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and served as president of the preservation trust that restored and renovated the church. It
has now been reincarnated as an arts centre with a cafe downstairs and a gallery upstairs,
hosting interesting exhibitions, concerts, markets and arts courses.
BOAT
Goleulong 2000 Lightship
OFFLINE MAP
GOOGLE MAP
( 029-2048 7609;
www.lightship2000.co.uk
;
Britannia Park, Harbour Dr; 10am-4.30pm)
Bright
red and with a lighthouse grafted onto it, this lightship was last stationed off Rhossili,
warning sailors away from the Helwick Swatch, a treacherous sandbank. It now houses a
Christian centre and a cafe, but you can wander around and check out the neat little cabins
and floating chapel. Just ask and staff will unlock the tower for you to climb to the top.
Doctor Who Experience
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EXHIBITION
GOOGLE MAP
( 0844 801 2279;
www.doctorwhoexperience.com
; Porth Teigr; adult/child £15/11; 10am-5pm (last admission
3.30pm) Wed-Mon, daily school holidays)
The huge success of the reinvented classic TV series
Doc-
tor Who,
produced by BBC Wales, has brought Cardiff to the attention of sci-fi fans
worldwide. City locations have featured in many episodes and the first two series of the
spin-off
Torchwood
were set in Cardiff Bay.
Capitalising on Timelord tourism, this interactive exhibition is located right next to the
BBC studios where the series is filmed - look out for the Tardis hovering outside. Perhaps
appropriately, given the show's theme, tickets are booked for specific timeslots.
Visitors find themselves sucked through a crack in time and thrown into the role of the
Doctor's companion. It's great fun - especially when you come face to face with full-size
Daleks in full 'ex-ter-min-ate' mode. But don't blink - there are weeping angels about.
The 'experience' only takes about 20 minutes but afterwards you're transported into a
large two-level warehouse, where you can wander at your leisure around the displays of
sets, costumes and props spanning the show's 50-year run.
Cardiff Bay Barrage
Completed in 1999, this large dam plugs the gap between Penarth and Porth Teigr, con-
taining the waters flowing out from the mouths of the Rivers Taff and Ely, and transform-
ing stinky Cardiff Bay into a freshwater lake. It was a controversial project, as its con-
struction flooded 200 hectares of intertidal mudflats which, despite their unpleasant as-
pects, were an important habitat for waterfowl. The barrage includes sluice gates to con-
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