Fairwater is a residential parish on the western edge of Cardiff, Wales, sitting on the city’s suburban fringe with a predominance of mid‑20th‑century housing. It benefits from nearby green corridors and riverine paths, giving residents straightforward access to parks and walks while remaining a short bus or car ride from the city centre.
Once largely farmland before Cardiff’s expansion, the area today is a down‑to‑earth suburban community with local shopping parades, schools and community centres that help sustain a strong neighbourhood identity. The parish reflects a socially mixed, working‑and-middle‑class population with active local groups and steady links into the wider Cardiff economy.
Postcode districts covering Fairwater
Most populated places nearby
- Cardiff 2.8 miles
- Newport 13.5 miles
- Weston-super-Mare 16.5 miles
- Tonypandy 12.3 miles
- Barry 6 miles
- Bridgend 13.9 miles
- Cwmbran Central 14 miles
- Cwmbrân 14 miles
- Merthyr Tydfil 18.4 miles
- Coity Higher 13.6 miles
- Pontypool 16.5 miles
- Ebbw Vale 19.7 miles
Neighbouring places
- Llandaff Parish 0.8 miles
- St. Fagans Built-up area 1.2 miles
- Llandaff North Parish 1.3 miles
- Ely Parish 1.4 miles
- Caerau Parish 1.4 miles
- Whitchurch Parish 1.6 miles
- Radyr Ward 1.7 miles
- Radyr and Morganstown Parish 1.7 miles
- Canton Parish 1.8 miles
- Pontcanna Parish 1.9 miles
- Gabalfa Parish 2.2 miles
- St. Georges-super-Ely Parish 2.2 miles
Example postcodes in Fairwater
CF5 3QP, CF5 2SB, CF5 3PL, CF5 3JP, CF5 3LJ, CF5 3JZ, CF5 3SS, CF5 3BJ, CF5 3LH … See all
Transport links
- Cardiff Airport 8 miles
- Bristol Airport 23.9 miles
- Fairwater Railway Station 0.4 miles
- Danescourt Railway Station 0.6 miles
Hotels near Fairwater Ad
- Parador44 2.9 miles
- Gwaelod Y Garth Inn 4 3.9 miles
- Hotel Indigo Cardiff 4 3 miles
- Lincoln House Hotel 3 2.1 miles
- The Parkgate Hotel 4 3 miles
- Manor Parc Hotel 3 3.7 miles
- Voco St David's Cardiff 5 4.1 miles
- New House Country Hotel 4 4.1 miles
- The Beverley by Innkeeper's Collection 4 2.2 miles
- Staybridge Suites Cardiff 4 3.8 miles
Schools in Fairwater
- Cantonian High School Secondary
- Fairwater Primary School Primary
- Holy Family R.C. Primary Primary
- Pentrebane Primary School Primary
- Peter Lea Primary School Primary
- Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr Secondary
- Ysgol Gymraeg Coed Y Gof Primary
Local points of interest
- St Fagans: National History Museum Museum 1.4 miles
- Cardiff International Sports Stadium Stadium 2.3 miles
- Cardiff City Stadium 2.4 miles
- Vita Student Cardiff College 2.9 miles
- Millennium Stadium Stadium 2.9 miles
- Cardiff Millenium Stadium Stadium 2.9 miles
- St. David's Shopping centre 3.1 miles
- Cardiff University Queens Buildings University 3.3 miles
- Cardiff University University 3.4 miles
- Grangemoor Park Nature reserve 3.6 miles
- Hensol Castle Estate 5.3 miles
- Craig Llysfaen Mountains 5.4 miles