Why “Havannah Quay”?

The site is named after the Royal Navy frigate HMS Havannah. This frigate was launched on 26 March 1811 and had an interesting career which included spending some years in the Pacific collecting plant samples for Kew Gardens in London. She was also used as part of the fleet that took Napoleon into exile at St Helena and was used extensively in survey work off the coast of Canada. When she reached the end of her Royal Navy service she was lent to the City of Cardiff as a school ship. HMS Havannah sailed into Cardiff in 1860 and was moored just south of the existing Penarth Bridge. She stayed there for the rest of her life until she was scrapped in 1905. We thought it would be a fitting tribute to HMS Havannah to call the development “Havannah Quay” since it was where she was moored. Being a sailing ship she was “carbon free”. And it is our goal to make the Havannah Quay development carbon free too.

Site Location

Situated less than 5 minutes’ walk from Cardiff Central rail and bus station, Havannah Quay is well placed for all the facilities that the City of Cardiff has to offer.

What will be built on the site?

2,070 apartments and town houses, plus high quality offices that will create new jobs in the City and a new 5 star hotel.

There will also be a small amount of retail that could include a local food store, a coffee shop and maybe a chemist. We are also looking at other retail that will be beneficial to the local community. The existing river walkway will be extended and when it finally reaches Penarth Bridge it will be a pleasant addition to the open space and walkways that Cardiff Council have promoted along the river so well over the years.

The walkway will then link the river frontage with Penarth Bridge in the north and the existing walkway that reaches Clarence Bridge in the south. There will be plenty of new trees and plantings and the open space near the existing training centre at the south of Havannah Quay will be expanded.