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Travelling from Mid Wales (via A470)
- Follow A470 entering Cardiff
- Continue straight down the dual carriageway
- You’ll come to a big roundabout (Gabalfa roundabout)
- Take 4th exit to Western Avenue (A48)
- Go straight past Tesco superstore on yr left
- And past UWIC (university)on your right
- Keep going until you see signs to Fairwater, the Ski slope & St Fagans get into right lane
- Turn right at Waungron Rd traffic lights & pass Waungron Rd BR station on your left
- Straight on till you come to Fairwater Green crossroads
- You’ll see Fairwater pub on your left
- Turn left down Cartwright Lane
- Go to end of that road
- Turn right into Bwlch Road
- Sbectrwm is just after the second turning on the right.
- The signpost to Sbectrwm is not terribly clear it also says Fairwater Community Centre! There’s plenty of parking space.
Travelling from West Wales (via Junction 33 on the M4)
- Leave motorway at J33
- Take A4232 towards Cardiff
- Leave at first slip road signposted A48 Cardiff West
- Follow A48 through Ely (Cowbridge Road West)
- At roundabout go left into Western Ave (staying on A48)
- Go under railway bridge, stay in left lane
- Left at traffic lights into Waun-gron Road
- Waun-gron Park Station is on your left
- Go under another railway bridge
- Straight on along St Fagan’s Road
- Turn 4th left into Llangattock Road
- At the end of this road turn right into Bwlch Road
- Entrance to Sbectrwm is a couple on hundred yards down on your right. It’s marked Sbectrwm sign also says Fairwater Community Centre.
- There is plenty of space for parking, and three bays are marked for disabled drivers near the entrance.
Travelling from Newport, Bristol etc.
- From M4 take J29 & follow A48 towards Cardiff South & East
- Keep going for several miles along the along A48
- Ignore all signs turning off to various bits of Cardiff
- You’ll see Cardiff University Hospital on your right (There are low speed limits on the dual carriageway near here)
- You’ll eventually go past a big Tesco on your left, and then past UWIC (University) on your right
- After Tesco’s and UWIC, keep in right lane, but straight on
- Keep going straight on until you see signs to Fairwater & St Fagans
- You will also see brown signs to the Museum of Welsh Life & Cardiff Ski slope.
- Turn right off A48 into Waungron Road which becomes St Fagan’s Rd
- You’ll go under a railway bridge, and you’ll see Waungron Park British rail station on your left
- Go straight on till you come to Fairwater Green crossroads
- You’ll see The Fairwater pub on your left
- Turn left down Cartwright Lane
- Go to end of Cartwright Lane
- Turn right into Bwlch Road
- Sbectrwm is just after the second turning on the right.
- There’s plenty of parking space.
