Glamorgan Archives and Libraries

For a list of archives and libraries on the national level, go to the Wales Archives and Libraries page.

Record Office
Glamorgan Record Office Clos Parc Morgannwg Leckwith Cardiff CF11 8AW UK Telephone: 02920 872200 Email: [mailto:GlamRO@cardiff.gov.uk GlamRO@cardiff.gov.uk] Website: Glamorgan Record Office


 * Glamorgan Record Office's aim is to collect and preserve documents and records relating to Glamorgan and its people and make them publicly accessible. They are especially interested in documents that are vulnerable to decay so they can be preserved for generations to come.  Records include council minutes, papers, parchments, personal diaries, photographs, and plans.  It also has resources concerning the authorities in Glamorgan.  The documents held will be of use if you want to research your family tree, trace the history of a house, or find out more about local villages.

Libraries
Aberkenfig Library 14 Heol y Llyfrau Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9PP UK Telephone: 1656 754820 Email: [mailto:aberkenfig.library@awen-wales.com aberkenfig.library@awen-wales.com] Website: Aberkenfig Library Website #2: Aberkenfig Library

Barry Library The County Library 160 Kings Square Barry, Vale of Glamorgan CF63 4RW UK Telephone: 01446 422425 (General Enquiries) / 01446 422423 (Reference Enquiries) Email: [mailto:barrylibrary@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk barrylibrary@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk] Website: Barry Library

Betws Library Bettws Centre Betws Bridgend CF32 8TB UK Telephone: 01656 754824 Email: [mailto:betws.library@awen-wales.com betws.library@awen-wales.com] Website: Betws Library

Blaengarw Library Station Street Blaengarw Bridgend CF32 8BA UK Telephone: 01656 871598 Website: Blaengarw Library Website #2: Blaengarw Library

Bridgend Library Bridgend Life Centre Angel Street Bridgend CF31 4AH UK Telephone: 01656 754830 Email: [mailto:bridgend.library@awen-wales.com bridgend.library@awen-wales.com] Website: Bridgend Library

Caerau 'Cyberlink' Library Noddfa Chapel Community Centre Caerau Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0PE UK Telephone: 01656 754831 Website: Caerau 'Cyberlink' Library

Canton Library 4 Library St Cardiff CF5 1QD UK Telephone: 2920 780999 Email: [mailto:cantonlibrary@cardiff.gov.uk cantonlibrary@cardiff.gov.uk] Website: Canton Library

Cathays Branch and Heritage Library Fairoak Road Cathays CF24 4PW UK Telephone: 2920 785580 Email: [mailto:cathayslibrary@cardiff.gov.uk cathayslibrary@cardiff.gov.uk] Website: Cathays Branch and Heritage Library Website #2: Cathays Heritage Library

Central Library Hub (Cardiff Central Library) The Hayes Cardiff CF10 1FL UK Telephone: 2920 382116/2920 871000 Email: [mailto:centrallibrary@cardiff.gov.uk centrallibrary@cardiff.gov.uk] Website: Central Library Hub

Cowbridge Library Old Hall High Street Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan CF71 7AH UK Telephone: 01446 773941 Email: [mailto:CowbridgeLibrary@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk CowbridgeLibrary@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk] Website: Cowbridge Library

Dinas Powys Community Library Fairoaks The Murch Dinas Powys, Vale of Glamorgan CF64 4QU UK Telephone: 02920 512556 Email: [mailto:khatton263@btinternet.com khatton263@btinternet.com] Website: Dinas Powys Community Library

Ely and Caerau Community Hub 1 Cowbridge Road West Cardiff CF5 5BQ UK Telephone: 2920 873800 Email: [mailto:gpierce@cardiff.gov.uk gpierce@cardiff.gov.uk] Email #2: [mailto:blloyd@cardiff.gov.uk blloyd@cardiff.gov.uk] Website: Ely and Caerau Community Hub

Fairwater Library Hub Doyle Avenue Fairwater Cardiff CF5 3HU UK Telephone: 2920 785583 Email: [mailto:fairwaterhub@cardiff.gov.uk fairwaterhub@cardiff.gov.uk] Website: Fairwater Library Hub Website #2: Fairwater Library Hub

