Cathays Cathays Cathays ( ; (Welsh: usually "Cathays" but also "Y Waun Ddyfal") is a district and community in the centre of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is an old suburb of Cardiff established in 1875. It is very densely populated and contains many older terraced houses giving it a Victorian era atmosphere. The area falls into the Cathays ward. The name is likely to be 'hedges/enclosure where there are wildcats' from Middle English cat(t), connoting possibly given the semi-agricultural, semi-forest nature of the area at the time wildcat rather than domesticated cats, and the plural form of hague/hay, meaning 'enclosure',
Fairwater, Double Bay have important collections of historic species and they visually support this planting theme. The 1991 Woollahra Significant Tree Register lists the following trees located on "Fairwater": The stable is of brick construction with a timber-framed gable roof. The bricks used in the construction, being a dark red, are different in colour to that found in the main house. The residence is a double storey structure of brick construction with a timber-framed roof originally constructed in 1882 with additions , and in particular from 1910s. The exterior appearance is characterised by the use of a brick, which is pale yellow in