Cathays with frequent services south to Cardiff Queen Street and Cardiff Central or north to Aberdare, Merthyr Tydfil or Treherbert via Pontypridd. Cardiff Bus provides many services in the area. The following bus services run along North Road (in the west) going to Cardiff Central bus station in the reverse direction: Likewise, the following services run north along Crwys Road and/or Whitchurch Road (in the east): The area is close to the busy Gabalfa Interchange, connecting it with the A48 and the M4 motorway. Cathays Cathays ( ; (Welsh: usually "Cathays" but also "Y Waun Ddyfal") is a district and community
Splott medieval times, and a derivation of "plat", meaning a grassy area of land. The name of the original farm would seem to be Middle English "splott", from Old English (speck, blot, patch of land) and the word is to be found in other English place names in the Vale of Glamorgan, Gower, and Pembrokeshire, as well as in Somerset and Devon, in the West Country of England, from where it was presumably introduced by English settlers. It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. The population of Splott in the United Kingdom Census 2001 was 12,074, in