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Cardiff Arms Park (Welsh: Parc yr Arfau Caerdydd), also known as The Arms Park, is situated in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. It is primarily a rugby union stadium, but it also has a bowling green.
Mar 15, 2012 · The area took its name from the Arms Park Hotel, which had stood on the site since at least the 17th Century.
The Arms Park is one of the most famous old grounds in Welsh rugby, situated right in the heart of Cardiff. The name is derived from the hotel which originally stood on the site in the 17th Century. Cricket was the first sport to be played on the grounds, before Cardiff RFC and the Welsh national team made it their home in the late 1800s.
Jul 25, 2012 · The original Cardiff Arms Hotel was knocked down in the late 1870s but its name lived on in the shape of the wide tract of open land that was once just a stone's throw from its front door.
The land lay behind the Cardiff Arms Hotel (later demolished and replaced by the Angel Hotel) and became known as the Cardiff Arms Park. Originally the park had a cricket ground to the north and a rugby union stadium to the south.
The Park’s origins are associated with the diversion of the River Taff during the 1840s in a westerly direction away from the early industrial town, which had developed – quite literally – in the shadow of Cardiff Castle.
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History. Cardiff Arms Park is the home of Cardiff Rugby situated next to the Principality Stadium in the heart of the Welsh capital. The Arms Park has been used as a rugby ground since the 1870s, with a cricket ground also formerly situated to the north of the site.
