Economy of Cardiff London 2012 Olympics. It features the only Olympic-standard swimming pool in Wales, the Cardiff International Swimming Pool, which opened on 12 January 2008. The Tiger Bay area also housed one of the UK's earliest non-white immigrant communities. After a long period of neglect, it has now been regenerated as Cardiff Bay - a popular area for culture, entertainment and nightlife. Much of the growth has been thanks to the building of the Cardiff Barrage. Two large international business parks are planned for the north of Cardiff, the largest being at Thornhill which may include the building of a new junction
Leckwith, Cardiff Leckwith, Cardiff Leckwith () is an area in the west of Cardiff that includes parts of the communities of Canton and Grangetown. Leckwith includes the area commonly referred to as the Leckwith development. The area shares its name with the village of Leckwith which is situated on the other side of the river Ely in the Vale of Glamorgan. Historically, the parish of Leckwith included lands on both sides of the river; the low-lying marshy lands on the Cardiff side were known as the Leckwith Moors. This area is roughly equivalent to that currently bounded by the river Ely, Leckwith