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Thousands of people will be in Cardiff city centre on Sunday(Image: \u00a9 David Goddard. All Rights Reserved)<\/p>\nThose heading to Cardiff this weekend are advised to check before you travelThousands of people will be in Cardiff city centre on Sunday(Image: \u00a9 David Goddard. All Rights Reserved)<\/p>\n
Three major events are set to be held in Cardiff on Sunday and this means there will be a series of disruptions to those travelling to the Welsh capital on the weekend.<\/p>\n
With thousands of runners expected to take part in the Brecon<\/a> Carreg Cardiff<\/a> 10K and the final phase of the Lloyds Tour of Britain finishing in Cardiff on Sunday, September 7, there will be a series of road closures in place to facilitate these events.<\/p>\n As the Cardiff 10K starts at 10am, there will be a rolling road closure in place from 9am until 1pm along the route to facilitate the race, with further road closures in place from 3am until 6pm to prepare for and facilitate the last leg of the Tour of Britain, when Geraint Thomas will be competing in his last professional cycle race.<\/p>\n Thomas has now also announced he will be hosting a special farewell event at Cardiff Castle at the final Tour of Britain stage, with thousands of fans invited. For the biggest stories in Wales first, sign up to our daily newsletter<\/a> here<\/strong><\/p>\n He took to social media to share the following announcement with his fans: “I couldn\u2019t finish my career without a proper goodbye could I?<\/p>\n “Excited to announce our plans for an event at Cardiff Castle after the final Tour of Britain stage on Sunday 7th September. The details are being kept a surprise from me for now\u2026 but I\u2019m told it\u2019s going to be a lot of fun.<\/p>\n “4,000 completely free tickets will be available soon and I\u2019ll post the link when they\u2019re available to grab. Hopefully see you all there.”<\/p>\n Here is everything you need to know before heading to Cardiff on Saturday or Sunday:<\/p>\n Road Closures to set up the Race Village<\/p>\n From 5am on Saturday September 6th until 6pm on Sunday September 7th, the following roads will be closed in the Civic Centre:<\/p>\n King Edward VII Avenue, Corbett Road, Museum Avenue, City Hall Road, College Road and Gorsedd Gardens Road.<\/p>\n Road Closures for Cardiff 10K<\/p>\n From 9am until 1pm, a rolling road closure will be in place on the following roads:<\/p>\n From 9am until 6pm access to Greyfairs Road will be managed at the junction of Boulevard de Nantes \/ Park Place to facilitate bus movements and residents\/ business within the area only.<\/p>\n NOTE<\/strong>: the banned right turn from Colum Road into Corbett Road will be revoked to facilitate access to Queen Anne Square only. This will be controlled by traffic management stewards.<\/p>\n For more information on the Brecon Garreg Cardiff 10K, please visit the event organisers website – https:\/\/www.cardiff10k.cymru\/<\/a><\/p>\n Tour of Britain<\/p>\n Rolling road closures:<\/p>\n From 1:30pm until 3pm, the route from the County Boundary via the A469, Thornhill Road, Caerphilly<\/a> Road, A470 to North Road flyover will be closed. All traffic will be held at junctions as cyclists pass, and the roads will be re-opened when it is deemed safe to do so.<\/p>\n For more information on the Tour of Britain, please visit https:\/\/www.britishcycling.org.uk\/tourofbritain<\/a><\/p>\n Trains<\/p>\n Rail services in\/out of Cardiff are expected to be very busy and Transport for Wales will be adding more capacity and additional services where possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n Planned engineering work means there will be no train services in\/out of Cardiff on a number of routes on Sunday 7 September.<\/p>\n Due to Network Rail engineering work in west Wales and on the Marches Line, buses also replace trains between Carmarthen<\/a> and Swansea<\/a> before 0955 and the line between Newport<\/a> and Hereford is closed all day on Sunday 7 September.<\/p>\n Where rail replacement bus services are operating in\/out of Cardiff, journey times are likely to take longer than usual due to the road closures in the city centre for the events.<\/p>\n For more information visit Train disruption | Rail works | Transport for Wales<\/a><\/p>\n Parking options<\/p>\n Park & Walk from Cardiff City Stadium<\/strong><\/p>\n Park and walk will be available from Cardiff City Football Stadium from 8am until 6pm<\/p>\n Getting there: Leave the M4<\/a> at Junction 33 and take the A4232 towards Cardiff\/Barry<\/a>. Exit the A4232 onto the B4267, signposted Cardiff City Stadium – CF11 8AZ<\/p>\n Cost -\u00a310 per car \u2013 card machine will be available.<\/p>\n Event Day Parking at Sophia Gardens<\/strong><\/p>\n Parking at Sophia Gardens will be available from 8am until 9am and then from 12.30pm until the Cardiff 10K Race ends. Disabled drivers are advised to use Sophia Gardens.<\/p>\n Getting there: Exit junction 32 off the M4<\/p>\n Cost: \u00a315 for cars and \u00a330 for coaches \u2013 card payments are now available.<\/p>\n Please note: Sophia Gardens car park will be staffed until 7.00pm all vehicles are left on site at the owner’s risk.<\/p>\n Alternative Parking<\/strong><\/p>\n City centre car parks are also available: St David’s Shopping Centre, John Lewis, Capitol Shopping Centre, and NCP (Adam Street, Dumfries Place and Greyfriars Road).<\/p>\n Bus<\/p>\n Local buses:<\/strong><\/p>\n Bus services will be diverted while the city centre road closures are in place<\/p>\n Please visit the relevant bus operator’s website for more information about your specific bus routes.<\/p>\n For Stagecoach services, please visit: Welcome to Stagecoach (stagecoachbus.com)<\/a><\/p>\n For Cardiff Bus services, please visit: https:\/\/www.cardiffbus.com\/principality-stadium<\/a><\/p>\n For NAT services, please visit: https:\/\/www.natgroup.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n National Express coaches will use Sophia Gardens as usual.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0_GT-picture.jpg\")
The end of the road is in sight for Thomas. (Image: (Photo by Dario Belingheri\/Getty Images))<\/p>\n\n
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