Grangetown Library and Hub Havelock Place Grangetown Cardiff CF11 6PA UK Telephone: 2920 780966 Email: [mailto:grangetownhub@cardiff.gov.uk grangetownhub@cardiff.gov.uk] Website: Grangetown Library and Hub

Llandaff North and Gabalfa Hub Gabalfa Avenue Cardiff CF14 2HU UK Telephone: 2920 785588 Email: [mailto:LlandaffNorth&Gabalfahub@cardiff.gov.uk LlandaffNorth&Gabalfahub@cardiff.gov.uk] Website: Llandaff North and Gabalfa Hub Website #2: Llandaff North and Gabalfa Hub

Llanedeyrn Hub  The Powerhouse Roundwood Llanedeyrn Cardiff CF23 9PN UK Telephone: 02922 330201 Email: [mailto:Powerhousehub@cardiff.gov.uk Powerhousehub@cardiff.gov.uk] Website: Llanedeyrn Hub

Llanishen Hub 11 Station Road Cardiff CF14 5LS UK Telephone: 02920 871060 Email: [mailto:Llanishenhub@cardiff.gov.uk Llanishenhub@cardiff.gov.uk] Website: Llanishen Hub Website #2: Llanishen Hub

Llanrumney Library and Hub Countisbury Avenue Llanrumney Cardiff CF3 5NQ UK Telephone: 02920 780994 Email: [mailto:llanrumneylibrary@cardiff.gov.uk llanrumneylibrary@cardiff.gov.uk] Website: Llanrumney Library and Hub

Llantwit Major Library Boverton Rd Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan CF61 1XZ UK Telephone: 01446 792700 Email: [mailto:LlantwitMajorLibrary@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk LlantwitMajorLibrary@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk] Website: Llantwit Major Library

Maesteg Library North's Ln Maesteg CF34 9AA UK Telephone: 1656 754835 Email: [mailto:maesteg.library@awen-wales.com maesteg.library@awen-wales.com] Website: Maesteg Library Website #2: Maesteg Library

Nantymoel Library Berwyn Centre Ogwy Street Nantymoel Bridgend CF32 7SD UK Telephone: 1656 840719 Website: Nantymoel Library Website #2: Nantymoel Library

Ogmore Vale Library Ogmore Valley Life Centre Aber Road Ogmore Vale CF32 7AJ UK Telephone: 1656 754856 Email: [mailto:ovlc-receptiongroup@haloleisure.org.uk ovlc-receptiongroup@haloleisure.org.uk] Website: Ogmore Vale Library

Penarth Library 9-10 Stanwell Road Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan CF64 2YT UK Telephone: 02920 708438 Email: [mailto:PenarthLibrary@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk PenarthLibrary@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk] Website: Penarth Library

Pencoed Library 54 Penybont Rd Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5RA UK Telephone: 1656 754840 Email: [mailto:pencoed.library@awen-wales.com pencoed.library@awen-wales.com] Website: Pencoed Library Website #2: Pencoed Library

Penylan Library Penylan Road Penylan Cardiff CF23 5HW UK Telephone: 02920 788414 Email: [mailto:penylanlibrary@cardiff.gov.uk penylanlibrary@cardiff.gov.uk] Website: Penylan Library

Pontycymer Library Garw Valley Life Centre Old Station Yard Pontycymer Bridgend CF32 8ES UK Telephone: 1656 754843 Email: [mailto:gvlc-receptiongroup@haloleisure.org.uk gvlc-receptiongroup@haloleisure.org.uk] Website: Pontycymer Library

Porthcawl Library 13 Church Place Porthcawl CF36 3AG UK Telephone: 01656 754845 Email: [mailto:porthcawl.library@awen-wales.com porthcawl.library@awen-wales.com] Website: Porthcawl Library Website #2: Porthcawl Library

Pyle Library Pyle Life Centre Helig Fan Pyle Bridgend CF33 6BS UK Telephone: 01656 754850 Email: [mailto:pyle.library@awen-wales.com pyle.library@awen-wales.com] Website: Pyle Library Website #2: Pyle Library

Radyr Library Park Road Radyr Cardiff CF15 8DF UK Telephone: 02920 780996 Email: [mailto:Radyrlibrary@cardiff.gov.uk Radyrlibrary@cardiff.gov.uk] Website: Radyr Library

