Taff Trail at Bute Park
Bute Park, CardiffAlong the River Taff
Passable
Taff Trail at Bute Park is currently passable.
The river’s 1.36 m below the level where parts of this path can start to flood.
Over the past year, though, the river topped the level where this path usually floods on about 17 days, mostly in October to March and September.
Updated Holding steady over the last 4 h
River level at the gauge
0.37 mmeasured
Taff at Taff at Western Avenue (level rising gauge) · 1.0 km away
See Natural Resources Wales’s own readings for this gauge
Flood lines for this path: parts can start to flood at 1.74 m · usually properly flooded above 2.25 m
This flood line starts from this gauge’s measured history — the level the river only tops a few days a year. Reports of a flooded or passable day will tune it to the path itself.
Official flood warnings for Welsh paths come from Natural Resources Wales, not the Environment Agency — so check their live warnings for this area when the rivers are up.
Check live flood warnings — Natural Resources WalesThrough the year
Over the past year the river topped the level where this path is usually flooded on about 17 days, mostly in October to March and September.
It also reached the lower level where parts of this path can start to flood on about 23 more days.
From this gauge’s own record over the year to July 2026, measured against the level we estimate this path floods at. It’s a guide to the season, not a forecast.
About this path
The southern end of the Taff Trail threads through Bute Park along the Taff's east bank past Blackweir, opposite the Pontcanna Fields floodplain. The trail and parkland flood whenever the Taff runs very high — in January 2023, and in Storm Bert in November 2024, when the council advised avoiding the trail and the park closed for clean-up.
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Other paths nearby
The closest paths we track, with today’s status — handy if this one’s flooded.
Flood Path is advisory and not safety-critical — river readings come from public feeds with no guarantee, and conditions can change fast in heavy rain. Use your own judgement on the day.