Llanishen is a largely residential parish on the north side of Cardiff, Wales, whose name recalls the early medieval saint St Isan. Once a self-contained village, it expanded rapidly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and now forms a suburban tile of streets, local shops and schools a few miles from Cardiff city centre; the parish church and some pockets of older housing still hint at its village origins.
The skyline is marked by the well-known Llanishen Reservoir, a Victorian waterworks that now functions as an important open space and wildlife corridor and has been the focus of local conservation and development debate. Today Llanishen combines commuter convenience with green amenity, a mix of small retail parades, community groups and easy road and bus links into central Cardiff, giving it a broadly suburban but locally active character.
Postcode districts covering Llanishen
Most populated places nearby
- Cardiff 1.8 miles
- Newport 10.5 miles
- Weston-super-Mare 16.4 miles
- Tonypandy 12.9 miles
- Barry 8.7 miles
- Bridgend 16.2 miles
- Cwmbran Central 10.8 miles
- Cwmbrân 10.9 miles
- Merthyr Tydfil 17.3 miles
- Coity Higher 15.7 miles
- Pontypool 13.4 miles
- Ebbw Vale 17.5 miles
Neighbouring places
- Thornhill Parish 1 mile
- Heath Parish 1 mile
- Lisvane and Thornhill Ward 1.1 miles
- Lisvane Parish 1.1 miles
- Cyncoed Parish 1.2 miles
- Rhiwbina Parish 1.3 miles
- Whitchurch and Tongwynlais Ward 1.6 miles
- Whitchurch Parish 1.7 miles
- Cardiff Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Gabalfa Parish 1.8 miles
- Llanedeyrn Parish 1.9 miles
- Pentwyn Parish 1.9 miles
Example postcodes in Llanishen
CF14 8QG, CF14 0XQ, CF14 5EU, CF14 5ZE, CF14 8LR, CF14 5FT, CF14 5LP, CF14 5HS, CF14 0RJ … See all
Transport links
- Cardiff Airport 11.1 miles
- Bristol Airport 22.6 miles
- Ty Glas Railway Station 0.4 miles
- Llanishen Railway Station 0.6 miles
Hotels near Llanishen Ad
- Hotel Indigo Cardiff 4 3.2 miles
- The Lincoln House Private Hotel 3 2.7 miles
- Leonardo Hotel Cardiff 4 3.1 miles
- The Parkgate Hotel 3.3 miles
- Manor Parc Hotel 3 1.3 miles
- New House Country Hotel 4 1.5 miles
- Voco St David's Cardiff 5 4.7 miles
- Four Points Flex by Sheraton Cardiff 3 3.6 miles
- The Royal Hotel Cardiff 4 3.4 miles
- Park Plaza Cardiff 4 3.1 miles
Schools in Llanishen
- Cardiff Montessori School Independent - all ages
- Christ the King Primary School Primary
- Coed Glas C P School Primary
- Llanishen High School Secondary
- The Court School Special
- Ysgol Y Wern Primary
Local points of interest
- Craig Llysfaen Mountains 2.4 miles
- Vita Student Cardiff College 2.7 miles
- Cardiff University Queens Buildings University 3.1 miles
- St. David's Shopping centre 3.2 miles
- Millennium Stadium Stadium 3.3 miles
- Cardiff Millenium Stadium Stadium 3.3 miles
- Cardiff City Stadium 3.6 miles
- Cardiff International Sports Stadium Stadium 3.8 miles
- Cardiff University University 3.9 miles
- St Fagans: National History Museum Museum 4.5 miles
- Grangemoor Park Nature reserve 4.9 miles
- Hensol Castle Estate 7.8 miles