Rhiwbina Library Pen-y-Dre Rhiwbina Cardiff CF14 6EH UK Telephone: 02920 693276 Email: [mailto:rhiwbinalibrary@cardiff.gov.uk rhiwbinalibrary@cardiff.gov.uk] Website: Rhiwbina Library

Rhoose Community Library Fontygary Road Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan CF62 3DS UK Telephone: 01446 710220 Email: [mailto:admin@rhooselibrary.org.uk admin@rhooselibrary.org.uk] Website: Rhoose Community Library

Rhydypennau Library Llandennis Road Rhydypennau Cardiff CF23 6EG UK Telephone: 02920 754657 Email: [mailto:rhydypennaulibrary@cardiff.gov.uk rhydypennaulibrary@cardiff.gov.uk] Website: Rhydypennau Library

Roath Library Newport Road Roath Cardiff CF24 0DF UK Telephone: 02920 494538 Email: [mailto:roathlibrary@cardiff.gov.uk roathlibrary@cardiff.gov.uk] Website: Roath Library


 * Roath Library is temporarily closed due to maintenance issues. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Rumney Partnership Hub Llanstephan Rd Rumney Cardiff CF3 3JA UK Telephone: 02922 330661 Email: [mailto:Katherine.whittington@cardiff.gov.uk Katherine.whittington@cardiff.gov.uk] Website: Rumney Partnership Hub

Sarn Cyberlink Library Lifelong Learning Centre Merfield Close Sarn Bridgend CF32 9SW UK Telephone: 01656 754853 Email: [mailto:sarncentre@bridgend.gov.uk sarncentre@bridgend.gov.uk] Website: Sarn Cyberlink Library

STAR Library and Hub Muirton Road Cardiff CF24 2SJ UK Telephone: 02920 788505 Email: [mailto:STARHub@cardiff.gov.uk STARHub@cardiff.gov.uk] Website: STAR Library and Hub

St Athan Community Hub and Library Old Primary School Church Lane St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan CF62 4PL UK Telephone: 01446 751497 Email: [mailto:SACHaL@stathancommunityhubandlibrary.org SACHaL@stathancommunityhubandlibrary.org] Website: St Athan Community Hub and Library

St. Mellons Hub 30 Crickhowell Road St. Mellons Cardiff CF3 0EF UK Telephone: 02920 780992 Email: [mailto:stmellonslibrary@cardiff.gov.uk stmellonslibrary@cardiff.gov.uk] Website: St. Mellons Hub

Sully and Lavernock Community Library Trust Sully Sports and Social Club South Road Sully, Vale of Glamorgan CF64 5SP UK Telephone: 02920 531894 Email: [mailto:sullylibrarytrust@gmail.com sullylibrarytrust@gmail.com] Website: Sully and Lavernock Community Library Trust

Tongwynlais Library Tanyard Day Centre Market Street Tongwynlais Cardiff CF15 7NP UK Telephone: 07976 056127 Email: [mailto:contactlibraries@cardiff.gov.uk contactlibraries@cardiff.gov.uk] Website: Tongwynlais Library

Wenvoe Community Library Limited Community Centre Wenvoe, Vale of Glamorgan CF5 6AL UK Telephone: 02920 594176 Email: [mailto:alexgrattan01@yahoo.co.uk alexgrattan01@yahoo.co.uk] Website: Wenvoe Community Library Limited

Whitchurch Library Park Road Whitchurch Cardiff CF14 7XA UK Telephone: 02920 628951 Email: [mailto:whitchurchlibrary@cardiff.gov.uk whitchurchlibrary@cardiff.gov.uk] Website: Whitchurch Library

Y Llynfi Library Maesteg Sports Centre Old Forge Site Nant-y-Crywyd Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9EB UK Telephone: 01656 ​754859 Email: [mailto:yllynfi.library@awen-wales.com yllynfi.library@awen-wales.com] Website: Y Llynfi Library

Museums
Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier Cardiff Castle Castle St Cardiff CF10 3RB UK Telephone: 029 2087 3623 Email: [mailto:education@cardiffcastlemuseum.org.uk education@cardiffcastlemuseum.org.uk] Website: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier


 * Firing Line Museum is an accredited museum that celebrates the Welsh soldier over a period of 300 years; a time which saw ordinary Welshmen travel the world, carrying out military service at battles such as Waterloo (1815) and Rorke’s Drift (1879), and more recently in Iraq and Afghanistan. Using hands-on and dressing up activities, informative permanent and temporary displays, and educational events, the museum stands as a testament to the extraordinary contributions made by ordinary Welshmen to their Regiments (1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards and The Royal Welsh), to history and to Wales.

