Culverhouse Cross
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Culverhouse Cross (Welsh: Croes Cwrlwys) is suburban district of the city of Cardiff, Wales. It is linked to the M4 motorway via the A4232 and is a busy shopping precinct with a range of stores. It lies on the border between Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. The busy Culverhouse Cross roundabout falls within the southwestern tip of the Ely ward.
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[edit] Retail Parks
All retail parks are situated on or very close to the main roundabout.
[edit] Valegate
- Marks and Spencer
- Tesco Extra
- Comet
- Mothercare
- MFI
- McDonald's
- Carpet Right
- Dreams
- A lighting store
[edit] Brooklands
- Currys
- PC World
- Burger King
- Allied Carpets
- Pizza Hut
[edit] Wenvoe Retail Park
- Homebase
- Cardiff Fabric Superstore
[edit] A48 East
- B&Q
- Sigma 3
Tesco was the first store to be built in 1988 which preceded a decade of rapid development in the suburb because of its accessible location. Pizza Hut is the latest new development built in 2004.
The old Tesco superstore was demolished in March 2007 and operated out of a temporary structure known locally by customers and staff as "The Tent" while a brand new Tesco Extra was built in its place. It opened on 22 October 2007.
[edit] Roundabout Exits
- A4232 South to Cardiff City Centre, Canton, Cardiff Bay and Penarth
- A4050 to Barry, Wenvoe, Twyn-yr-Odyn, Dinas Powys, St. Lythan's and Cardiff International Airport
- A48 West to the Vale of Glamorgan ie. St. Nicholas, Bonvilston, Cowbridge and Bridgend
- A4232 North to the M4 Junction 33 (onwards to Bridgend or Newport, Bristol, London)
- A48 East to Cardiff West ie. Ely, Caerau, St. Fagans, Fairwater, Pentrebane
The district has the Cardiff Millennium & Copthorne 4 star hotel built in 1993 with its own lake and surrounding hills. Stars who have stayed at the hotel include Tom Jones and Bon Jovi stars Jon Bon Jovi, and Richie Sambora who stayed at the hotel over several days during their Millennium Stadium, Cardiff concert of the One Wild Night tour in 2001. Also, the Welsh rugby team.
[edit] Famous People
- Lucy Mansbridge - Local singer
[edit] Public Transport
Culverhouse Cross is served by Cardiff Bus and First Cymru. Bus stops served by the 96 to Barry or Cardiff central bus station are located between McDonald's and the Millennium & Copthorne Hotel. The X2 service stops outside Tesco for Cardiff central bus station and outside McDonald's for Porthcawl via Bridgend. The 12 towards Tremorfa via Canton and Cardiff central bus station stops on the opposite side of the road of B&Q and the 13 towards Ely stops on Michaelston Road.
The nearest railway station, although not easily accessible by bus, is Waun-Gron Park in Fairwater.
[edit] ITV Wales headquarters
The district also has the headquarters for ITV Wales television and radio in Wales, boasting a 750 feet high mast, the Wenvoe Transmitter which towers above the area. The television centre includes full transmission facilities, production offices (including ITV Wales' central newsroom) and two television studios, the larger "Studio One" measuring 7,500 square ft. This facility is large enough to accommodate major television productions and has been used to produce programmes broadcast nationally on the ITV network. Studio 1 was recently used as a temporary home for the first modern series of Doctor Who, produced by BBC Wales.
HTV originally moved into the site in the 1980s, their previous home being the former TWW building in Pontcanna. The role of the site was downgraded in 2004, when parent company Carlton Communications merged with Granada Television, with the operation rebranded as ITV Wales, although they are still legally known as HTV Cymru/Wales[citation needed]
The studios handled the transmission of both HTV and Carlton Westcountry until 2002 when the department moved to London.
Transmission of ITV Wales is now controlled fully from London with the word "Wales" superimposed onto the idents on the live feed.
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