Gabalfa
Sign in to saveGabalfa (, ) is a district and community in the north of the city of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is characterised by a four-lane flyover road at the Gabalfa Interchange, where the A48 road meets the A470 road (North Road) which leads from Cardiff to northern Wales, and the A469 road (Caerphilly Road).
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Cardiff North
- UK place.official_name
- Gabalfa
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Cardiff
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- South Glamorgan
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Cardiff North
- UK place.post_town
- CARDIFF
- UK place.postcode_district
- CF14
- UK place.postcode_area
- CF
- UK place.dial_code
- +44-29
- UK place.population
- 8,790
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.static_image_name
- St Marks church, Gabalfa, Cardiff - geograph.org.uk - 1462652.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Marks Church, Gabalfa
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- community
- Official name
- Gabalfa
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Cardiff
- Population
- +7619
- Area
- +126.98
- Image
- St Marks church, Gabalfa, Cardiff - geograph.org.uk - 1462652.jpg
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- P12749
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Gabalfa (, ) is a district and community in the north of the city of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is characterised by a four-lane flyover road at the Gabalfa Interchange, where the A48 road meets the A470 road (North Road) which leads from Cardiff to northern Wales, and the A469 road (Caerphilly Road).
The name is derived from the Welsh , literally translated as 'place of the boat'. It was formerly the site of a ferry crossing across the River Taff, upon which a school is now built. The area was first heavily developed in the 1880s, with most of the characteristic terraced housing originating from the next 30 years of construction.