#LoveYourCity: Cardiff’s park space

We’re looking at the reasons to love Cardiff, and one of them has got to be our incredible, spectacular, beautiful, peaceful, serene park spaces.

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00:00Cardiff is an amazing city. There aren't many places that have got so much in a relatively

00:07small space. You have a thriving city centre, ocean views, amazing museums and attractions

00:14but something that sets it aside from others is its park space. The city has acres and

00:21acres of parkland and each one has something different and unique about it. From the beautiful

00:26lake at Wroath Park to the incredible trees and forests in areas like Bute Park to the

00:31memorial parks with sculptures and statues, Cardiff's parks are totally unique and something

00:36that makes us love our city even more than we already could. What's particularly special

00:41about Cardiff's parks though is that they're literally a walk away from the city centre.

00:45Something that most places around the UK and really the rest of the world don't have. Bute

00:50Park is the big city centre park where through the summer you'll see hordes of people flock

00:55to and enjoy picnics and days out in the sun. There are more champion trees which is

00:59the largest of its type in the UK than any other park in the country so you can search

01:03around and try and find them all. Wroath Park is another huge and incredibly beautiful park

01:08not far from the city centre. It's lake with the iconic lighthouse is definitely the highlight

01:13and there's nothing like a walk around Wroath Park Lake and there's so much more to the

01:17park than just that. There are rose gardens, parks for the kids and a conservatory welcomes

01:23visitors to explore exotic plants and animals. Alexandra's Garden is another highlight just

01:29behind the museum and city hall. It's got war memorials, the beautiful architecture

01:33in the middle. In the summer there's beautiful flower beds. Just across to Gorseth Gardens

01:38there are statues and a peaceful atmosphere just in front of the museum. It's hard to

01:44believe you're quite literally just across the road from the city centre so it's a great

01:47place to feel like you're a million miles away. Cardiff has too many parks to talk about

01:53all of them but that's definitely one of the reasons why we love our city quite so much.