A once "vibrant" former hostel has become a dumping ground for litter and used needles amid calls for action to resolve the issue. The former NosDa hostel on Despenser Street in Riverside, Cardiff, has been shut for a number of years.
Once a popular bar and hostel, the large, grey stone building next to the River Taff has been left disused after successive lockdowns during the Covid-19 pandemic. Its windows have been boarded up, the front door covered in graffiti, and the picnic table area left covered in litter and used needles.
When WalesOnline visited the venue one morning earlier this week, two people could be seen on the site consuming drugs while visible to people on the nearby footpath.
