Road Closures for Brecon Carreg CDF 10K & Lloyds Tour of Britain Men Final Stage on Sunday, 7 September

Monday, 1 September 2025

 

With thousands of runners expected to take part in the Brecon Carreg Cardiff 10K and the final phase of the Lloyds Tour of Britain finishing in Cardiff on Sunday, September 7th, there will be a series of road closures in place to facilitate these events.

With the Cardiff 10K starting at 10am, there will be a rolling road closure in place from 9am until 1pm along the route to facilitate the race, with further road closures in place from 3am until 6pm to prepare for and facilitate the last leg of the Tour of Britain, when Geraint Thomas will be competing in his last professional cycle race.

 

Road Closures to set up the Race Village

From Saturday 6th September 5am until Sunday 7th September 6pm, the following roads will be closed in the Civic Centre: King Edward VII Avenue, Corbett Road, Museum Avenue, City Hall Road, College Road and Gorsedd Gardens Road.

 

Road Closures for the Cardiff 10K Race

From 9am until 1pm, a rolling road closure will be in place on the following roads:

  • North Road, from the junction with Colum Road to the junction with Boulevard de Nantes – Access to Blackweir via Park Place/Corbett Road and access to Queen Anne Square will be managed via Colum Road/Corbett Road and exiting will be via Corbett Road onto Colum Road
  • North Road south of the junction with Boulevard de Nantes to the junction with the A1461
  • The A1461 from the junction with North Road to the junction with Kingsway
  • Kingsway from the junction with the A1461 to the junction with Duke Street
  • Duke Street and Castle Street in their entirety
  • Cowbridge Road East from the junction with Castle Street to the junction with Cathedral Road
  • Boulevard de Nantes from the junction with Park Place/Stuttgart’s Strasse through to the junction with North Road
  • The Friary and Friary Gardens, Westgate Street, Wood Street, Golate, Guildhall Place, Quay Street, Central Square, Scott Road, Havelock Street and Park Street
  • Saint Mary Street from the junction with Mill Lane through to Guildhall Place
  • High Street from its junction with Castle Street to the junction with Guildhall Place
  • Tudor Street from the junction with Clare Road
  • Fitzhamon Embankment, Despenser Street, Despenser Lane, Despenser Place, Plantaganet Street, Beauchamp Street, Clare Street, Lower Cathedral Road, Brook Street, Mark Street, Green Street and Coldstream Terrace
  • Cowbridge Road East from the junction with Cathedral Road to the junction with Neville Street/Wellington Street
  • Neville Street from the junction with Cowbridge Road East to the junction with Lower Cathedral Road
  • Wellington Street from the junction with Leckwith Road (inbound towards the city centre)
  • Cowbridge Road East from the junction with Kings Road
  • Cathedral Road from the junction with Cowbridge Road East to the junction with Penhill Road
  • All side roads that exit on to Cathedral Road
  • Hamilton Street, Talbot Street, Sophia Close, Sophia Walk, Spine Road in Sophia Gardens, Plasturton Place, Dyfrig Street, Kyveilog Street, Sneyd Street, Dogo Street, Berthwin Street, Teilo Street, Gileston Road, Meldwin Street, Fairleigh Road, Fields Park Road, Denbigh Street, Fairleigh Court and Heol Wilf Wooller
  • Penhill Road from the junction with Llandaff/Cardiff Road (inbound only)
  • A lane closure will also be in place on Western Avenue from Excelsior Road to the junction with Mill Lane.

From 9am until 6pm access to Greyfairs Road will be managed at the junction of Boulevard de Nantes / Park Place to facilitate bus movements and residents or business within the area only.

NOTE: the banned right turn from Colum Road into Corbett Road will be revoked to facilitate access to Queen Anne Square only. This will be controlled by traffic management stewards.

Find out more information on the Brecon Garreg CDF 10K (cardiff10k.cymru).

Static road closures for the Tour of Britain

From 3am until 6pm: North Road (Colum Road to Boulevard de Nantes) will be closed including all side roads

From 9am until 6pm: Kingsway, Duke Street, Castle Street, Cowbridge Road West (Canton Bridge), and all side roads will be closed

From 10am until 5pm: North Road/Gabalfa flyover and all connecting roads will be closed.

