Cardiff to Caerphilly

Juliet Sidney
Jun 30, 2011
2 min read

This was a trip the 3 musketeers Sarah, Lucy and Juliet had been looking forward to. It is not often the 3 of us can all get the time together. Lucy was meeting us at the in laws house at Gabalfa. So Sarah called for me and we managed to squeeze all 3 mountain bikes into the back of her car, a Renault Clio, built like the TARDIS - Magic!

Once wheels are re-attached!! We make our way from Gabalfa over to the Taff Trail and follow the Taff Trail all the way up to Taffs Well.

The Rhymney Railway running between Caerphilly and Taffs Well passed through the Penrhos Cutting. There is now a junction between 2 National Cycleway Routes under a bridge. In the cutting above the junction is Route 4 Celtic Trail and below is Route 8 Taff Trail. We Leave the Taff Trail under a bridge to continue uphill along the cutting. This is part of the Celtic Trail. At the top, leave the cutting and up to a main road. Through a housing estate using cycling-marked pavements around a pond. Follow the route through more houses, under a railway bridge and across a large car park. Across the road the cycle route continues through the parkland around Caerphilly Castle.

This is the best way to arrive in Caerphilly. The Castle is stunning and makes a great place for a picnic or to explore. We make our way to a park bench in the castle grounds snack on some food and take in the views. Caerphilly is a really pretty town centre.