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| The district has a ] 5 star hotel built in 1993 with its own mini lake. Stars who have stayed at the hotel include ] and ] stars ], and ] who stayed at the hotel over several days during their ], ] concert of the ] tour in 2001. | The district has a ] 5 star hotel built in 1993 with its own mini lake. Stars who have stayed at the hotel include ] and ] stars ], and ] who stayed at the hotel over several days during their ], ] concert of the ] tour in 2001. | ||
| The unruly development of the area in truth is a disaster, the result of mindless planning back in the days when councils favoured the idea of large out of town retail parks. There is daily traffic chaos there, with massive congestion and queues. Road widening and new traffic lights have failed to ease the problem, and the development of new stores and the extension of existing ones such as Tesco only add to the problem. It has been cited as a particular problem for Cardiff International Airport, for which you have to go through Culverhouse Cross to get to. Road access to the airport has always been poor, and this is one of the main reasons. The recent sale of part of the ITV site for futher development is very bad news. | |||
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Culverhouse Cross is suburban district of the city of Cardiff, Wales. It is linked to the M4 motorway via the A4232 and is a busy shopping precinct with a range of stores including Marks and Spencer, Tesco, Currys, Comet, Mothercare, MFI, PC World, McDonald's and Pizza Hut. Tesco was the first store to be built in 1988 which preceded a decade of rapid development in the suburb because of its accessible location.
The Pizza Hut is the latest development built in 2004.
The district has a Copthorne 5 star hotel built in 1993 with its own mini lake. Stars who have stayed at the hotel include Tom Jones and Bon Jovi stars Jon Bon Jovi, and Richie Sambora who stayed at the hotel over several days during their Millenium Stadium, Cardiff concert of the One Wild Night tour in 2001.
The unruly development of the area in truth is a disaster, the result of mindless planning back in the days when councils favoured the idea of large out of town retail parks. There is daily traffic chaos there, with massive congestion and queues. Road widening and new traffic lights have failed to ease the problem, and the development of new stores and the extension of existing ones such as Tesco only add to the problem. It has been cited as a particular problem for Cardiff International Airport, for which you have to go through Culverhouse Cross to get to. Road access to the airport has always been poor, and this is one of the main reasons. The recent sale of part of the ITV site for futher development is very bad news.
HTV Wales headquarters
The district also has the headquarters for HTV television and radio in Wales and boasts a 750 foot mast, the Wenvoe Transmitter which towers above the area.
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