[1] Exit the station, cross the car park and turn right along Penarth Road. Continue until you reach the bridge. Look right to see the Millennium Stadium. Use the pedestrian crossing and turn left down the Taff Embankment. The route now partially coincides with National Cycle Network Route 8 NCN8. Follow these signs until you reach the far side of the barrage. When you reach Clarence Bridge, use the traffic island to cross the road and then turn left. At the end of the bridge, turn right down Clarence Embankment and into Hamadryad Park.

[2] The route follows the river through Hamadryad Park and emerges onto Windsor Esplanade. Look right to see the wetland conservation area. Turn left up Dudley Street, bear right onto Stuart Street, and continue straight on through Mermaid Quay and around Cardiff Bay. Continue following NCN8 signs to the Cardiff Bay Barrage Coast Path.

The barrage is controlled by Cardiff Harbour Authority (029 2070 0234) and the path is open to the public from 7am - 10pm.

[3] Once through the port the path enters a landscaped area with plenty of seating, a children’s play park and public toilets. From the barrage there are excellent panoramic views across the Bristol Channel to Somerset in the south, Penarth Head in the west, and up towards the valleys and mountains in the north, with Mermaid Quay and Cardiff port in the east. On the other side, bear right past the Old Custom House and climb Dock Road and Paget Road. This steep section of the walk is worth the effort for the satisfying views over Cardiff Bay and the Victorian architecture of Penarth.

[4] When you reach a fork in the road, bear left and follow Paget Place, Augustine’s Road and St Augustine’s Place. There is a bench in the church yard of St Augustines Church where you can rest after the uphill section and look back at Cardiff Bay. Find the entrance to Church Lane , to the west of the Church Tower – marked with bollards and a Victorian lamp post. Follow Church Lane and continue down Church Road. Turn right along Windsor Terrace. At the roundabout, turn left across the zebra crossing and follow Stanwell Road to the station, using the pedestrian crossings. At the end of the bridge, turn left and follow the path to Penarth Railway Station.

(A) St Augustine's Church. Traditionally founded in 1108, the West doorway is later Norman. Original Welsh name for Rumney is Trederlech, the nearby castle founded 1093. Building enlarged in 1407, all windows being Perpendicular, with C19-early C20 restoration, including roofs to nave and chancel; chancel refurbishment first half of C20. The large churchyard appears to have been cleared in mid C19 with no tombstones earlier than this. Church had connections with St Augustine's Abbey Bristol. Unusually there was provision for the wives of deceased clergy to hold the living and thus Katherine Morgan of Llanrumney Hall held benefice in 1603. Electricity introduced 1931, clock 1962.