Last Alteration: Friday 02 May 2008

St Fagans National History Museum

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-03°16'21", 51°29'10"

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St Fagans National History Museum
Cardiff, CF5 6XB

The museum opened in 1948, sited in the grounds of St Fagans Castle. Its aim is to preserve and portray Welsh life in the form of its craftsmen, buildings, and other aspects of 'village' life.

Admission: Free, open 10:00am-5:00pm

How to get here:

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Bus: Cardiff Bus Map - Take route 32 from Cardiff Bus Station, and this goes all the way to the museum. Also route 320 passes through St Fagans. +

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Road: M4 - Exit the M4 at junction 33, then head south on the A4232 to Culverhouse Cross. At the roundabout, turn left onto the A48 and then left again onto the Michaelston Road. Follow this up to St Fagans, and the museum is on the left as you cross the railway bridge. (4.5 miles, 8m) +

Parking Details

Museum car park

 

Access: publicStatus: recognisabledot Llwyn-Yr-Eos Farmstead dot

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Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster

Human Nature
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Martha and Jenny talk outside the pub.

 

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Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster

Human Nature
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Everyone watches the light in the sky.

 

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Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster

Human Nature
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Everyone watches the light in the sky come down in the forest.

 

Access: publicStatus: recognisabledot Hendre-Wen Barn dot

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Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster

Human Nature
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Martha rides up to a barn.

 

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Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster

Human Nature
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Martha goes inside, to where the TARDIS is hidden.

 

Access: publicStatus: recognisabledot Village Green dot

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Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster

Human Nature
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Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
John and Joan walk into the village.

 

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Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster

Human Nature
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Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
John and Joan walk into the village.

 

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Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster

Human Nature
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Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
John and Joan walk into the village.

 

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Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster

Human Nature
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Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
John and Joan walk into the village.

 

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Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster

Human Nature
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Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
John and Joan walk across the green.

 

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Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster

Human Nature
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A woman arrives in the village with her pram.

 

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Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
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John saves the pram from being smashed by a piano with a cricket ball throw.

 

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Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster

Human Nature
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Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
A boy watches the unfolding disaster.

 

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Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster

Human Nature
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John hurls a cricketball.

Human Nature
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John is surprised at how good a shot he is!

 

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Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster

Human Nature
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John hurls a cricketball.

Human Nature
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John and Joan are relieved the accident was avoided.

 

Access: publicStatus: recognisabledot Workmen's Institute dot

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Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
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Human Nature
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Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
John and Joan arrive at the dance.

The Family of Blood
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Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
John and Joan catch their breath outside the village hall.

 

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Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster

Human Nature
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Tim watches them enter the hall.

 

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Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster

Human Nature
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Brother-of-Mine disintegrates the doorman.

 

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Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
"I ended up "gatecrashing" a Welsh National Assembly seminar on the day, during their break!"
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Human Nature
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Father-of-Mine threatens the dancers.

The Family of Blood
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Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
Martha holds Mother-of-Mine hostage as the others escape the hall.

 

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Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
"I ended up "gatecrashing" a Welsh National Assembly seminar on the day, during their break!"
[view other photos in this album]

The Family of Blood
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Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
Martha holds Mother-of-Mine hostage as the others escape the hall.

 

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Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster

Human Nature
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Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
Martha is dejected that John won't accept he's the Doctor.

Human Nature
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Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
Father-of-Mine threatens the dancers.

 

Access: publicStatus: recognisabledot Melin Bompren Corn Mill dot

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Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster

The Family of Blood
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Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
The Cartwrights' Cottage

 

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Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster

The Family of Blood
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Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007

Additional locations as the crow flies:

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Coedarhydyglyn (Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel, Doomsday): 1.47 miles.

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HTV Wales Studios: 1.60 miles.

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Heol Pennar (Father's Day): 1.65 miles.

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Heol Trelai (Father's Day): 1.68 miles.

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Wenvoe Quarry (The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit, Utopia): 1.91 miles.

Further links about the location

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Museum of Wales - St Fagans

Related Stories

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Human Nature [13-15 Dec 2006, 4-5,7-8 Jan 2007]: The village

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The Family of Blood [13-15 Dec 2006, 4-5,7-8 Jan 2007]: The village

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