Road closures for Cardiff Half Marathon

Around 25,000 people are expected to take part in the Cardiff Half Marathon on Sunday (1 October).

Cardiff City Council and event organisers from Cardiff University have released a list of roads that are due to be closed for the race.

From 5am on September 27th until midnight on October 2nd:

  • College Road will be closed from the junction with Museum Avenue to the junction with King Edward V11 Avenue

Cardiff Bay and Docks area road closures Credit: Cardiff University

From 5am on Thursday September 28th until midnight on October 2nd:

  • King Edward V11 Avenue will be closed up to the junction with Boulevard de Nantes and to the junction with City Hall Road

The following roads will be closed from 5am on September 29th until midnight on October 1st:

  • King Edward V11 (Junction with Boulevard de Nantes to the junction with City Hall Road, and from the junction with Corbett Road to the junction with City hall Road)

  • Museum Avenue from the closed end with Corbett Road to the junction with Gorsedd Gardens Road

  • Gorsedd Gardens Roadfrom the junction with Park Place to the junction with Museum Avenue

  • City Hall Road from the junction with North Road to the junction with Museum Avenue

Penarth Road closure Credit: Cardiff University

From 4.00am until 12pm:

  • North Road south of the junction with Boulevard de Nantes to the junction with the A416

  • The A4161 from the junction with North Road to its junction with Kingsway,

  • Kingsway from the junction with the A4161 to the junction with Duke Street

  • Duke Street and Castle Street

  • Cowbridge Road East from the junction with Castle Street to the junction with Cathedral Road.

Cathays area road closure Credit: Cardiff University

From 6.00am until 10.45am:

  • North Road from the junction with Colum Road to the junction with Boulevard de Nantes (access to Blackweir via Park Place/Corbett Road, northbound up North Road)

10.00am until 15.10pm:

  • Colum Road

  • Park Place from the junction with St Andrews Place to the junction with Colum Road

Rolling road closure from 9am until 3.10pm:

  • Cowbridge Road East from the junction with Cathedral Road

  • Wellington Street, Leckwith Road and Sloper Road

  • Penarth Road, Cardiff Bay Barrage, Cargo Road and Locks Road

  • Porth Tiegr, Harbour Drive and Roald Dahl Plas

  • Bute Place, Lloyd George Avenue and Herbert Street

  • Tyndall Street, East Tyndall Street and Windsor Road

  • Adam Street, Fitzalan Place going across Newport Road

  • West Grove, Richmond Road and Albany Road

  • Blenheim Road, Marlborough Road and Ninian Road

  • Fairoak Road, Lake Road East and Lake Road West

  • Fairoak Road, Cathays Terrace, Corbett Road and Museum Avenue

On the day of the event – the following map outlines the anticipated timeframes for the road closures