Cymru

Wales: Cardiff's three new formats and lanes across the country

Wales has 18 places to bowl. Cardiff alone has six, including Hollywood Bowl's first XL centre at St David's, with e-karting and darts on two floors beside 20 lanes.

Most lanesHollywood Bowl Cardiff Red Dragon · 26 lanes

Lowest game rate foundTenpin Wrexham · £4.60

Latest closingLane7 Cardiff · 02:00

Online booking8 of 18 alleys

South Wales

Hollywood Bowl at the Red Dragon Centre and Tenpin Swansea at Parc Tawe have 26 lanes each, and Tenpin Nantgarw sits between Cardiff and Pontypridd. Disco Bowl runs Stadium Plaza in Cardiff and the top floor of Friars Walk in Newport.

Lane7's Cardiff venue is a basement bar near Cardiff Central that stays open until 02:00, and Roxy Lanes occupies the upper floor of The Friary on Queen Street.

North and Mid Wales

Tenpin Wrexham has 24 lanes inside Eagles Meadow, and Flint's Jade Jones Pavilion runs eight council lanes priced by the lane. Astro Bowl in Prestatyn sits on a caravan park but takes walk-ins from anyone.

uStrike in Newtown has four lanes and a golf simulator, Glasfryn Parc near Pwllheli offers daytime bowling alongside karting and wakeboarding, and the Feud Hall near Newport in Pembrokeshire has two duckpin lanes.

Hollywood Bowl chain photograph; may show another branch.

Hemingway Rd, Cardiff CF10 4JY

26 lanesHours listed  Open to the public

Twenty-six lanes inside the Red Dragon Centre on Hemingway Road, one of two Hollywood Bowls in Cardiff.

Tenpin chain photograph; may show another branch.

Tenpin Swansea

4.2 (1.3k)

Parc Tawe, The Strand, Swansea SA1 2AX

26 lanesHours listed from £7.80 Open to the public

A 26-lane Tenpin in the Parc Tawe leisure park, refitted after 2025 with karaoke booths and escape rooms.

Tenpin chain photograph; may show another branch.

Treforest Industrial Estate, Parc Nantgarw, Cardiff CF15 7QX

24 lanesHours listed from £8.65 Open to the public

Twenty-four lanes at Parc Nantgarw, between Cardiff and Pontypridd, with soft play for small children.

Tenpin chain photograph; may show another branch.

Tenpin Wrexham

4.2 (769)

Unit B14, Eagles Meadow, Wrexham LL13 8DG

24 lanesHours listed from £4.60 Open to the public

Twenty-four lanes inside Eagles Meadow, with online games listed from £4.60.

Hollywood Bowl photograph from another Hollywood Bowl venue; it may not show this branch.

Leisure at Cwmbran, Glyndwr Road, Cwmbran, NP44 1QS

20 lanesHours listed  Open to the public

A noon weekday start, a customer lift and 20 lanes on the Leisure at Cwmbran park.

Hollywood Bowl chain photograph; may show another branch.

3-6 Hills St, St Davids Centre, Cardiff CF10 2LE

20 lanesHours listed  Open to the public

The chain's first XL centre: lanes, e-karts and darts over two floors of St David's.

Archive capture of the venue website.

Xcel bowl

4.6 (1.1k)

Llansteffan Rd, Johnstown, Carmarthen SA31 3BP

12 lanesHours listed  Open to the public

A church-run alley in Johnstown whose profits go to the foodbank and free debt advice.

Photograph from Phoenix Bowl.

Phoenix Bowl

4.2 (772)

Phoenix Bowl ltd, Milford Marina, Discover Quay, Hakin, Milford Haven SA73 3AF

10 lanesHours listed  Open to the public

Ten lanes at Milford Marina with UV nights, a weekly league and Pirate Pete's soft play.

Roxy photograph from another Roxy venue; it may not show this branch.

242 Queen Street, Cardiff CF10 2AQ

8 lanesHours listed from £8 Open to the public

Upstairs at The Friary on Queen Street, with a hireable private karaoke bar.

Ten Pin Bowling at Jade Jones Pavilion, Flint

Jade Jones Pavilion, Earl Street, Flint, Flintshire CH6 5ER

8 lanesfrom £17 a lane Open to the public

A council-run eight-lane alley in Flint, priced by the lane rather than the game.

uStrike

uStrike

4.3 (95)

3rd Floor, Agricultural House, Old Kerry Road, Newtown SY16 1BS

4 lanesHours listed from £7.25 Open to the public

A small Mid Wales bowl with four lanes, a licensed bar and a golf simulator upstairs in Newtown.

Llwyngwair's Feud Hall

Llwyngwair Manor Holiday Park, Newport, Pembrokeshire

2 lanesHours listed  Open to the public

Two duckpin lanes in a holiday park hall, one mile east of Newport on the A487.

Astro Bowl

Astro Bowl

4.3 (430)

Ffrith Park, Victoria Road West, Prestatyn

Hours listed from £8 Under-18s with an adult

A walk-in ten-pin alley on the Ffrith caravan park, open to everyone and not only to holidaymakers.

Disco Bowl photograph from another Disco Bowl venue; it may not show this branch.

Discobowl Cardiff

4.3 (737)

Stadium Plaza, Wood Street, Cardiff

Hours listed from £6 Open to the public

Wood Street's Stadium Plaza holds lanes, a Laser Quest arena and Scrapyard Golf in central Cardiff.

Karaoke room from Disco Bowl; chain photograph may show another branch.

Discobowl Newport

4.2 (1.2k)

Top Floor, Friars Walk Shopping Centre, John Frost Square, Newport NP20 1EA

Hours listed from £6 Open to the public

Top-floor lanes at Friars Walk with Laser Quest, private karaoke and late weekend sessions.

Photograph from Glasfryn Parc.

Glasfryn Parc

3.6 (355)

Y Ffôr, Pwllheli LL53 6PG

Hours listed from £7 Open to the public

Daytime bowling inside a Llŷn activity park with karting, archery and a wakeboard cable.

Lane7 photograph from another Lane7 venue; it may not show this branch.

Basement Unit, Imperial Gate - St Mary Street, Cardiff, CF10 1FA

Hours listed  Open to the public

A late-night basement bar with lanes, a short walk from Cardiff Central station.

Superbowl UK Merthyr

Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Village, Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales CF48 1UT

Hours listed  Open to the public

Bowling plus a galaxy-themed adventure golf course on Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Village.

Questions

Bowling in Wales: questions

Which Welsh alley has the most lanes?

Hollywood Bowl Cardiff Red Dragon and Tenpin Swansea have 26 lanes each.

What is Hollywood Bowl XL?

It is the chain's first XL centre, in St David's, Cardiff: 20 lanes with e-karting and darts on two floors.

Can I bowl at Astro Bowl if I am not staying on the park?

Yes. Astro Bowl in Prestatyn says the lanes are open to everyone, not only holidaymakers.