--- title: "Cardiff to Charmouth – 4 ways by car, train, bus | Mixroutes" description: "Cardiff to Charmouth is 85 km. Fastest: drive in 2h 21m. Cheapest: drive from £15. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-charmouth" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-charmouth.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Cardiff to Charmouth [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Charmouth) [Charmouth to Cardiff](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/charmouth-to-cardiff) **Fastest:** 2h 21m\ by car, door to door\ **Cheapest:** £15\ by car\ **Distance:** 85 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 2\ 3 ways, Sun 1 Nov\ ## 3 ways to travel 85 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. best 2h 45m quicker than the train and £15 cheaper. - [**Drive** best fastest cheapest 2h 21m£15–20 Estimated 164 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Charmouth) - [**Train** 5h 5m£20–69 Estimated 2 departures · GWR](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Charmouth) - [**Taxi** 2h 21m£230–330 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Charmouth) 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/) · [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. [10:43 → 15:54 5h 11m · 3 changes · GWR£20–69](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Cardiff&to=Charmouth&date=2026-11-01&time=08%3A00&it=t0) 2. [12:49 → 17:54 5h 5m · 3 changes · GWR£20–69](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Cardiff&to=Charmouth&date=2026-11-01&time=08%3A00&it=t1) 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 Charmouth? The fastest way is by car: about 2h 21m door to door. The straight-line distance is 85 km. What is the cheapest way from Cardiff to Charmouth? Drive is the cheapest, from £15. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. Is there a direct train from Cardiff to Charmouth? Not today. Train journeys involve a change; the fastest takes 5h 5m. How far is Charmouth from Cardiff by road? About 164 km, roughly 2h 21m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around £15–20; tolls and parking are extra. ## Who runs it Railways - GWR - South Western Railway Buses - South Western Railway - First Wessex - Dorset & South Somerset Read from today's timetables. Operators don't pay to be listed here. ## In Charmouth Village and civil parish in Dorset, England Charmouth is a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England. The village is situated on the mouth of the River Char, around 1.5 miles (2 km) north-east of Lyme Regis. Dorset County Council estimated that in 2013 the population of the civil parish was 1,310. In the 2011 census the population of the parish, combined with the small parish of Catherston Leweston to the north, was 1,352. [The Charmouth guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/charmouth) Worth your time - Golden Cap Golden Cap Estate, Morcombelake, Bridport, Dorset (See website for directions), goldencap@nationaltrust.org.uk. - Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre Small free museum containing many impressive fossil specimens found locally, along with educational videos, exhibits and events relating to local geology and fossil-hunting. 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