[[Image:St. Mary Street, Cardiff.jpg|thumb|left|St. Mary Street south end]]
[[File:Womanby Street - Cardiff - geograph.org.uk - 1575663.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Womanby Street looking south]]
'''St. Mary Street''' ({{lang-cy|Heol Eglwys MairFair}}) and '''High Street''' ({{lang-cy|Heol Fawr}}). The former street is named after the 11th century church of St. Mary, the largest in Cardiff until it was destroyed by the [[Bristol Channel floods, 1607|Bristol Channel floods]] of 1607. Today the stretch of road is the home of a number of [[bar (establishment)|bar]]s, [[night club]]s and [[restaurant]]s, as well as branches of many major [[bank]]s. Also fronting onto the street is [[Howells (department store)|Howells]] department store, which stretches from just after [[Cardiff Central Market]] to the corner of Wharton Street. From August 2007 the street was closed to private vehicles, leaving only buses, cycles and taxis allowed to access the whole street.{{citation needed|date=October 2011}} The street is usually closed to all traffic every Friday and Saturday night to allow the efflux from [[night club]]s and [[pub]]s located in that part of the street to clear. It is also closed when major events take place such as at the [[Millennium Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web
