Editing Cardiff (section)

===Shopping===
{{See also|List of shopping arcades in Cardiff}}
[[File:St David's Centre newly opened.jpg|thumb|[[St. David's (Cardiff)|St. David's]] in [[The Hayes]] is the [[List of UK shopping centres|largest shopping centre in Wales]].]]

Most of Cardiff's shopping portfolio is in the [[Cardiff city centre|city centre]] around Queen Street, [[St. Mary Street/High Street|St Mary Street and High Street]], with large suburban [[retail parks]] in Cardiff Bay, [[Culverhouse Cross]], [[Leckwith]], [[Penylan|Newport Road]] and [[Pontprennau]], together with markets in the city centre and [[Splott]]. A £675 million regeneration programme for Cardiff's [[St. David's Centre]] was completed in 2009, providing a total of {{cvt|1400000|sqft|m2}} of shopping space, making it one of the largest shopping centres in the United Kingdom.<ref name="stdavids2">{{Cite web |url=http://www.stdavids2.com/Template01.asp?pageid=95 |title=St Davids 2 and Cardiff |access-date=3 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070723160331/http://www.stdavids2.com/Template01.asp?pageid=95 |archive-date=23 July 2007 }}</ref> The centre was named the international shopping centre of the year in 2010 by Retail Leisure International (RLI).<ref name="StDavid22">{{Cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/06/17/cardiff-s-st-david-s-is-world-s-top-retail-arcade-91466-26668936/ |title=St David 2 Worlds best shopping mall |date=16 June 2010 |access-date=17 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123143923/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/06/17/cardiff-s-st-david-s-is-world-s-top-retail-arcade-91466-26668936/ |archive-date=23 January 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Summer on Queen Street - Cardiff - geograph.org.uk - 1363923.jpg|thumb|Queen Street, one of Cardiff's main shopping areas]]
The [[Castle Quarter (Cardiff)|Castle Quarter]] is a commercial area in the north of the city centre, which includes some of Cardiff's Victorian and Edwardian arcades: [[Castle Arcade]], [[Morgan Arcade]] and [[Royal Arcade, Cardiff|Royal Arcade]], and principal shopping streets: [[St Mary Street/High Street|St Mary Street, High Street]], [[The Hayes]], and Queen Street. Morgan Arcade is home to [[Spillers Records]], the world's oldest record shop.<ref>{{Cite news |title=World's oldest record shop (est. 1894) is threatened with closure |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/dec/12/pop.rock |work=guardian.co.uk |access-date=11 September 2008 |location=London |first=Steven |last=Morris |date=12 December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606214332/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/dec/12/pop.rock |archive-date=6 June 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="spillers">{{Cite news |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article656416.ece |title=World's oldest record shop in the death grip of a developer |newspaper=The Times |quote=The owners of Spillers Records, recognised by Guinness World Records as the oldest such emporium on Earth, say that it will close unless a buyer is found. |date=1 December 2006 |access-date=11 September 2008 |location=London |first1=Fiona |last1=Hamilton |first2=Sam |last2=Coates |first3=Michael |last3=Savage |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517084203/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article656416.ece |archive-date=17 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Cardiff has a number of markets, including the vast Victorian indoor [[Cardiff Market|Cardiff Central Market]] and the newly established Riverside Community Market, which specialises in locally produced organic produce.{{cn|date=September 2024}}