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a team that's riding high after winning the Championship League in 2013 and being pro-
moted to the English Premier League. Local football fans still hark back to 1927 when the
Bluebirds took the English FA Cup out of England for the first (and only) time - Welsh
football's equivalent of Owain Glyndŵr's rebellion.
SWALEC Stadium
OFFLINE MAP
SPECTATOR SPORT
GOOGLE MAP
(
www.glamorgancricket.com
)
, the only Welsh club belonging to the England and Wales Cricket
Board.
Shopping
If you thought Cardiff's 21st-century make-over was all about political edifices, arts
centres and sports stadia, think again. One of the most dramatic developments in the cent-
ral city is the transformation of the Hayes shopping strip, with the giant, glitzy extension
of the St David's shopping centre now eating up its entire eastern flank. Balancing this
modern mall is a historic network of Victorian and Edwardian shopping arcades spreading
their dainty tentacles either side of St Mary St.
St David's
(
www.stdavidscardiff.com
;
The Hayes; 9.30am-8pm Mon-Sat, 11am-5pm Sun; )
One of Britain's
largest shopping centres (the equivalent of 30 football pitches), the redeveloped and
greatly extended St David's was completed in 2009 at a cost of £675 million. All of the
high street chains you could name have a home here, along with a smorgasbord of eater-
ies, a cinema multiplex and a large branch of the John Lewis department store, which
dominates its south end.
MALL
Craft in the Bay
(
www.makersguildinwales.org.uk
; Lloyd George Ave; 10.30am-5.30pm)
This retail showcase for the
Welsh Makers Guild cooperative sells work by its members, including a wide range of
ceramics, textiles, woodwork, jewellery, glassware and ironwork.
ARTS & CRAFTS
Royal & Morgan Arcades
SHOPPING ARCADE
