How to get from Bude to Cardiff

Fastest: 3h 27m; by car, door to door
Cheapest: £24; by car
Distance: 120 km; as the crow flies
Departures today: 5; 3 ways, Sun 1 Nov

3 ways to travel

120 km apart. Times are the timetables for Sun 1 Nov, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare.

best1h quicker than the train and £66 cheaper.

Data: Timetables via Transitous · Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM · Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0 · All credits and licences

Before you go

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Departures today

Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed.

Questions people ask

How long does it take to get from Bude to Cardiff?

The fastest way is by car: about 3h 27m door to door. The straight-line distance is 120 km.

What is the cheapest way from Bude to Cardiff?

Drive is the cheapest, from £24. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote.

Is there a direct train from Bude to Cardiff?

Not today. Train journeys involve a change; the fastest takes 4h 26m.

How far is Cardiff from Bude by road?

About 264 km, roughly 3h 27m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around £24–32; tolls and parking are extra.

Who runs it

Buses

Stagecoach South West
Go Cornwall Bus

Railways

GWR
CrossCountry

Read from today's timetables. Operators don't pay to be listed here.

In Cardiff

Capital and largest city of Wales

Cardiff is the capital and largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of 381,516 in 2025 and forms a principal area officially known as the City and County of Cardiff. The city is the eleventh largest in the United Kingdom. Located in the southeast of Wales, the city sits within the Cardiff Capital Region, which consists of 1.5 million people, accounting for roughly half the nation's total population. Cardiff is the county town of the historic county of Glamorgan and from 1974 to 1996 of South Glamorgan. It belongs to the Eurocities network of the largest European cities. A small town until the early 19th century, its prominence as a port for coal when mining began in the region helped its expansion. In 1905, it was ranked as a city and in 1955 proclaimed capital of Wales. The Cardiff urban area covers a larger area outside the county boundary, including the towns of Dinas Powys and Penarth.

The Cardiff guide

Worth your time

The Welsh Parliament or Senedd Cymru
The seat of Wales' national government and was opened on St David's Day, 1 March 2006 by Queen Elizabeth II.
The Norwegian Church
It was established in Cardiff Bay to serve the large community of Norwegian sailors working in the docks.
Sherman Theatre
Independent theatre.
Chapter Arts Centre
Canton.

From Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA)

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