Swalec Stadium - Sophia Gardens - Cardiff, Wales.
N 51° 29.168 W 003° 11.481
30U E 486713 N 5703904
Glamorgan Cricket Club have their headquarters at the Swalec Stadium in Cardiff, adjacent to the city centre and River Taff. During the 2007 season, the old ground was redeveloped into a magnificent new stadium, with a capacity of approx. 16,000.
Waymark Code: WMFAXA
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/22/2012
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Work was completed on the new Swalec Stadium in March 2008, with the impressive new ground hosting the First Ashes Test between England and Australia in 2009.
"Glamorgan have played at the SWALEC Stadium since 1967 having previously staged games in the Welsh capital at Cardiff Arms Park, next to the Millennium Stadium. The development of the Welsh National Stadium - now the Millennium Stadium - led to the transfer of the cricket ground into the recreation ground, north of Sophia Gardens at the end of the 1966 season.
The Arms Park had been the first ground used by Glamorgan when they played their inaugural fixture in 1889, and their first-ever County Championship fixture in 1921. The final county cricket match was staged at the Arms Park in 1966, and the cricket ground is now occupied by the rugby ground currently used by the Cardiff Blues".
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"Sophia Gardens (Welsh: Gerddi Soffia), currently known as SWALEC Stadium (Welsh: Stadiwm SWALEC) under a naming rights deal, is a cricket stadium on the west bank of the River Taff in Cardiff, 1.6 kilometres (one mile) north of Cardiff Arms Park. It was named after Lady Sophia Rawdon-Hastings. Daughter of the 1st Marquess of Hastings and wife to the 2nd Marquess of Bute, Lady Sophia was concerned to provide open space for recreation in the rapidly expanding city in the late 19th century, in which her husband was heavily involved. The area is currently owned by Cardiff City Council". Text Source: (
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