The parish of Whitchurch sits on the northern fringe of Cardiff in Wales, originally an ancient parish of Glamorgan centred on a medieval whitewashed church. Once a small farming village, it expanded through the 19th and 20th centuries into a suburban district while retaining a village-like centre with independent shops, pubs and community amenities.
Today Whitchurch is chiefly residential, with a mix of Victorian, Edwardian and interwar housing, easy commuter links into Cardiff and good local schools - notably Whitchurch High School. The area has seen redevelopment of landmark sites such as the former Whitchurch Hospital, and benefits from nearby green spaces and active local groups that give it a distinctly community-minded, family-oriented character.
Postcode districts covering Whitchurch
Most populated places nearby
- Cardiff 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Newport 12.2 miles19.7 km
- Weston-super-Mare 16.8 miles27.1 km
- Tonypandy 12.1 miles19.4 km
- Barry 7.5 miles12.1 km
- Bridgend 14.7 miles23.6 km
- Cwmbran Central 12.4 miles20 km
- Cwmbrân 12.5 miles20.1 km
- Merthyr Tydfil 17.4 miles28 km
- Coity Higher 14.2 miles22.9 km
- Pontypool 14.9 miles24 km
- Ebbw Vale 18.3 miles29.4 km
Neighbouring places
- Whitchurch and Tongwynlais Ward 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Llandaff North Parish 0.9 miles1.5 km
- Llandaff Parish 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Heath Parish 1.3 miles2 km
- Radyr Ward 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Radyr and Morganstown Parish 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Rhiwbina Parish 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Tongwynlais Built-up area 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Fairwater Parish 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Gabalfa Parish 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Llanishen Parish 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Pontcanna Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
Example postcodes in Whitchurch
CF14 2HG, CF14 1HG, CF14 7ZB, CF14 6DL, CF14 7AP, CF14 1HN, CF14 2BS, CF14 7JQ, CF14 1LQ … See all
Transport links
- Cardiff Airport 9.6 miles15.5 km
- Bristol Airport 23.7 miles38.1 km
- Whitchurch Railway Station 0.4 miles0.7 km
- Coryton Railway Station 0.4 miles0.7 km
Hotels near Whitchurch Ad
- Parador44 3.1 miles5 km
- Gwaelod Y Garth Inn 4 3.1 miles5 km
- Manor Parc Hotel 3 2.1 miles3.4 km
- New House Country Hotel 4 2.5 miles4 km
- Hotel Indigo Cardiff 4 3.1 miles5 km
- Lincoln House Hotel 3 2.3 miles3.7 km
- The Parkgate Hotel 4 3.2 miles5.2 km
- The Beverley by Innkeeper's Collection 4 2.5 miles4 km
- Voco St David's Cardiff 5 4.5 miles7.3 km
- Tyr Winch 5 miles8 km
Schools in Whitchurch
- Birchwood School (fr. Ty Coryton) Independent - special
- Coryton Primary Primary
- Whitchurch High School Secondary
- Whitchurch Primary Primary
- Ysgol Gymraeg Melin Gruffydd Primary
Local points of interest
- Vita Student Cardiff College 2.8 miles4.5 km
- St Fagans: National History Museum Museum 2.9 miles4.6 km
- Cardiff City Stadium 3 miles4.9 km
- Cardiff International Sports Stadium Stadium 3.1 miles5 km
- Millennium Stadium Stadium 3.1 miles5.1 km
- Cardiff Millenium Stadium Stadium 3.2 miles5.1 km
- St. David's Shopping centre 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Cardiff University Queens Buildings University 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Cardiff University University 3.8 miles6.1 km
- Craig Llysfaen Mountains 3.9 miles6.2 km
- Grangemoor Park Nature reserve 4.4 miles7.1 km
- Hensol Castle Estate 6.1 miles9.9 km