The open-air swimming baths in Llandaff Fields were opened by Cardiff Corporation in the early 1920s. Situated near Western Avenue, the site was initially considered, albeit with rennovations and improvements to the spectator facilities, as the home of the swimming and diving competitions in the 1958 British Empire & Commonwealth Games. The construction of the Empire Pool in Wood Street, however, ensured that this idea (promoted by the editor of the Western Mail) was never realised. In use for much of the post-war years, the baths and the adjacent paddling pool have now been filled in and the site covered with grass.

Daryl Leeworthy, RCAHMW, 17 October 2011.