Last Alteration: Friday 13 November 2015
St Fagans National History Museum
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) +
Museum car park
Access: publicStatus: recognisable Llwyn-Yr-Eos Farmstead
Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
Human Nature
Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
Martha and Jenny talk outside the pub.
Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
Human Nature
Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
Everyone watches the light in the sky.
Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
Human Nature
Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
Everyone watches the light in the sky come down in the forest.
Access: publicStatus: recognisable Hendre-Wen Barn
Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
Human Nature
Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
Martha rides up to a barn.
Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
Human Nature
Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
Martha goes inside, to where the TARDIS is hidden.
Access: publicStatus: recognisable Village Green
Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
Human Nature
Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
John and Joan walk into the village.
Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
Human Nature
Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
John and Joan walk into the village.
Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
Human Nature
Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
John and Joan walk into the village.
Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
Human Nature
Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
John and Joan walk into the village.
Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
Human Nature
Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
John and Joan walk across the green.
Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
Human Nature
Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
A woman arrives in the village with her pram.
Human Nature
Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
John saves the pram from being smashed by a piano with a cricket ball throw.
Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
Human Nature
Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
A boy watches the unfolding disaster.
Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
Human Nature
Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
John hurls a cricketball.
Human Nature
Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
John is surprised at how good a shot he is!
Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
Human Nature
Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
John hurls a cricketball.
Human Nature
Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
John and Joan are relieved the accident was avoided.
Access: publicStatus: recognisable Workmen's Institute
Human Nature
Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
John and Joan arrive at the dance.
The Family of Blood
Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
John and Joan catch their breath outside the village hall.
Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
Human Nature
Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
Tim watches them enter the hall.
Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
Human Nature
Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
Brother-of-Mine disintegrates the doorman.
Human Nature
Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
Father-of-Mine threatens the dancers.
The Family of Blood
Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
Martha holds Mother-of-Mine hostage as the others escape the hall.
The Family of Blood
Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
Martha holds Mother-of-Mine hostage as the others escape the hall.
Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
Human Nature
Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
Martha is dejected that John won't accept he's the Doctor.
Human Nature
Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
Father-of-Mine threatens the dancers.
Access: publicStatus: recognisable Melin Bompren Corn Mill
Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
The Family of Blood
Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
The Cartwrights' Cottage
Photograph taken: 26th February 2008 by Chuck Foster
The Family of Blood
Filmed: Dec 2006/Jan 2007
Additional locations as the crow flies:
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Western Leisure Centre (Children of Earth: Day Four, Children of Earth: Day Five): 1.27 miles. 
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Coedarhydyglyn (Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel, Doomsday, Children of Earth: Day One, Children of Earth: Day Two, Children of Earth: Day Three, Children of Earth: Day Four, Children of Earth: Day Five, The Empty Planet, The Power Of Three, The Angels Take Manhattan): 1.43 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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