 

Rolling road closures for the Tour of Britain

From 1:30pm until 3pm, the route from the County Boundary via the A469, Thornhill Road, Caerphilly Road, A470 to North Road flyover will be closed. All traffic will be held at junctions as cyclists pass, and the roads will be re-opened when it is deemed safe to do so.

Find out more information on the Lloyds Tour of Britain Men (britishcycling.org.uk).

Trains

Rail services in/out of Cardiff are expected to be very busy and Transport for Wales will be adding more capacity and additional services where possible.

Planned engineering work means there will be no train services in/out of Cardiff on a number of routes on Sunday 7 September.

  • Between Cardiff Queen Street and Rhymney. Buses will replace trains between Cardiff Central and Caerphilly / Ystrad Mynach, Bargoed and Rhymney.
  • Between Cardiff Central and Barry, closing all lines on Sunday morning (before 1230). Buses will replace trains between: Cardiff Central and Penarth, Cardiff Central and Barry Island, Cardiff Central and Bridgend via Barry.

Additionally, no trains will run between Radyr and Cardiff Central via Fairwater.

Due to Network Rail engineering work in west Wales and on the Marches Line, buses also replace trains between Carmarthen and Swansea before 0955 and the line between Newport and Hereford is closed all day on Sunday 7 September.

Where rail replacement bus services are operating in/out of Cardiff, journey times are likely to take longer than usual due to the road closures in the city centre for the events.

Find out more information on train disruption and rail works (tfw.wales).

 

Park & Walk from Cardiff City Stadium

Park and walk will be available from Cardiff City Football Stadium from 8am until 6pm

Getting there: Leave the M4 at Junction 33 and take the A4232 towards Cardiff/Barry. Exit the A4232 onto the B4267, signposted Cardiff City Stadium – CF11 8AZ

Cost: £10 per car – card machine will be available.

 

Civic Centre Event Day Parking (Cars and Coaches)

As the Race Village for the Cardiff 10K will be at the Civic Centre, there will be no event parking available at this location.

 

Event Day Parking at Sophia Gardens

Parking at Sophia Gardens will be available from 8am until 9am and then from 12.30pm until the Cardiff 10K Race ends.

Getting there: Exit junction 32 off the M4

Cost: £15 for cars and £30 for coaches – card payments are now available.

Please note: Sophia Gardens car park will be staffed until 7pm all vehicles are left on site at the owner’s risk. Cardiff Council will not be held responsible for any theft or damage to motor vehicles or personal possessions. Any vehicles left in the car park after closing time will be fined.

 

Alternative Parking

City centre car parks are also available: St David’s Dewi Sant, John Lewis & Partners, The Capitol, NCP Adam Street, NCP Dumfries Place and NCP Greyfriars.

 

Local Buses

Bus services will be diverted while the city centre road closures are in place

Please visit the relevant bus operator’s website for more information about your specific bus routes.

For Cardiff Bus services, please visit: cardiffbus.com/tour-britain

For Stagecoach services, please visit: stagecoachbus.com

For Adventure Travel services, please visit: adventuretravel.cymru

 

Coaches

National Express will use Sophia Gardens as usual.

FlixBus will continue will use Friary Gardens on North Road (opposite Cardiff Castle) as usual.

 

Can you cycle or walk?

The cycleways and the pop-up cycleways within the road closure area will remain open for cyclists to use during the event, but due to the number of people expected to attend these concerts, we ask all cyclists to take due care and attention.

The road closures apply to all motor vehicles of any kind, but not to bicycles with pedals.

Those who live locally in Cardiff may want to travel by bicycle or walk. Research shows us that 52% of car trips made in the Welsh capital are less than 5km. This is a distance that can be comfortably cycled in 20 minutes.

We also know that 28% of Cardiff residents who currently do not cycle would like to do so.

When the roads are congested this makes cycling an even more attractive option as travel by bicycle would be quicker than a car during rush hours or during big events.

 

Disabled Parking

Disabled drivers are advised to use Sophia Gardens. Disabled parking is also available at various private car parks.

Please check individual websites for availability.