Getting Here

Maps

• A street map showing the location of the Welsh e-Science Centre at the western end of The Parade. This is circled in red and labelled "Univ of Wales Cardiff".
• A second map shows the location of Cardiff Central railway station. A map of Cardiff city centre showing WeSC labelled "Coll" to the north of the centre of the map. The main line railway station is also shown by the red rectangle south of the stadium.
• A 1:100000 scale map showing the whole of Cardiff and the M4 motorway.

Directions

• By air.Cardiff International Airport is 11 miles from the city centre. There are coach (National Express) and railway links from London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports to Cardiff city centre. Then follow the "By foot" instructions below to get to WeSC.
• By rail.The rail companies provide a frequent, high speed InterCity 125 train service between all major British cities. The Cardiff-London InterCity service, from London Paddington, runs some seventeen times a day, with a journey time of less then two hours. Frequent regional network trains connect Cardiff with Bristol (45 mins), Birmingham (2 hrs 15 mins), Southampton (2 hrs 40 mins), Manchester (3 hrs), Liverpool (3 hrs 30 mins), and with many other cities and towns. Once at Cardiff Central railway station take the main exit and follow the "By foot" directions below.
• By road.Take the M4 motorway to Cardiff, exiting at junction 32. Then follow the A470 south into Cardiff city centre. Just before reaching the city centre turn left onto Boulevard de Nantes. Continue straight onto Stuttgart Strasse, and follow the road first right onto Dumfries Place, and then left onto Newport Road. Then take the next turn left onto West Grove, and the next turn left again onto The Parade. Important: See below on Car Parking.
• By foot.On exiting the railway station you should be in Central Square which is also the location of the National Express coach station. Refering to the above street maps, go across the square and turn right onto Wood Street; turn left onto St Mary Street which later turns into the High Street and will bring you to Cardiff Castle. Turn right onto Duke Street, and where the road swings left go straight onto Queen Street which is a pedestrian zone. Go to the end of Queen Street to where it meets the junction of Dumphries Place and Newport Road. Cross the road and follow Newport Road for about 200 metres before turning left onto West Grove. Then take the first turn left onto The Parade. The Welsh e-Science Centre is located in the Queens Building complex at the end of The Parade.

If you have special needs with respect to mobility, please contact Mrs Margaret Evans, Margaret.Evans@cs.cf.ac.uk and we will be pleased to make appropriate parking arrangements.

In all other cases, parking is not possible on-site for visitors due to building work in progress. We therefore advise visitors to the Welsh e-Science Centre to use local public parking facilities. NCP has car parks on Dumfries Place (entrance in St. Andrews Lane, off St. Andrews Place) and Fitzalan Road. These car parks are only 5 minutes walk from the Centre.