City Walking Tour: The Darker History Of Cardiff City Centre

Join this professionally guided walking tour through the heart of Cardiff, led by a qualified Wales Official Tourist Guide with a passion for the city’s darker history. Over the course of two hours and a leisurely two-mile stroll, you’ll explore major landmarks alongside lesser-known locations notorious for hauntings, crimes, and chilling miscarriages of justice. This immersive experience not only provides a fascinating mental map of the city centre but also delivers unsettling stories that may linger long after the tour ends—from restless spirits and eerie sightings to true tales of murder and the wrongly condemned.

Beginning at the main entrance of Cardiff Castle, the tour winds through the city's atmospheric streets before concluding at The Rummer, Cardiff’s most haunted pub, located just across the road. Your expert guide, trained by the Wales Official Tourist Guide Association, shares stories grounded in real history, urban legend, and the supernatural. Arrive early and grab a coffee and cake at Palette café across the street—it’s the perfect start before diving into Cardiff’s haunted heart.