Caroline Street

Caroline Street is a pedestrianised street running east /west in the lower part of Cardiff city centre, located between The Hayes and St. Mary's Street. It is known locally as Chip Alley or Chippy Lane due to the density of fast food shops that make the street their home. There is also a Finnish /Welsh indie band called Caroline Street. HistoryLocated within the original town walls of Cardiff, and just south of the original Cardiff Gaol, much as though its modern form caters for the eating needs of the public, a number of buildings in Caroline Street have listed building status. Caroline Street was renamed in the Victorian era after Caroline of Brunswick, the wife of King George IV. The next street south is Charlotte Street, named after their daughter Princess Charlotte of Wales. In 1857, the same year that the last public execution took place in Cardiff, records show that 150 died as a result of an outbreak of smallpox on Caroline Street. Chippy AlleyUp until the post-World War II period, the street was a traditional mixed-trading street, with occupants including butchers and cobblers.

Caroline Street is a pedestrianised street running east /west in the lower part of Cardiff city centre, located between The Hayes and St. Mary's Street. It is known locally as Chip Alley or Chippy Lane due to the density of fast food shops that make the street their home. There is also a Finnish /Welsh indie band called Caroline Street. HistoryLocated within the original town walls of Cardiff, and just south of the original Cardiff Gaol, much as though its modern form caters for the eating needs of the public, a number of buildings in Caroline Street have listed building status. Caroline Street was renamed in the Victorian era after Caroline of Brunswick, the wife of King George IV. The next street south is Charlotte Street, named after their daughter Princess Charlotte of Wales. In 1857, the same year that the last public execution took place in Cardiff, records show that 150 died as a result of an outbreak of smallpox on Caroline Street. Chippy AlleyUp until the post-World War II period, the street was a traditional mixed-trading street, with occupants including butchers and cobblers.