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Cardiff Bay, docks and Tiger Bay, Cardiff, south Wales
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Cardiff Bay views
Photos from Cardiff's old docks
(Photos © Mike Slocombe)

Cooling down outside the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, docks and Tiger Bay, Cardiff, south Wales
Cooling down at the water sculpture, August 2004.

Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay, docks and Tiger Bay, Cardiff, south Wales
Hanging out on Mermaid Quay, August 2004.


Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, docks and Tiger Bay, Cardiff, south Wales
The Water Tower sculpture in Cardiff Oval Basin. [Aug 2006]

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, docks and Tiger Bay, Cardiff, south Wales
This old lightship was bought by the churches of Wales, restored and docked in Cardiff bay.

The ship now provides a range of services 'including a place for worship and counselling as well as hosting exhibitions and conferences.' Admission is free. [Aug 2006]

Goleulong 2000 Lightship, Cardiff Bay, docks and Tiger Bay, Cardiff, south Wales
The Helwick LV14 was last stationed off Rhossili, on the Gower Peninsula, in South Wales but is now known as the Goleulong 2000 Lightship.

The ship weighs 550 tons and has an overall length of 137 feet. [Aug 2006]

Merchant Seafarers' War Memorial, Cardiff Bay, docks and Tiger Bay, Cardiff, south Wales
Merchant Seafarers' War Memorial. Built in 1997, this memorial commemorates the merchant seamen of Cardif, Barry and Penarth who left during the Second World War, never to return. [Aug 2006]

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August, 2002 PhotosCardiff Bay, docks and Tiger Bay, Cardiff, south Wales
Old commercial building, Butetown.

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, docks and Tiger Bay, Cardiff, south Wales
St David's hotel and spa, Cardiff Bay.

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, docks and Tiger Bay, Cardiff, south Wales
The striking 1896 Pierhead building with its distinctive red-brown stone, clock tower and turrets.

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, docks and Tiger Bay, Cardiff, south Wales
Old dock with disused crane and swanky new 'lifestyle' apartments.

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August 2004 photos

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, docks and Tiger Bay, Cardiff, south Wales
A rainy scene on a deserted Mermaid Quay.

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, docks and Tiger Bay, Cardiff, south Wales
Hardy tourists brave the rain, Mermaid Quay.

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, docks and Tiger Bay, Cardiff, south Wales
Disused platform on Cardiff Bay station (formerly known as Butetown railway station).

The terminus of the once-thriving Butetown Branch Line, only one platform of the original station is now in use with the large station building remaining unoccupied for some time.

The building is Grade II* listed and has the honour of hosting the first steam-powered passenger train service in Wales.

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