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Welcome to Bute Park and Arboretum. Behind Cardiff Castle just a short walk from the city’s main high streets and civic centre, Bute Park is the green heart of the city. Explore a superb tree collection, natural play features, a visitor centre, three cafes, and a wealth of horticulture and wildlife. Bute Park is a Green Flag site and a CADW ...
Bute Park and Arboretum ( Welsh: Barc a Gardd Goed Bute) is a park in Cardiff, Wales. It comprises 130 acres (53 ha) of landscaped gardens and parkland that once formed the grounds of Cardiff Castle. The park is named after the 3rd Marquess of Bute, whose family owned the castle.
What's on. Bute Park hosts a variety of large and small events throughout the year - there is always something to do! Browse our listing of upcoming events and find out more details. Some of our events may be ticketed.
Bute Park offers mature parkland within Cardiff’s city centre, boasting natural play features, visitor centre, cafes, as well as horticulture and wildlife.
Bute park offers a range of trails to explore whatever your interest. Physical trails, sculpture trails, history trails, wildlife and trails for children.
Located in Cardiff's city centre, on the east bank of the River Taff, and opposite Sophia Gardens, Bute Park occupies approximately 59 hectares. Together with Sophia Gardens, Pontcanna Fields and Llandaff Fields, it forms part of a large open space devoted to recreation and sport.
Stay up-to-date with public events taking place at the Visitor Centre by visiting our “what’s on” pages. Behind Cardiff Castle just a short walk from the city’s main high streets and civic centre, Bute Park is the green heart of the city.
4 days ago · For Bute Park the name occurred on 1950s hand-drawn planting plans made by William Nelmes Senior, who was planting the arboretum from the late 1940s until the mid 1960s. At Dyffryn Gardens, in 1997, there was on old-looking label on the tree. Both trees are believed to have been planted in the 1960s.
Jun 27, 2024 · 2987. Quercus durifolia, 2023, H + G (wales), 1990, Unknown, Quercus durifolia is a small tree, normally up to around 9 metres tall. It has grey-green, lanceolate leaves that are white and woolly underneath and 3 to 6cm long. The acorns are 1cm long, half enclosed in a cup covered with light grey hairs. Georgia oak.
Behind Cardiff Castle just a short walk from the city’s main high streets and civic centre, Bute Park is the green heart of the city. Bute Park is home to over 3000 individually catalogued tree specimens including rare and ornamental trees.
