Starbucks in Wales

Starbucks in Wales

Bridgend Factory Outlet Centre, Bridgend, United Kingdom
	OPENED: 12/18/2006, PHOTO: 6/20/2009
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Cardiff - Dunleavy Drive Thru, Cardiff, United Kingdom
	OPENED: ???, PHOTO: 6/20/2009 This store achieved rapid recognition for being the first and (as of now) only drive-thru location in Europe. It is also the only one I saw with the large convection ovens that are common in America.
Cardiff - Queen Street (18), Cardiff, United Kingdom
	OPENED: Jan 2009, PHOTO: 6/20/2009
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Cardiff - Queen Street, 125/13, Cardiff, United Kingdom
	OPENED: ???, PHOTO: 6/20/2009 The first store in Wales! Actual visit June 19.
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Cardiff - Queen Street, 46-48, Cardiff, United Kingdom
	OPENED: ???, PHOTO: 6/19/2009
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Cardiff - The Brewery, Cardiff, United Kingdom
	OPENED: ???, PHOTO: 6/19/2009
Cardiff - Ty Glas Retail Park, Cardiff, United Kingdom
	OPENED: Jul 2007, PHOTO: 6/20/2009 Well outside the city center, this, and the drive through, is one of the most American-looking stores in Wales.
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Cardiff Mermaid Quay, Cardiff, United Kingdom
	OPENED: ???, PHOTO: 6/20/2009
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Cardiff St Davids Ctr - Lower, Cardiff, United Kingdom
	OPENED: ???, PHOTO: 5/2/2011
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St. Davids Centre, Bridgelink Cafe, Cardiff, United Kingdom
	OPENED: Oct 2009, PHOTO: 5/2/2011 Make sure and look UP when you visit this store, because its ceiling is AWESOME!
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Llanelli Parc Trostre Retail Unit14, Llanelli, United Kingdom
	OPENED: 2007, PHOTO: 6/20/2009
Newport - Westgate Buildings, Newport, United Kingdom
	OPENED: Dec 2002, PHOTO: 6/19/2009 The store is built inside an old hotel.
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Penarth - Windsor Road (18), Penarth, United Kingdom
	OPENED: 2007, PHOTO: 6/20/2009
Llantrisant New Look Talbot, Pontyclun, United Kingdom
	OPENED: 2005, PHOTO: 6/20/2009
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Swansea, Swansea, United Kingdom
	OPENED: 3/8/2004, PHOTO: 6/20/2009
Swansea - Morfa Shopping Park, Swansea, United Kingdom
	OPENED: 2007, PHOTO: 6/20/2009 The store, upstairs, offers a view of the stadium and the river.
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Cwmbran - Gwent Square (28), Torfaen, United Kingdom
	OPENED: Jul 2007, PHOTO: 6/19/2009 The first store I visited in Wales!
Wrexham Eagles Meadow (Unit C7, Wrexham, United Kingdom
	OPENED: Nov 2008, PHOTO: 6/22/2009 The first (and as of now, only) store in North Wales. Click 'More' to see the view of the cathedral, a requirement to have Wrexham designated as a "city".
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Stores Not Visited

Bangor - Caernarfon Road DT	Bangor
Cardiff - Capital Shopping Par	Cardiff
Cardiff- Brooklands RP_DT	Cardiff
Cardiff- Queen St/St.John St	Cardiff
Coryton - Longwood Drive DT	Cardiff

Closed Stores
Note that if the name of a store listed as closed has a link, that indicates that the store was converted to a licensed store (or possibly franchised, if in the UK or France).

Opened	Closed	Name	City	Photos
???	???	Cardiff - Wellfield Road	Cardiff	photo	photo
???	???	Cardiff Borders David (Closed)	Cardiff	photo
Mar 2003	???	Swansea - Borders (Closed)	Swansea	photo

Closed Before I Could Visit
Note that some of these stores might be phantoms--they never actually existed.
Cardiff Bay Morrisons DT

Licenced Stores
My Starbucking rule regarding store ownership are complicated and will be explained fully in my as-yet-unpublished book, but here are the basics. If Starbucks has a proper company in a country, such as Starbucks United States or Starbucks United Kingdom, then I only count stores operated, in whole or in part (sometimes there are partnerships) by Starbucks. In these countries, stores operated under license by other companies do not count. In most countries, however, Starbucks operates stores in a joint venture with another company (such as Tata in India) or licenses the brand to a primary (exclusive or semi-exclusive) partner, such as Alsea in Latin America and western Europe or Al-Shaya in the Middle East). In such cases I visit stores operated by those primary licensees, but not stores licensed to secondary licensees such as SSP or HMSHost. Additionally, in the U.K. and France, Starbucks franchises to a small set of companies, and I do not count those stores. Finally, note that some stores listed below might have closed down.
_Newport Cineworld Retail Park
Aberstwyth - Darkgate Street
Bangor Services
Barry Waterfront Retail Park DT
Bridgend - McArthur Glen
Bridgend - Waterton Retail Park DT
Bridgend WelcomeBreak Sarn Park DT
Caerphilly-Pontygwindy RD DT
Cardiff - Brooklands RP DT
Cardiff - Newport Road DT
Cardiff Coryton - Village Hotel
Cardiff Gate - Welcome Break
Carmarthen - St Clears
Carmarthen Parc Pensarn DT
Cwmbran - Gwent Square
Greenock- Cartsdyke Ave DT
Llandudno - Mostyn Street
Llanelli - Cross Hands A48
Llanelli_Pemberton Park DT
Llansamlet-MagicBean St Davids RP
Mold - Wylfa Services DT
Monmouth Northbound A40
Newport, Kingsway Sopping Centre
Newport-Newport Leisure Park D
Newport-Port Road DT
Northop Hall - A55 Services
Northop Services Westbound DT
Pencoed Technology Park DT
Rhuddlan
Rhyl - Kinmel Park Eastbound
Rhyl - Kinmel Park Westbound
Swansea - Village Hotel
Swansea, Fabian Way
Swansea-Uplands Crescent
Swindon - Barnfield Close DT
Swindon - Thamesdown Drive DT
Swindon Railway Station
Talbot Green- Sainsbury`s
Wrexham - Asda Halt Road DT
Wrexham - Wrexham Road

Licenced Stores (Closed)
Village Hotels Cardiff
Welcome Break Cardiff Gate