Distances from Cardiff
The straight-line (as-the-crow-flies) distance from Cardiff to the other major cities in United Kingdom, sorted nearest first. By road, the real distance is usually 20–40% longer.
The nearest city to Cardiff is Bristol, ≈ 41 km in a straight line.
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Straight-line (as-the-crow-flies) distance between city centres. By road, the real distance is usually 20–40% longer.
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41km
Cardiff → Bristol · 25 miles
DirectionE · 94°
Estimated time0 h 35 min
Estimated fuel3.7 L · 27.64 £
Road distance (est.)~53 km
Midpoint51.468, -2.8882
Time and fuel are estimates at the chosen speed and consumption, for the estimated road distance (≈1.3× the straight line when a live route isn't available).
Cardiff → Bristol: 41 km (25 mi) · E · 94° · ~0 h 35 min| City | Straight-line | Direction | Est. time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol Bristol | 41 km | E | 0 h 27 min |
| Swansea Swansea | 55 km | WNW | 0 h 37 min |
| Bath Bath and North East Somerset | 58 km | ESE | 0 h 39 min |
| Gloucester Gloucestershire | 78 km | NE | 0 h 52 min |
| Exeter Devon | 88 km | SSW | 0 h 58 min |
| Swindon Swindon | 97 km | E | 1 h 05 min |
| Bournemouth Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 124 km | SE | 1 h 23 min |
| Oxford Oxfordshire | 136 km | ENE | 1 h 31 min |
| Plymouth Plymouth | 139 km | SSW | 1 h 33 min |
| Southampton City of Southampton | 140 km | ESE | 1 h 33 min |
| Birmingham Birmingham | 142 km | NE | 1 h 34 min |
| Wolverhampton Wolverhampton | 143 km | NNE | 1 h 35 min |
| Reading Reading | 153 km | E | 1 h 42 min |
| Coventry Coventry | 154 km | NE | 1 h 43 min |
| Portsmouth Portsmouth | 166 km | ESE | 1 h 50 min |
| Northampton North Northamptonshire | 179 km | ENE | 2 h 00 min |
| Milton Keynes Milton Keynes | 180 km | ENE | 2 h 00 min |
| Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-on-Trent | 183 km | NNE | 2 h 02 min |
| Leicester Leicester | 190 km | NE | 2 h 07 min |
| Chester Cheshire West and Chester | 191 km | N | 2 h 07 min |
| Luton Luton | 196 km | ENE | 2 h 10 min |
| Derby Nottingham | 198 km | NE | 2 h 12 min |
| London Westminster | 211 km | E | 2 h 21 min |
| Nottingham Nottingham | 214 km | NE | 2 h 23 min |
| Liverpool Liverpool | 215 km | N | 2 h 23 min |
| Brighton Brighton and Hove | 224 km | ESE | 2 h 29 min |
| Manchester Stockport | 224 km | NNE | 2 h 30 min |
| Peterborough Peterborough | 235 km | ENE | 2 h 37 min |
| Bolton Bury | 239 km | NNE | 2 h 40 min |
| Cambridge Cambridgeshire | 240 km | ENE | 2 h 40 min |
| Sheffield Sheffield | 241 km | NNE | 2 h 41 min |
| Preston Lancashire | 256 km | N | 2 h 51 min |
| Blackpool Blackpool | 260 km | N | 2 h 53 min |
| Lincoln Lincolnshire | 264 km | NE | 2 h 56 min |
| Bradford Bradford | 277 km | NNE | 3 h 05 min |
| Leeds Leeds | 280 km | NNE | 3 h 07 min |
| Ipswich Suffolk | 305 km | ENE | 3 h 23 min |
| York York | 310 km | NNE | 3 h 26 min |
| Kingston upon Hull City of Kingston upon Hull | 317 km | NE | 3 h 31 min |
| Norwich Norfolk | 332 km | ENE | 3 h 41 min |
| Middlesbrough Middlesbrough | 368 km | NNE | 4 h 05 min |
| Belfast Belfast | 392 km | NNW | 4 h 21 min |
| Sunderland Sunderland | 399 km | NNE | 4 h 26 min |
| Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne | 404 km | NNE | 4 h 29 min |
| Glasgow Glasgow | 493 km | N | 5 h 28 min |
| Edinburgh Edinburgh | 497 km | N | 5 h 32 min |
| Dundee Dundee | 555 km | N | 6 h 10 min |
| Aberdeen Aberdeen | 634 km | N | 7 h 02 min |
| Inverness Highland | 670 km | N | 7 h 27 min |