# Atlantic Wharf

Cardiff, UK · industrial · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-db18155e4b` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/uk/cardiff-atlantic-wharf/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-db18155e4b.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-db18155e4b.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-db18155e4b

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop, reinhabit | none |
| New use | hotel, housing, mixed, office, retail | none |
| What is there now | area of new houses and apartments located on the west side of the disused Bute East Dock and to the east of Lloyd George Avenue. It also includes a number of refurbished dock warehouses, modern hotels, the Red Dragon Centre and Cardiff Council's County Hall. | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 1970 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 1980 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Cardiff Bay Development Corporation | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Parties

- Cardiff Bay Development Corporation — developer (1980–)

## Timeline

- 1859: Bute East Dock opened
- 1859: Opened
- 1970: Bute East Dock closed and railway sidings removed
- 1970: Closed
- 1980: Redevelopment began around the disused dock
- 1980: Retrofit: redevelop, reinhabit
- 1988: County Council built new headquarters
- 2000: Collingdon Road redeveloped and renamed

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Atlantic Wharf (Welsh: Glanfa'r Iwerydd) is a southern area of the city of Cardiff, Wales. It is primarily an area of new houses and apartments located on the west side of the disused Bute East Dock and to the east of Lloyd George Avenue. It also includes a number of refurbished dock warehouses, modern hotels, the Red Dragon Centre and Cardiff Council's County Hall. Atlantic Wharf lies in the Butetown electoral division of Cardiff and the Cardiff South and Penarth constituency for the UK Parliament and the Senedd.


== History ==
The Bute East Dock (originally called the East Bute Dock) was constructed to ease pressure on the existing Bute Dock in the 1850s.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Wharf

## Sources

- Atlantic Wharf — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Wharf

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Atlantic Wharf, Cardiff, UK." Record n-db18155e4b, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/uk/cardiff-atlantic-wharf/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_cardiffatlanticwharf,
  title = {Atlantic Wharf, Cardiff, UK},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/uk/cardiff-atlantic-wharf/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-db18155e4b, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.