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 miles4.5 km
- Newport 13.5 miles21.8 km
- Weston-super-Mare 16.5 miles26.5 km
- Tonypandy 12.3 miles19.9 km
- Barry 6 miles9.7 km
- Bridgend 13.9 miles22.4 km
- Cwmbran Central 14 miles22.5 km
- Cwmbrân 14 miles22.6 km
- Merthyr Tydfil 18.4 miles29.7 km
- Coity Higher 13.6 miles21.9 km
- Pontypool 16.5 miles26.6 km
- Ebbw Vale 19.7 miles31.7 km
Neighbouring places
- Llandaff Parish 0.8 miles1.2 km
- St. Fagans Built-up area 1.2 miles2 km
- Llandaff North Parish 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Ely Parish 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Caerau Parish 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Whitchurch Parish 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Radyr Ward 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Radyr and Morganstown Parish 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Canton Parish 1.8 miles2.8 km
- Pontcanna Parish 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Gabalfa Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
- St. Georges-super-Ely Parish 2.2 miles3.6 km
Example postcodes in Fairwater
CF5 3NY, CF5 3DH, CF5 2BF, CF5 3LJ, CF5 3NL, CF5 3TG, CF5 3DG, CF5 3BA, CF5 3BJ … See all
Transport links
- Cardiff Airport 8 miles12.9 km
- Bristol Airport 23.9 miles38.5 km
- Fairwater Railway Station 0.4 miles0.7 km
- Danescourt Railway Station 0.6 miles0.9 km
Hotels near Fairwater Ad
- Parador44 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Gwaelod Y Garth Inn 4 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Hotel Indigo Cardiff 4 3 miles4.9 km
- Lincoln House Hotel 3 2.1 miles3.4 km
- The Parkgate Hotel 4 3 miles4.8 km
- Manor Parc Hotel 3 3.7 miles6 km
- Voco St David's Cardiff 5 4.1 miles6.5 km
- New House Country Hotel 4 4.1 miles6.6 km
- The Beverley by Innkeeper's Collection 4 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Staybridge Suites Cardiff 4 3.8 miles6.1 km
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 miles2.3 km
- Cardiff International Sports Stadium Stadium 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Cardiff City Stadium 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Vita Student Cardiff College 2.9 miles4.6 km
- Millennium Stadium Stadium 2.9 miles4.6 km
- Cardiff Millenium Stadium Stadium 2.9 miles4.7 km
- St. David's Shopping centre 3.1 miles5 km
- Cardiff University Queens Buildings University 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Cardiff University University 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Grangemoor Park Nature reserve 3.6 miles5.7 km
- Hensol Castle Estate 5.3 miles8.5 km
- Craig Llysfaen Mountains 5.4 miles8.8 km