List of shopping arcades in Cardiff
Shopping arcades in Cardiff include indoor shopping centres and arcades in Cardiff city centre, Wales. Cardiff is known as the "City of Arcades", due to the highest concentration of Victorian, Edwardian and contemporary indoor shopping arcades in any British city.
Up until the 1790s there were only 25 retail shops in Cardiff. Most shopping at that time was made from market stalls. The opening of the Royal Arcade in 1858, which was the first indoor arcade built in Cardiff, significantly increased the number of shops in Cardiff.
Cardiff's Victorian arcades have been attracting new shops and customers since emerging from the economic recession. Existing retailers have expanded which demonstrates resurgence of the capital’s unique shopping malls, according to the landlords, Curzon, who is responsible for the High Street, Castle, Duke Street and Wyndham arcades. The area around the arcades will be affected by pedestrianisation of High Street in late 2010, to create the £2.5m Castle Quarter. This is expected to attract more shoppers and tourists to the Victorian arcades.
The total length of Cardiff's city centre arcades is 797m.
Current shopping arcades
Victorian and Edwardian
Contemporary
Former shopping arcades
| Name | Image | Year opened | Year closed | Entrances | Notes |
| Queen Street Arcade | 1866 | 1987 | Queen Street Working Street | Next to Allders. Both were demolished, then rebuilt as Queens Arcade. Included the Washing Institute | |
| Andrews Arcade | Queen Street | ||||
| Oxford Arcade | 1970s | 2006 | The Hayes St. Davids Link | ||
| Queens West Shopping Centre | 1987 | Circa 1994 | Queen Street The Friary | Featured a glass lift looking out over the Friary. This shopping centre still exists, and is shown on maps, but all shops are now entered directly from the street or via escalators, so the mall corridors are now inaccessible. The top floor, which used to be a foodhall, is now entirely occupied by one shop. | |
| Wharton Street Arcade | 1924 | Wharton Street Howells | |||
| Dickens Arcade | Castle Street | Used to include a cafe and a bookshop in the 80s/90s called Paperback Exchange. | |||
| Old Arcade | 1835 | Church Street | Alongside the Old Arcade pub. The pub was named after this arcade. |