ICAD2025 Venue Travel and Hotels


16th International Conference on Axiomatic Design
June 25th–27th 2025

ICAD2025 conference venue

Welsh School of Architecture – Cardiff University Bute Building, King Edward VII Avenue CF10 3NB – Cardiff – UK
Venue location on Google Maps…

Travel

Getting to Cardiff

  • Via airplane:
    • London Heathrow – 189 km away well connected via public transport
    • London Gatwick – 213 km away not so well connected via public transport
    • Bristol Airport – 80km away well connected via public transport
    • Cardiffairport – 15km away bad public transport (takes 1h 22mins)
  • Via train:
    • Eurostar from Paris to London
    • Eurostar from Brussels to London
    • Eurostar from Amsterdam to London
    • London Eurostar station (St.PancrasInternational) is 211km away from Cardiff

Transport to Cardiff by train

(https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/)

  • From London Heathrow – Heathrow Express to Paddington + train to Cardiff Central
  • From London Gatwick – get train to London Paddington + train to Cardiff Central
  • From Bristol airport – get bus from Bristol Airport to Bristol Temple Meads option 1 or option 2 + train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
  • From London St. Pancras (for Eurostar) – St. Pancras to London Paddington via London underground (Circle or Hammersmith & City lines) + train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central

Transport to Cardiff by bus

 (https://www.nationalexpress.com/en)

From the airport you landed to Cardiff University (from Bristol you can also try https://uk.megabus.com/) From Cardiff airport – Bus 304 takes 1h 22mins.

Hotels recommended

Cardiff public transport network is not good, and taxis are expensive so, we recommend hotels in the city centre at a walking distance from the venue, close to tourist attractions, shops and restaurants.

  • Leonardo Hotel Cardiff (walking distance from venue – 0.5miles) – https://www.leonardo-hotels.com
  • Royal Hotel Cardiff (walking distance from venue – 0.8miles) – https://royalhotelcardiff.com
  • SleeperZ Cardiff (walking distance from venue – 0.9miles) – https://www.sleeperz.com
  • Radisson Blu (walking distance from venue – 0.9miles) – https://www.radissonhotels.com
  • If you want to stay in a hotel in Cardiff Bay area, this can also be an option. Try to be close to Cardiff Bay train station. From there you can get the train or bus number 8 or walk 1.8miles.