton is an inner-city district and community in the west of Cardiff, capital of Wales, lying west of the city's civic centre. One of the most ethnically diverse of Cardiff's suburbs, with a significant Asian population such as Pakistanis and Indians, Canton has a population just in excess of...
  
  
• Creigiau
  Creigiau
  Creigiau is a dormitory settlement in the north-west of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The village currently has about 1,000 houses and a population of approximately 2,400 people.- History :...
  
  
• Culverhouse Cross
  Culverhouse Cross
  Culverhouse Cross is suburban district in the west of Cardiff, capital of Wales, lying on the border with the Vale of Glamorgan.The busy Culverhouse Cross roundabout is an important part of the primary road network to the west of the city and connects the A4232 , the A4050 , and...
  
  
• Danescourt
  Danescourt
  Danescourt is a suburban area in the west of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff.-History and amenities:Danescourt is a housing estate located on the edge of the suburb of Llandaff leading to Fairwater and Radyr...
  
  
• Ely
  Ely, Cardiff
  Ely is a community primarily dominated by council housing in western Cardiff, capital of Wales.-The Roman era:In Roman times, Ely was the site of a Roman villa, near the old racecourse...
  
  
• Fairwater
  Fairwater, Cardiff
  Fairwater is a district in the west of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is located a few miles from Culverhouse Cross which connects Cardiff to the M4 motorway.- History :The name Tyllgoed, meaning "dark wood" goes back to the 15th century...
  
  
• Llandaff
  Llandaff
  Llandaff is a district in the north of Cardiff, capital of Wales, having been incorporated into the city in 1922. It is the seat of the Church in Wales Bishop of Llandaff, whose diocese covers the most populous area of South Wales. Much of the district is covered by parkland known as Llandaff...
  
  
• Pentyrch
  Pentyrch
  Pentyrch is a suburban community located on the western outskirts of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The village gives its name to a Cardiff local authority electoral ward, which covers the village and surrounding area.-Geography:...
  
  
• Pontcanna
  Pontcanna
  Pontcanna is a western district of the city of Cardiff, Wales. Its area is bounded approximately by Llandaff Fields to the north, the Riverside district and Cowbridge Road to the south, the River Taff to the west and the district of Canton to the east.Pontcanna is a very well to do area of wide...
  
  
• Radyr and Morganstown
• St Fagans

It also serves as Cardiff West (UK Parliament constituency)

Cardiff West (UK Parliament constituency)

Cardiff West is a borough constituency in the city of Cardiff. It returns one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system...

 and Cardiff West (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

Notable places in West Cardiff

• Cardiff West services – a motorway service station
• BBC Wales
  BBC Wales
  BBC Cymru Wales is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation for Wales. Based at Broadcasting House in the Llandaff area of Cardiff, it directly employs over 1200 people, and produces a broad range of television, radio and online services in both the Welsh and English languages.Outside...
  
   headquarters
• ITV Wales headquarters
• Culverhouse Cross
  Culverhouse Cross
  Culverhouse Cross is suburban district in the west of Cardiff, capital of Wales, lying on the border with the Vale of Glamorgan.The busy Culverhouse Cross roundabout is an important part of the primary road network to the west of the city and connects the A4232 , the A4050 , and...
  
   retail parks
• Cowbridge Road East
  Cowbridge Road East
  thumb|Cowbridge Road East shopsCowbridge Road East is a major road in western-central Cardiff the capital of Wales. It is the principal road which passes through the busy district of Canton and connects Cowbridge Road West in the western districts to central Cardiff. The road is partly on the...
  
   and Cowbridge Road West
  Cowbridge Road West
  Cowbridge Road West is a major road in western Cardiff, the capital of Wales and forms part of the A48 road.It divides the districts of Ely and Caerau and connects inner Cardiff to Culverhouse Cross and eventually the M4 motorway via the A4232....
  
  
• Chapter Arts Centre
  Chapter Arts Centre
  Chapter Arts Centre is an arts centre in Canton, Cardiff, Wales. It hosts films, plays, performance art and live music, and includes a free art gallery, café and bars. There are also over 60 work spaces, used for an eclectic range of purposes including Chapter's own training courses.Income for...
  
   – Centre of culture
  Culture and recreation in Cardiff
  Cardiff has many cultural sites varying from the historical Cardiff Castle and out of town Castell Coch to the more modern Wales Millennium Centre and Cardiff Bay. Cardiff was a finalist in the European Capital of Culture 2008.- Language :...
  
  
• Waun-gron Park
  Waun-Gron Park railway station
  Waun-Gron Park railway station is a railway station serving the Fairwater area of Cardiff, Wales. The station was built when the City Line 4 km west of Cardiff Central reopened to passenger services in 1987....
  
  , Ninian Park
  Ninian Park railway station
  Ninian Park railway station serves the Leckwith and South Canton areas of Cardiff, which lies just outside Cardiff city centre.The station, which is situated west of Cardiff Central, was opened when the City Line reopened to passenger services in 1987, using platforms previously used only for...
  
  , Danescourt
  Danescourt railway station
  Danescourt railway station is a railway station serving Danescourt, which is a suburban area of Cardiff, Wales.The station is the first stop after Radyr on the City Line north of Cardiff Central. The City Line was originally a freight only line...
  
  , Radyr
  Radyr railway station
  Radyr railway station is a railway station serving the Radyr area of Cardiff. It is located at the foot of the hill at the eastern edge of the village, alongside the River Taff and adjacent to the Taff Trail.-History:...
  
   and Fairwater
  Fairwater railway station
  Fairwater railway station is a railway station serving the Fairwater area of Cardiff, Wales. The station was built when the City Line west of Cardiff Central reopened to passenger services in 1987....
  
   railway stations
• Thompson's Park
  Thompson's Park
  Thompson's Park is a park in Cardiff, Wales, located in the Canton area. It is one of the city's oldest parks that features areas of woodland mixed with open grassed areas and ornamental planting...
  
  
• Victoria Park
  Victoria Park, Cardiff
  Victoria Park is a public park in the Canton district of Cardiff in south Wales at Cowbridge Road East.As its name suggests, it is a traditional Victorian era park named after Queen Victoria and has retained much of its original charm...
  
  
• Plymouth Woods
• St Fagans National History Museum
  St Fagans National History Museum
  St Fagans National History Museum , commonly referred to as St Fagans after the village where it is located, is an open-air museum in Cardiff chronicling the historical lifestyle, culture and architecture of the Welsh people...
  
  

See also

• Cardiff East (geographical area)
• Cardiff North (geographical area)
• Cardiff South (geographical area)
• Cardiff West Deanery
  Cardiff West Deanery
  The Cardiff West Deanery is a Roman Catholic deanery in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff that covers ten churches in the west of Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. The dean of Cardiff West is Canon Patrick O'Gorman...
  
   (Deanery in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff)