Undergraduate Open Day parking
Due to the number of visitors who attend our Open Days, we recommend using public transport to visit the university, where possible, as the surrounding roads can get very busy.
Travel discounts are available with selected public transport providers.
However, for those visitors who are driving to our Open Day on Saturday 12 September, a limited number of free visitor parking spaces will be available at selected University car parks.
Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and cannot be pre-booked. We will use our app to inform visitors when a university car park becomes full, so please ensure you enable notifications!
Parking spaces are limited and we cannot guarantee a space for all Open Day visitors. We anticipate that our available car parks will fill up quickly and therefore recommend you familiarise yourself with other parking options nearby or parking in the city centre.
Please note, our Cathays Park Campus is situated in the Civic Centre. On-street, paid parking in this area is separate from University parking and is enforced by Cardiff Council. Please ensure you purchase a ticket, should you wish to park in one of these paid spaces.
Visiting the Heath Park Campus
If you wish to attend any activities on our Heath Park Campus (which includes Heath Park West), please come to our Cathays Park Campus first and use our shuttle bus service to reduce traffic congestion at our hospital site.
Selected Open Day car park locations
Senghennydd Road and Senghennydd Court
Postcode: CF24 4AG
what3words: ///veal.petty.pizza
The entrance is between Senghennydd Hall and 21-23 Senghennydd Road.
Colum Drive
Postcode: CF10 3EU
what3words: ///slams.digits.rise
Maindy Road
Postcode: CF24 4HQ
what3words: ///winks.vocab.employ
The entrance is between the School of Optometry and Vision Sciences and the Hadyn Ellis Building.
Bute and Glamorgan
Postcode: CF10 3NB
what3words: ///woes.zebra.forms
To access Bute and Glamorgan car park, please enter through King Edward VII Avenue. The entrance on North Road will not be open.
Parking during Open Day
Parking is free of charge in the above selected University car parks. The on-site Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras on-campus will be switched off for the day, so you do not need to follow the instructions on any of the signs in the car park on this occasion.
Within the selected car parks, attendees can park in any of our general parking and pay-as-you-go bays during Open Day, but not in the University fleet parking or assigned Blue Badge Bays (unless you are a Blue Badge holder).
There will be no electric vehicle chargers available for use during the Open Day. The bays may be available for parking, but the chargers will be out of service.
Accessible parking
Accessible parking and accessible transport are also available throughout the day.
Disclaimer
All motor vehicles are brought onto the University estate at your own risk as the owner of the vehicle. The University undertakes no responsibility for their safety or security.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the University is not responsible for loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, including to property or person, arising from bringing a motor vehicle onto any area of the University estate.