Tag Archives: Splott
Study shows Cardiff recycles more than any other UK city
The Viridor UK Recycling Index 2016 study has shown that Cardiff is the most active city for recycling in the UK – higher than London, Manchester, Glasgow and the South West. The study, conducted by Edelman Intelligence, explored current attitudes to recycling, perceived barriers to the UK public and the factors that the UK public […]
Splott Road to be resurfaced soon – vehicles will have to vamoose!
As part of Cardiff Council’s Carriageway Resurfacing Programme, Splott Road will be resurfaced this winter. The resurfacing will start on Saturday the 28th January 2017 and work will last for 5 days, unless delayed because of bad weather or technical issues. The resurfacing will start by the old STAR Centre and finish at the junction […]
Luvly Grub: bringing a bit(e) of LA to downtown Splott & Tremorfa
If you’ve walked along South Park Road recently, you will have seen a tasty new development in Tremorfa in the form of new café Luvly Grub. Just under the bridge from Splott, this cute little café caters for all at very reasonable prices and hopes to be a place for people of all ages to […]
Inksplott Interview: St John Cymru – Wales
Back in the autumn, Inksplott had the opportunity to interview David Ball, a first aid trainer with St John Cymru – Wales (commonly known as St John Ambulance), which is based in…wait for it…Splott! David was at the Grange Pavilion delivering free first aid training as part of the annual Grangetown Safety Week and was […]
The amazing Moorland Community Centre; much more than just a hot lunch
Thanks to a superb surge of Sunday-evening support, Moorland Community Centre in Splott has just won £5,000 towards new kitchen equipment in the Stoves Community Kitchens competition. This is a fantastic achievement by local people and supporters of Moorland, who had to vote for their favourite to win, and is a much-needed boost to the […]
Get your jog on with the Girls Together Splott Running Group
On a cold (freezing), crisp (freezing), Thursday evening in January, Inksplott popped along to the Old Splott Library to grab an interview with the Girls Together Splott Running Group. If this group of girls can run in this weather, I thought to myself, the least I can do is walk to the end of my […]
Inksplott interview: Davies Colour
Inksplott recently met with David Thomas, manager of Davies Colour, a print company on East Tyndall Street that kindly supported the Keep Splott Tidy Fundraiser Quiz in November by donating 40 prints of the Splott harvest moon for free! You’ve probably driven past the building hundreds of times and not given it a second glance, […]
What’s hot to the people of Splott? The ten most popular articles on Inksplott
OK, so some would say this is a shameless plug of the website (tee hee), but ‘NO’, I cry defiantly in defence of such aspersions (alright Lynne, cool the dramatics), this is an important recap of the topics most topical to Splottlanders. So here you have it; the ten most read articles on Inksplott to […]
Trampolining in Tremorfa: to Infinity and beyond!
Inksplott recently caught up with Tom Coleman, Marketing Manager of local business, Infinity Trampoline, who told us all about the bouncing business… Tom: Hi, I’m Tom Coleman, Marketing Manager for Infinity Trampoline Park Cardiff. Inksplott: Hi Tom, can you tell us a little bit about the history of the business? Tom: Infinity Trampoline Park Cardiff was born […]