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Cardiff Bay Barrage – Blackweir Bridge and Weir loop from Cogan

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Cardiff Bay Barrage – Blackweir Bridge and Weir loop from Cogan

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152

runners

Cardiff Bay Barrage – Blackweir Bridge and Weir loop from Cogan

01:49

17.4km

50m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 1, 2026

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Includes movable bridges

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After 547 m for 36 m

After 17.0 km for 36 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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430 m

People's Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

This bridge gives great views of the marina, and forms part of the Cardiff Bay loop

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3.51 km

Cardiff Bay Barrage

Highlight • Viewpoint

One of the few places where you be surrounded by three hues of blue - the sea, the sky, the bay. Wonderful place!

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5.18 km

Principality Stadium

Highlight • Monument

Since renamed the Principality Stadium, it will always be called the Millennium Stadium by the locals

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6.28 km

View of the River Taff from the Millennium Bridge

Highlight • River

7.85 km

Blackweir Bridge crossing the River Taff, was designed and constructed in the 1980s by engineering students at nearby Cardiff University. The students evidently liked the feel of the earth moving under their feet, it can be a bit bouncy!

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9.78 km

Pontcanna Fields Tree-Lined Avenue

Highlight • Natural

Pontcanna Fields is part of the Grade II listed parkland that spans north from Cardiff along the River Taff.

Its main feature, and a very beautiful one that is, is …

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17.4 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.4 km

4.69 km

1.68 km

570 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

8.67 km

6.33 km

1.06 km

752 m

481 m

130 m

Elevation

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Sunday 17 May

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Cardiff Bay Barrage – Blackweir Bridge and Weir loop from Cogan

People's Bridge

Cardiff Bay Barrage

Motorlegs

Principality Stadium

View of the River Taff from the Millennium Bridge

Blackweir Bridge and Weir

Pontcanna Fields Tree-Lined Avenue

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