--- title: "Cardiff to Carlyon Bay – 4 ways by car, train, bus | Mixroutes" description: "Cardiff to Carlyon Bay is 168 km. Fastest: drive in 3h 48m. Cheapest: drive from £27. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-carlyon-bay" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-carlyon-bay.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Lyon-part-dieu-2023.jpg/1920px-Lyon-part-dieu-2023.jpg" --- ![Carlyon Bay](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Lyon-part-dieu-2023.jpg/1920px-Lyon-part-dieu-2023.jpg) # How to get from Cardiff to Carlyon Bay [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Carlyon+Bay) [Carlyon Bay to Cardiff](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/carlyon-bay-to-cardiff) [Aldg692VX (CC BY-SA 4.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lyon-part-dieu-2023.jpg) **Fastest:** 3h 48m\ by car, door to door\ **Cheapest:** £27\ by car\ **Distance:** 168 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures:** 7\ from 08:00, Wed 4 Nov\ ## 4 ways to travel 168 km apart. Times are the timetables for Wed 4 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. best 1h 40m quicker than the train and £3 cheaper. - [**Drive** best fastest cheapest 3h 48m£27–36 Estimated 297 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Carlyon+Bay) - [**Train** Least hassle 5h 29m£30–195 Estimated next 6 from 08:00 · GWR](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Carlyon+Bay) - [**Bus** 6h 37m£81–150 Estimated next 3 from 08:00 · FlixBus](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Carlyon+Bay) - [**Taxi** 3h 48m£415–590 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Carlyon+Bay) Data: [Timetables via Transitous](https://transitous.org/sources/) · [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [Places © OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from United Kingdom; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Exercise increased caution in United Kingdom** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.gbr.html) Travel advice: US State Department. ## Departures today 1. [08:44 → 14:13 5h 29m · 1 change GWR£45–148](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Cardiff&to=Carlyon+Bay&date=2026-11-04&time=08%3A00&it=tjhhmuh) 2. [09:26 → 16:03 6h 37m · 2 changes National Express 111£93–150](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Cardiff&to=Carlyon+Bay&date=2026-11-04&time=08%3A00&it=t10250pn) 3. [09:49 → 15:51 6h 2m · 2 changes GWR£30–131](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Cardiff&to=Carlyon+Bay&date=2026-11-04&time=08%3A00&it=t1imkjm2) 4. [10:19 → 15:51 5h 32m · 3 changes GWR£40–176](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Cardiff&to=Carlyon+Bay&date=2026-11-04&time=08%3A00&it=t16cldx2) 5. [10:31 → 18:00 7h 29m · 2 changes National Express 202£81–133](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Cardiff&to=Carlyon+Bay&date=2026-11-04&time=08%3A00&it=t1eld20r) 6. [11:19 → 16:51 5h 32m · 3 changes GWR£40–176](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Cardiff&to=Carlyon+Bay&date=2026-11-04&time=08%3A00&it=t4yw9e7) 7. [12:36 → 21:28 8h 52m · 2 changes National Express 202£94–152](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Cardiff&to=Carlyon+Bay&date=2026-11-04&time=08%3A00&it=t13pq67x) The next departures from 08:00, not the whole day. 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 Cardiff to Carlyon Bay? The fastest way is by car: about 3h 48m door to door. The straight-line distance is 168 km. What is the cheapest way from Cardiff to Carlyon Bay? Driving is the cheapest, from £27. That figure is a fuel estimate, not counting tolls or parking. Is there a direct train from Cardiff to Carlyon Bay? Not among the trains we read from 08:00: those involve a change, and the fastest takes 5h 3m. The planner checks the rest of the day. How much is the bus from Cardiff to Carlyon Bay? Buses take about 6h 37m and cost £81–150 depending on operator and seat type. This page lists the next 3 from 08:00; the planner has the rest of the day. How far is Carlyon Bay from Cardiff by road? About 297 km, roughly 3h 48m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around £27–36; tolls and parking are extra. ## Who runs it Railways - GWR - CrossCountry Buses - Go Cornwall Bus - National Express - FlixBus Read from today's timetables. Operators don't pay to be listed here. ## In Carlyon Bay Village in United Kingdom Carlyon Bay is a bay and a set of three beaches near St Austell on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is located approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the town centre. [The Carlyon Bay guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/carlyon-bay) [Hotels in Carlyon Bay Compare prices on Hotels70](https://www.hotels70.com/carlyon%20bay) ## More routes - [Kochi to Bengaluru](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-bengaluru) - [Kochi to Chennai](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-chennai) - [Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-thiruvananthapuram) - [Kochi to Munnar](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-munnar) - [Kochi to Alappuzha](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-alappuzha) - [Kochi to Kozhikode](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-kozhikode) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-carlyon-bay, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. 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