Editing Cardiff (section)

===Recreation===
[[File:Bute Park, Cardiff.jpg|thumb|[[Bute Park]]]]

Cardiff has strong nightlife. Most clubs and bars are situated in the city centre, especially St Mary Street. More recently Cardiff Bay has built up a strong night scene, with many modern bars and restaurants. The Brewery Quarter on St Mary Street is a recently developed venue for bars and restaurant with a central courtyard. Charles Street is also a popular part of the city.

[[File:Scott Memorial, Roath Park - geograph.org.uk - 27200.jpg|thumb|left|The lake at [[Roath Park]], including the lighthouse erected as a memorial to [[Robert Falcon Scott|Captain Scott]]]]

Cardiff is known for its extensive parks and other green spaces covering around 10% of the city's total area.<ref name="trends">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ObjView.asp?Object_ID=4289 |format=PDF |title=Cardiff Population Trends |date=4 January 2006 |access-date=21 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609173610/http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ObjView.asp?Object_ID=4289 |archive-date=9 June 2011 }}</ref> Cardiff's main park, Bute Park (which was formerly the castle grounds) extends northwards from the top of one of Cardiff's main shopping street (Queen Street); when combined with the adjacent [[Llandaff Fields]] and Pontcanna Fields to the north-west it produces a massive open space skirting the River Taff. Other popular parks include [[Roath Park]] in the north, donated to the city by the [[John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute|3rd Marquess of Bute]] in 1887, which includes a popular boating lake; [[Victoria Park, Cardiff]]'s first official park; and [[Thompson's Park]], formerly home to an [[aviary]] removed in the 1970s. Wild open spaces include Howardian Local Nature Reserve, {{cvt|32|acre|ha|abbr=off}} of the lower Rhymney valley in Penylan noted for its orchids,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Useful information |url=http://www.howardianlnr.org.uk/info.html |website=Howardian Local Nature Reserve |access-date=9 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804122517/http://howardianlnr.org.uk/info.html |archive-date=4 August 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Forest Farm Country Park]], over {{cvt|150|acre|ha|abbr=off}} along the River Taff in Whitchurch.