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💊Opening a Pharmacy in Cardiff: a location research guide

Cardiff — The Welsh capital, with arcade-style city-centre retail and bay-side regeneration zones. If you're thinking about opening a pharmacy here, the difference between the right block and the wrong block is often a 30% revenue swing in the first year. This guide walks through what to look at on the map before you sign a lease.

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What to look at on the map

For a pharmacy, the location factors that matter most are different from a generic retail store. When you scan Cardiff on the interactive map, focus on these:

  • 🏠Residential density (500m)

    Residents within 800m walk.

  • 🤝Complementary businesses

    Adjacent clinic / hospital = referral flow.

  • ⚔️Direct competitors (1km)

    Other pharmacies within 500m split the market.

Where to look in Cardiff

Cardiff has several commercial districts where pharmacy businesses tend to cluster — useful both as starting points and as references for what "busy" looks like:

  • City Centre
  • Cardiff Bay
  • Pontcanna
  • Roath
  • Canton

30 pharmacys mapped in Cardiff

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  • G S BhogalUnclaimed
    51.5094, -3.1304
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  • Ely PharmacyUnclaimed
    51.4762, -3.2544·site
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  • Well PharmacyUnclaimed
    51.5299, -3.2087·site
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  • Health Plus PharmacyUnclaimed
    51.4737, -3.1872
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  • Well PharmacyUnclaimed
    1-2 Clifton Street Cardiff·site
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  • BootsUnclaimed
    51.4805, -3.1958
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  • BootsUnclaimed
    Parc Tŷ Glas Cardiff·site
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  • TH & L JonesUnclaimed
    26 Cardiff Road
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  • Washington PharmacyUnclaimed
    Stanwell Road
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  • Well PharmacyUnclaimed
    12 Station Road Cardiff·site
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  • Well PharmacyUnclaimed
    2B Bute Place Cardiff·site
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  • Health Plus PharmacyUnclaimed
    93 Station Road Cardiff
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  • Well PharmacyUnclaimed
    213 Bute Street Cardiff·site
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  • The Murch PharmacyUnclaimed
    Murch Road
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  • Crwys PhramacyUnclaimed
    128 Crwys Road Cardiff·site
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+ 15 more — see them all on the interactive map

Investment outlook

Before you commit, here's the real-world cost picture for a pharmacy:

¥30-100万 incl. regulated inventory.

Common rookie mistakes

The mistakes that sink first-time pharmacy owners aren't the ones you read about in startup blogs. The recurring ones are:

  • ⚠Licensing + pharmacist staffing requirements vary by country

Open the interactive map

Ready to scan Cardiff block by block? Open the interactive map below — every hexagon is clickable for a per-block research breakdown.

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