River Ely launch point, Penarth
Mapped launch point · River Ely · Cardiff, Wales
Mapped as a launch point. Check local access rules, signs and conditions before you go.
Parking and toilets nearby
This page covers 2 mapped points within 100 m of each other. Each point keeps its own facts.
Point 1 (main point)
Nearest car park on the map
≈ 20 m (mapped as private) straight-line
Nearest toilets on the map
≈ 690 m straight-line
- Kind
- Mapped launch point
- Surface
- Not recorded on the map
- Access (as mapped)
- Not recorded on the map
- Nearest town
- Penarth, ≈ 1.2 km
- Nearest other launch point
- Another point on this page, ≈ 60 m
Point 2 – ≈ 60 m from point 1
Nearest car park on the map
≈ 50 m (mapped as private) straight-line
Nearest toilets on the map
≈ 720 m straight-line
- Kind
- Mapped launch point
- Surface
- Not recorded on the map
- Access (as mapped)
- Not recorded on the map
- Nearest town
- Penarth, ≈ 1.2 km
- Nearest other launch point
- Another point on this page, ≈ 60 m
Straight-line distances to the nearest car park and toilets on the map – not walking routes. We can't tell whether they are public, free or open.
Nearby in Cardiff
The nearest launch points with their own page:
- Cardiff Bay launch point, Penarth ≈ 1.1 km
- Cardiff Bay launch point ≈ 1.2 km
- River Taff launch point, Cardiff ≈ 3.5 km
- Llanishen Reservoir launch point, Llanedeyrn Village ≈ 9.4 km
Distances are straight-line.
Location
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- Coordinates
- 51.4476° N, 3.1751° W
51.4475° N, 3.1760° W

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Map data: 7 November 2026 · Report a problem