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    Cardiff Castle is an iconic heritage site situated in the heart of the city centre. This historic landmark offers a journey through two thousand years of history, from its origins as a Roman fort and Norman stronghold to its transformation into a Victorian Gothic palace. Visitors can explore the lavish apartments designed by William Burges, wander through the atmospheric wartime shelters located within the castle walls, and visit the Firing Line military museum. The castle also features a public square and green space where people can relax and enjoy the views of the Norman Keep.

    Accessibility Highlights

    The Visitor Centre is fully accessible for wheelchair users and includes a lift providing access to the first floor and the roof terrace. From the terrace, there is level access to the Battlement Walks and a ramp leading down to the flat castle grounds. Accessible toilets are located on the first floor of the Visitor Centre and within the Education Centre. While the historic apartments and Norman Keep have many steep steps and narrow staircases, an audio guide for visually impaired visitors and a British Sign Language tour for d/Deaf people are available. The Cardiff Mobility Buggy also offers a free service to assist visitors travelling between local car parks and the castle entrance.

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    Overall rating

    3.33

    (3 reviews)

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    Access (avg.)

    3.5

    Parking (avg.)

    3.83

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    1.66

    Staff (avg.)

    3.33

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    eddieamaxfield

    Mar 2025

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    2.5

    Cardiff Castle - we’re halfway there

    Quick visit to Cardiff Castle. Was impressed to see that some of the cobble stones, which are very inaccessible to me as a wheelchair user had be replaced with paving. This created accessibility while also maintaining the heritage of the site. Cardiff Castle is right in the city centre and easily accessible by public transport which I utilised, unfortunately I don’t drive but didn’t spot any parking nearby. The visitors centre did have an automatic door opener but unfortunately it did not seem to be working on this visit despite looking relatively new. I believe the accessible toilets were located within the visitors centre but couldn’t access them due to the aforementioned issue. Audio guides were available.
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    dystrophydad

    Dec 2024

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    3.5

    Castell Caerdydd

    One of the things I love about Cardiff is how central it is for transport, food, shopping and culture. As a Scot, we've got Edinburgh Castle, but the grounds are up the Royal Mile, which is pretty steep with alternating terrain and cobbles. That's why it's refreshing to find castle grounds with a level approach that's so close to so much. If you visit, make sure to check out the Animal Wall, a long stone wall that leads from the Castle Street Gate to the entrance to Bute Park. The wall is lined with carvings of all types of animals, leering over the wall. I paid a visit to the castle grounds at the start of December 2024.
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    wheelchair_lady

    Jul 2024

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    4

    Great venue

    First time visiting the Castle as a venue, and overall a great experience. We had wheelchair ticket + carer and were seated on the platform with other wheelchair users and ambulatory disabled. View pretty good, would have been better if we were allowed to use the empty space given over for ambulatory disabled, but that space did fill up in the end as people realised what it was i think. We got there 2hrs early, on the advice of the man on the gate, but that was fine for soaking up the atmosphere, and all the front row and best spots had gone despite that: So maybe even earlier another time! It's open air and the weather was kind but needed a coat as evening went on as its windy on the platform.

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    Castle Street, Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, CF10 3RB

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