Millennium
Stadium, Cardiff
Capacity: 72,500
Address: 101 St Marys Street, Cardiff CF10 1GE
Main Telephone No: 08705-582582
Official Web Site: cardiff-stadium.co.uk
By
road: Exit M4 at Junction
29 and head for Cardiff on the A48(M). Join the A4161 Newport Road and continue
into the city centre, heading under the rail bridge that connects with the A470.
Turn left onto Kingsway and then left onto the High Street. Another left will
take you onto Westgate Street, from where the stadium should now be visible on
your right (if it isn't you are either lost or in urgent need of replacement
eyewear).
By rail: Cardiff has two railway stations: Cardiff Central and Queen Street. Both are serviced by trains from London Paddington, which is where most of the out of towners, enter from It's an unchallenging walk from both stations to the stadium: from Cardiff Central pedestrians should head north towards the bus station, crossing Wood and Park Streets until the stadium looms large in front of you. From Queen Street station it's a short walk to the end of Queen Street then a right into High Street. The stadium is on the right.
Watering
Holes: Good news: no-one
has ever died of thirst in Cardiff. Alcohol poisoning, on the other hand…The
Welsh like a drink and, in an effort to satisfy their craving, they have knocked
down all the shops and built pubs in their place. By virtue of its close
proximity to the city centre it is possible to be sat on a bar stool in St
Mary's Street 10 minutes prior to kick-off and still get to your seat in the
Millennium Stadium without missing a moment of the action - assuming the
seductive offer of an additional pint of Brains SA (Skull Attack) doesn't tempt
you into another boozer on the way. Even closer to the stadium is the Old
Arcade, described as 'a traditional Cardiff pub,' while closer still the Berlins
Venue Bar in Church Street has no tradition at all - but it does have three bars
and the largest bottle fridge (7000) in Wales, if not the world.