Visit

The Senedd building is currently closed, but we have made this video to give you a glimpse of what you will be able to see when we reopen again soon. We’ll share our plans of reopening on our social media (Facebook or Twitter) and website, so remember follow us there if you don’t already.

We are offering a range of virtual engagement activities as an alternative, so that you can find out more about how the Senedd works, how decisions that affect all of us in Wales are made, and ways you can get involved.

Things to do

Virtual Tour

Our recently developed virtual tour is a great way to explore your Senedd. By clicking on various icons and images along the way you can learn more about the home of the Welsh Parliament, and meet our tour guides who will be happy to tell you a little more about different areas of the Senedd.

Online engagement sessions

Learn about how decision that affect our lives are made here in Wales by booking a space on our free online workshops and presentations.

Senedd.TV

Senedd TV is the online broadcast channel for the Senedd, this is where you can watch: live Plenary debates and committee meetings, archived footage of all Senedd proceedings taking place in public, or footage of events and a wide range of short videos about the Senedd and its work.

Have your say

Our Citizen Engagement Team works with you, the people of Wales to provide opportunities to have your say on the issues that affect our lives.

Senedd Shop & Cafe

A showcase for excellence with a range of products inspired by and sourced in Wales. Or just somewhere to sit with a brew and watch the view across Cardiff Bay.

Calendar

Meetings
Events
Committees
Plenary
Exhibitions

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Senedd buildings

The Senedd

Home of the committees and the main business of the Senedd including Plenary meetings

The Pierhead

The old harbourmaster's office in the heart of Cardiff Bay.

Tŷ Hywel

The offices of the Senedd where Members and Senedd Commission Staff are based

North Wales Office

The Senedd's permanent presence in North Wales

The Senedd is not just a building for Members, it is your building.

It is the main public building of the Welsh Parliament, the main centre for democracy and devolution in Wales. It is an open building – a building into which you can walk, have a cup of coffee in the Oriel on the upper level, and go into the public galleries from the Neuadd on the centre level. And it is not just visitors that come here to see and enjoy the Senedd – we have also had performers, singers, exhibitions and all sorts of activities going on here, because it is a public building.

Current status

The Senedd building is currently closed but we are offering a range of virtual engagement activities as an alternative, so that you can find out more about how the Senedd works, how decisions that affect all of us in Wales are made, and ways you can get involved.

Explore your Senedd

The Pierhead is a unique visitor, events and conference venue for the people of Wales; a space to express opinions and give voice to issues that matter to you as individuals, communities or organisations.

The Pierhead

This is our office in Cardiff Bay where Members, their Support Staff and staff of the Senedd Commission work.

It is connected to the Senedd by a pair of skyways to give easy access to our key business rooms - but Tŷ Hywel also houses two of the committee rooms, many meeting rooms and our Education Suite which includes the old debating chamber now known as Siambr Hywel.

Tŷ Hywel

The permanent home of the Senedd in North Wales.

Based in Colwyn Bay our North Wales Office provides a static base for meetings by Commission Staff and Members in North Wales. It is used as a hub for our Outreach and Education officers in the area as well as housing some of our Public Engagement Officers.

The meeting rooms can be used by Members of the Senedd to meet with constituents or representatives of local organisations where this is more appropriate than their own Constituency Office, as they regularly do in Tŷ Hywel.

Current status

This office can usually be visited by appointment but is currently closed to the public due to Coronavirus regulations.

Senedd North Wales Office

Exhibitions

Exhibitions at the Senedd showcase the very best of Wales, ranging from partnerships with key national organisations to projects developed with Welsh communities. A selection of our exhibitions are now available to view online.

Collecting LGBTQ+ histories

To mark LGBT+ History Month and in the run up to the Senedd elections, Mark Etheridge, curator at St Fagans National Museum of History has selected key items from the museum’s collection that highlight the importance of political activism and of using your voice.

Community Champions

This year has seen many ordinary people do extraordinary things to ensure the wellbeing and safety of our communities. View our online portrait gallery showcasing community champions from across Wales.

Windrush Cymru: celebrating the lives and journeys of a generation

View the online gallery

The Senedd Across Wales

You, the people of Wales, are at the heart of all that we do. We run a variety of programmes that helps explain how you can get involved in our work, and shape the decisions that affect our lives.

We offer free workshops and presentations for adults, groups, organisations, education professionals, and young people, along with a range of online materials, that provide impartial information about the work of the Senedd and our Members.

Explore with the Senedd across Wales

Current status

Current status

Things to do

Virtual Tour

Online engagement sessions

Senedd.TV

Have your say

Senedd Shop & Cafe

Senedd buildings

The Senedd

The Pierhead

Tŷ Hywel

North Wales Office

Current status

Exhibitions

Exhibitions

Collecting LGBTQ+ histories

Community Champions

Windrush Cymru: celebrating the lives and journeys of a generation

The Senedd Across Wales

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