Getting here

How to get to Wales Millennium Centre

Click on your desired method of travel for information on getting to Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place, Cardiff Bay, CF10 5AL

Cycle | Bus | Train | Road | Car Sharing | Accommodation

Please note that new parking rules come into force in Cardiff soon - click here for the full details from Cardiff Council

Maps & Directions to the Centre (CF10 5AL):

  • Google Maps
  • MapQuest
  • RAC Routeplanner
  • Journey Planner
  • Multimap
  • A Map of the Centre

Arriving by Bicycle - Menu

Cardiff Bay is well equipped for accommodating bicycles with 3 cycle-parks around Wales Millennium Centre and more dotted throughout the Bay. The main cycle route in Cardiff is known as the Taff Trail and it links Cardiff Bay with Cardiff City  Centre and Cardiff Central Railway Station - look out for Taff Trail signs running along side the river from opposite the Millennium Stadium.  The Taff Trail also continues northwards providing a cycle friendly route all the way to Brecon.  There is also a cycle lane and footpath, running along the A4232 from the Cardiff Bay Retail Park.

Useful Links
  • Map of the Area - http://www.sustrans.org.uk/
  • Taff Trail Information - www.tafftrail.org.uk/ 
  • Cycle Safety Site -  www.roadsafety.cardiff.gov.uk/cyclist 
  • Cycle Safety Site -  http://www.cycletrainingwales.org.uk/ 
  • Cycle Cardiff -  http://www.cyclecardiff.org.uk/

Arriving by Road - Menu

From the West (Swansea, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire etc)
Leave the M4 at junction 33. Join the A4232 and continue for about 9.3 miles. Leave the A4232 just before the Butetown Tunnel, signposted Techniquest. Continue along Stuart Street and turn right at the first set of lights. Wales Millennium Centre is in front of you.

From the North (Merthyr Tydfil, Brecon, Mid Wales, North West Wales)
Follow the A470 towards Cardiff until it turns into North Road/A470. Stay on North Road for about 4 miles, passing the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama on your right, until you come to a major junction, by the civic buildings, on your left. Turn left here onto A4161 (Boulevard de Nantes), go through the lights and follow the road around into Dumfries Place, continue in the centre lane, following the road around to the left , until you go under a railway bridge, then turn right at the first traffic lights onto Fitzalan Place. Turn right at the next traffic lights onto Adam Street, stay in the left lane and take the slip road onto the Central Link Road. At the first roundabout, take the first exit and keep in the left hand lane, keeping left at the next roundabout. At the traffic lights turn right. Major car park entrance is along this road on right hand side. From the car park just cross the road to the Centre.

From the East (Newport, Bristol, Midlands, London etc)
Leave the M4 at junction 29. and join A48 M. Stay on this road until the exit marked Docks. Follow road markings for city centre. As you approach city centre turn left at traffic lights into Fitzalan Place. Turn right at the next junction onto Adam Street, stay in the left hand lane and take the slip road onto the Central Link Road. At the first roundabout, take the first exit and keep in the left hand lane. At the traffic lights turn right. Major car park entrance is along this road on right hand side. From the car park just cross the road to the Centre.

Useful Links
  • Car parking in Cardiff Bay

Get directions to the Centre (CF10 5AL) with:
  • Google Maps
  • MapQuest
  • RAC Routeplanner
  • Journey Planner
  • Multimap

Car Sharing - a greener way to get to the Centre - Menu
Sewta Car Share (part of the lift share network) is a free, user-friendly service for organising shared journeys online. Sewta (The South East Wales Transport Alliance), is a consortium established by the 10 local authorities in South East Wales to improve public transport links in the region.
www.sewtacarshare.com 

Arriving by train - Menu

Regular services run to and from Cardiff Bay Station from Monday to Sunday.
For more information contact :

First Great Western run services between West Wales and London Paddington, stopping at Cardiff Central.
http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/

There is free shuttle service on the Cardiff Baycar for all passengers with a return ticket into Cardiff Central or Queen Street Stations, taking just 8 minutes to arrive outside Wales Millennium Centre. The Baycar runs every 10 mins
http://www.cardiffbus.com/baycar.shtml

Arriva Trains Wales
Tel 0845 606 1660
http://www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk/

CrossCountry
CrossCountry runs services to Cardiff from the Midlands, the South West, Manchester and the North East. Visit crosscountrytrains.co.uk for further information and to buy tickets (there's no booking fee and if you buy Advance you can print your tickets at home and select your own seat).
http://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/

National Rail Enquires
Tel 08457 48 49 50
www.nationalrail.co.uk