Cardiff Story Museum The Old Library The Hayes Cardiff CF10 1BH UK Telephone: 29 2034 6214 Email: [mailto:cardiffstory@cardiff.gov.uk cardiffstory@cardiff.gov.uk] Website: Cardiff Story Museum


 * In our fun, free, and interactive galleries, discover the history of Cardiff through the eyes of those who created the city - its people.

National Museum of Wales (Amgueddfa Cymru) Website: National Museum of Wales


 * Amgueddfa Cymru is a family of seven museums located throughout Wales. They are the National Museum Cardiff, the St Fagans National Museum of History, the National Waterfront Museum, the Big Pit National Coal Museum, the National Slate Museum, the National Roman Legion Museum, and the National Wool Museum.

National Museum Cardiff Cathays Park Cardiff CF10 3NP UK Telephone: 300 111 2333 Email: [mailto:cardiff@museumwales.ac.uk cardiff@museumwales.ac.uk] Website: National Museum Cardiff


 * Situated in the heart of Cardiff’s elegant civic centre, it houses Wales’s national art, geology and natural history collections as well as major touring and temporary exhibitions.

National Waterfront Museum Oystermouth Rd Swansea SA1 3RD UK Telephone: 300 111 2333 Email: [mailto:waterfront@museumwales.ac.uk waterfront@museumwales.ac.uk] Website: National Waterfront Museum


 * The National Waterfront Museum tells the story of industry and innovation in Wales, now and over the last 300 years. The Industrial Revolution in Wales had a tremendous effect on People, Communities, and Lives as well as that of the rest of the World. Visitors can soak up the history with a breathtaking mix of old and new in the city's rapidly developing maritime quarter.

Queens Dragoon Guards Museum Cardiff Castle Cardiff CF10 2RB UK Telephone: 029 20229367/029 20781213 Email: [mailto:adminofficer@qdg.org.uk adminofficer@qdg.org.uk] Website: Queens Dragoon Guards Museum


 * Within our site you will find information on the regiment from 1685 up to the present day. We are very proud of our regiment and would like to share over 300 years of its history with you.

St Fagans National Museum of History St Fagans Cardiff CF5 6XB UK Telephone: 3001 112333 Email: [mailto:stfagans@museumwales.ac.uk stfagans@museumwales.ac.uk] Website: St Fagans National Museum of History


 * A walk around Wales - from Celtic times to the present day. St Fagans is one of Europe's leading open-air museums and Wales's most popular heritage attraction and admission is free!

Swansea Museum (Amgueddfa Abertawe) Victoria Rd Swansea SA1 1SN UK Telephone: 1792 653763 Email: [mailto:museum.swansea@swansea.gov.uk museum.swansea@swansea.gov.uk] Website: Swansea Museum


 * Swansea Museum is the oldest museum in Wales, and a fascinating treasure house of Swansea’s past history. The collections contain all kinds of objects from the past of Swansea, Wales, and the rest of the world.

Archives
Glamorgan Archives (Archifau Morgannwg) Clos Parc Morgannwg Leckwith Cardiff CF11 8AW UK Telephone: 02920 872200 Email: [mailto:GlamRO@cardiff.gov.uk GlamRO@cardiff.gov.uk] Website: Glamorgan Archives


 * We collect records relating to the history of Glamorgan and its people. Records can range from: papers, plans, photographs, parchments, personal diaries, and council minutes.

West Glamorgan Archive Service Civic Centre Oystermouth Road Swansea SA1 3SN UK Telephone: 01792 636589 Email: [mailto:westglam.archives@swansea.gov.uk westglam.archives@swansea.gov.uk] Website: West Glamorgan Archive Service


 * This is the place to learn about your local area, trace your family history, research your student dissertation, and much more.  We hold documents, maps, photographs, and sound recordings relating to the history of the West Glamorgan area, which is Swansea and Neath Port Talbot, and includes Gower and the Afan, Neath and Swansea Valleys.