Cardiff Arms Park
Cardiff Arms Park is a multi purpose in Cardiff, United Kingdom that opened in 1969. Its recorded capacity is 16,500.
Key facts
Cardiff Arms Park is a multi purpose in Cardiff, United Kingdom that opened in 1969. Its recorded capacity is 16,500. It is owned by Cardiff Athletic Club and Cardiff Athletic Club. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Cardiff Rugby, Cardiff RFC, Major sporting events hosted, 2008 IRB Junior World Championship Semi-Final, Steve Robinson vs. Prince Naseem Hamed, Gwalia Lightning, South Wales RLFC, Glamorgan County Cricket Club, Cardiff RFC, Cardiff Rugby, Cardiff Athletic Bowls Club.
- Location
- Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Type
- Multi purpose
- Capacity
- 16,500
- Opened
- 1969
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Cardiff Athletic Club, Cardiff Athletic Club
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Artificial turf
Cardiff Arms Park is at latitude 51.479722, longitude -3.183611, in Cardiff, United Kingdom. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 51.479722 |
| Longitude | -3.183611 |
| City | Cardiff |
| Region | Cardiff |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Artificial turf | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Cardiff Athletic Club | 1881 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Cardiff Athletic Club | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff Rugby | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Cardiff RFC | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Major sporting events hosted | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| 2008 IRB Junior World Championship Semi-Final | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Steve Robinson vs. Prince Naseem Hamed | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Gwalia Lightning | Not mapped | 1881 to present | Current | Source |
| South Wales RLFC | Not mapped | 1881 to present | Current | Source |
| Glamorgan County Cricket Club | Not mapped | 1881 to present | Current | Source |
| Cardiff RFC | Not mapped | 1881 to present | Current | Source |
| Cardiff Rugby | Not mapped | 1881 to present | Current | Source |
| Cardiff Athletic Bowls Club | Not mapped | 1881 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
18 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 3213 | 2026-10 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42635 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42634 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42633 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42632 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42631 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42630 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 38110 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 38109 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 38108 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 38107 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 38106 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 38105 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 38104 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | opened_year | 1881 | 1969 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 12500 | 16500 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372277678 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Cardiff_Arms_Park | Cardiff Arms Park | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: