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Roath (Welsh: Y Rhath) is a district of the city of Cardiff, Wales. Its main shopping streets are Albany Road and City Road.
Of interest is the Church of St. Margaret of Antioch, built in 1870 on the site of an earlier Norman chapel. The new Gothic revival church on a Greek Cross plan was financed totally by the third Marquess of Bute and tradition has it that construction came to a sudden halt after his conversion to Catholicism. Inside is a mausoleum to nine members of the Bute family, including the First Marquess and his wife. The tower of St. Margaret's was finally completed in 1926.
Roath Park lies to the north of Roath, bisected by Eastern Avenue. The recreation park from which the area takes its name opened to the public in 1894. It was built on 121 acres (490,000 m²) of reformed bogland, 103 of which were on the Bute Estate, and includes an artificial lake. In 1915 a lighthouse was erected there by public subscription to commemorate Scott of the Antarctic's ill-fated voyage to the South Pole, which set out from Cardiff Docks.
| Heath | Roath Park | Penylan |
| Cathays | Roath | Tremorfa |
| City centre | Adamsdown | Splott |