{"id":21309,"date":"2014-10-09T16:07:53","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T16:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=21309"},"modified":"2014-10-09T16:07:53","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T16:07:53","slug":"discover-a-new-cardiff-with-urbex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2014\/10\/09\/discover-a-new-cardiff-with-urbex\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover a new Cardiff with Urbex"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_21322\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 469px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/Active_2_UrbEx_Big_MU.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21322\" alt=\"Wenvoe Tunnel, \u00a9Lee McGrath\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/Active_2_UrbEx_Big_MU-469x312.jpg\" width=\"469\" height=\"312\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21322\" alt=\"Wenvoe Tunnel, \u00a9Lee McGrath\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/Active_2_UrbEx_Big_MU-469x312.jpg\" width=\"469\" height=\"312\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Wenvoe Tunnel, \u00a9<a href=\"http:\/\/www.leemcgrathphotography.co.uk\">Lee McGrath<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Think guided tours are the only way of getting to know Cardiff? Think again.<\/p>\n<p>Urban Exploration, or &#8220;urbex&#8221;, presents an entirely new way of getting to know Cardiff. It focuses on ruins and abandoned places, what some might call forgotten areas, and provides a chance to explore some of the history. Urbex can range from visiting abandoned buildings, to tracing Cardiff&#8217;s original town wall.<\/p>\n<p>Urbex is also popular among photographers, who document the places they visit. Lee McGrath, urban explorer, says his favourite place in Cardiff is Wenvoe Tunnel because &#8220;most people to this day do not know it is there &#8230; in WWII the Royal Train would spend the night in the tunnel while passing through Wales.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What could you find? 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