--- title: "Carlyon Bay to Cardiff – 3 ways by car, train, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Carlyon Bay to Cardiff 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/carlyon-bay-to-cardiff" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/carlyon-bay-to-cardiff.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Carlyon Bay to Cardiff [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Carlyon+Bay&to=Cardiff) [Cardiff to Carlyon Bay](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-carlyon-bay) **Fastest:** 3h 48m\ by car, door to door\ **Cheapest:** £27\ by car\ **Distance:** 168 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures:** 2\ from 08:00, Thu 5 Nov\ ## 3 ways to travel 168 km apart. Times are the timetables for Thu 5 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 40m quicker than the train and £3 cheaper. - [**Drive** best fastest cheapest 3h 48m£27–35 Estimated 295 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Carlyon+Bay&to=Cardiff) - [**Train** 6h 26m£30–178 Estimated next 3 from 08:00 · GWR](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Carlyon+Bay&to=Cardiff) - [**Taxi** 3h 48m£415–590 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Carlyon+Bay&to=Cardiff) Data: [Timetables via Transitous](https://transitous.org/sources/) · [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places © OpenStreetMap contributors](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. [08:01 → 14:27 6h 26m · 2 changes Go Cornwall Bus 25£30–131](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Carlyon+Bay&to=Cardiff&date=2026-11-05&time=08%3A00&it=tx0sp3x) 2. [08:59 → 15:33 6h 34m · 2 changes Go Cornwall Bus 25£30–131](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Carlyon+Bay&to=Cardiff&date=2026-11-05&time=08%3A00&it=t7q16m3) 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 Carlyon Bay to Cardiff? 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 Carlyon Bay to Cardiff? Driving is the cheapest, from £27. That figure is a fuel estimate, not counting tolls or parking. Is there a direct train from Carlyon Bay to Cardiff? Not among the trains we read from 08:00: those involve a change, and the fastest takes 5h 49m. The planner checks the rest of the day. How far is Cardiff from Carlyon Bay by road? About 295 km, roughly 3h 48m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around £27–35; tolls and parking are extra. ## Who runs it Buses - 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](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/cardiff) Worth your time - Cardiff Castle Cardiff Castle is a large castle whose foundations are based upon a Roman fort. - The Millennium Stadium A 74,200-seater stadium, opened for the 1999 Rugby World Cup, and now home to the Wales national rugby team. - 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. 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