Loudoun Square
Butetown, Cardiff, Wales
Access: publicStatus: recognisableLooking East
Photograph taken: 24th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
Father's Day
Filmed: 25 Nov 2004
Pete arrives, and then a car comes round the corner to knock him down.
The Parting of the Ways
Filmed: 10 Mar 2005
Jackie arrives with a pickup truck.
Photograph taken: 24th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
Father's Day
Filmed: 25 Nov 2004
Pete has run down by a car.
Photograph taken: 24th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
The Parting of the Ways
Filmed: 10 Mar 2005
Jackie pulls up with a pickup truck.
Access: publicStatus: recognisableLooking East from Paddlesteamer Cafe
Photograph taken: 3rd July 2007 by Anthony Ward
Father's Day
Filmed: 25 Nov 2004
Rose and the Doctor watch Pete pull up.
Access: publicStatus: recognisableOutside Paddlesteamer Cafe
Photograph taken: 24th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
The Parting of the Ways
Filmed: 25 Nov 2004
Photograph taken: 24th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
Father's Day
Filmed: 25 Nov 2004
Rose and the Doctor watch Pete pull up.
Photograph taken: 24th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
Father's Day
Filmed: 25 Nov 2004
Rose and the Doctor watch ... Rose and the Doctor!
Access: publicStatus: recognisableLooking West
Photograph taken: 24th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
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Father's Day
Filmed: 25 Nov 2004
Pete and Rose discuss him nearly being killed.
Photograph taken: 24th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
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Father's Day
Filmed: 25 Nov 2004
The hit-and-run driver speeds round a corner.
Access: publicStatus: recognisableLooking North
Photograph taken: 24th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
The Parting of the Ways
Filmed: 10 Mar 2005
The TARDIS materialises back at Rose's estate.
Photograph taken: 24th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
The Parting of the Ways
Filmed: 10 Mar 2005
Mickey comes running up to the TARDIS.
Where to walk to next?
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Paddle Steamer Cafe (The Parting of the Ways). The cafe is to the south of the square. (0.1 miles, 1m)
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Canal Park (The Parting of the Ways, New Earth, Army of Ghosts, Adam). The park is to the west of the square. (0.1 miles, 1m)
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Bute Street (Aliens of London, Sleeper). No route recorded to this location.
Additional locations as the crow flies:
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Schooner Way (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang): 0.26 miles.
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Bute Dock Hotel (Blink): 0.32 miles.
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Mount Stuart Square (Attack Of The Graske, Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel, Doomsday, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Torchwood Series Three Filming): 0.32 miles.
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Cymric House (Torchwood Series Two): 0.33 miles.
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The Coal Exchange (Combat, Blink, Voyage of the Damned): 0.33 miles.
Production Notes
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1 Aug 2005: The Series Two Companion (Panini) references this location in The Christmas Invasion but we haven't been able to match up anything on screen to the area. If you know where it appears in the story please let us know!
Trivia
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The road the hit-and-run driver heads off after striking Pete is actually a dead-end!
Related Stories
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Aliens of London [24 Nov 2004]: Rose and the Doctor are taken to Number 10 in a limo
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Father's Day [25 Nov 2004]: Powell Estate
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The Parting of the Ways [10 Mar 2005]: Rose back on present day Earth
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The Age of Steel [12 Jan 2006]: Alleyways
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Day One [2006]: The block of flats where Eddie lives.
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