Cardiff's Civic Centre

I love creating audio tours of cities which lie close to my heart in the hope that others will share my love and passion.

I wrote my first audio tour of Cardiff, Wales in 2018. I grew up with Cardiff on my doorstep and lived there most of my adult life. Discovering its incredible but still largely unknown history became an ever-growing passion. This led me to develop walking tours and telling people the history, legends and ghost stories of Cardiff and Wales – tales of Kings, Princes, and a one-time tiny town on the Taff that overnight become the world’s biggest coal port, from which emerged the grand domes, towers and columns of its beautiful civic centre….and all the time, in its woodlands and castles lurk ancient legends and tales of ghosts!

I am delighted that, thanks to VoiceMap, I have been able to convert some of these tours into self-guided audio tours.

Since 2019 I have had a new home, Copenhagen, and I have fallen in love with this city. Discovering its history, its character, and its characters past and present, has been an all-consuming pleasure, always full of surprises. In 2021 I was delighted to offer my first Copenhagen audio tour, which was a labour of love to research and develop, as a prelude to more Copenhagen tours following in 2022 and 2023.

In 2023 I was very excited to introduce my first ever audio tour in Poland, of Warsaw’s beautiful Old Town. I have been fascinated and deeply moved by Polish history since childhood, and as an adult I have been spellbound by the beauty of its cities, and awe struck by the resilience and determination of the Polish character despite everything the country has experienced.

In 2025 I published a series of audio tours of Łódź! I hope that my tours of Łódź shed new light on this striking, exciting, and much underrated city! Moreover, I hope that my audiotour of the site of the Łódź Ghetto serves as a powerful informational and educational tool, shedding light on the city's darkest chapter. Indeed, I hope all my Polish audio tours convey my admiration and respect for the country's history and culture.

The tour takes place just on the edge of Cardiff City Centre and begins at the corner of King Edward VII Avenue and Gorsedd Gardens Road. The postcode for this location is CF10 3ND. You need to be standing at the top of the steps emerging from the subway which goes under the dual carriageway Boulevard de Nantes (the A4161).

The start point for the tour is a few minutes walk from Cardiff Castle, which itself is right in the centre of Cardiff. You can use this location as a means to get to the tour route in a few minutes. If you are facing the main entrance gate of Cardiff Castle, turn right and walk to the front corner of the castle. At that corner you will see a pedestrian crossing leading to the end of the long pedestrianised shopping street called Queen Street. Cross here but immediately turn left and walk so that the side of Cardiff Castle is on your left and on the other side of the road. This is Kingsway. Walk up Kingsway for approximately 100 metres until you pass the Hilton Hotel on your right. Once past the Hilton Hotel you will see in front of you a pedestrian crossing over Greyfriars Road, and in the distance ahead of you the tall clock tower of City Hall where the tour will start. Cross here and continue ahead until you reach the subway. Go through the subway and up the steps the other side so that you are standing right in front of City Hall with its tall clock tower. You are now ready to start the tour.

If you are coming by car there is roadside pay and display car parking along the roads and avenues of Cathays Park, as well as nearby on North Road (the A470).