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Cardiff Pretty Muddy 5k 2022

Photo of three people at the bottom of a slide as they take part in Pretty Muddy
 

Cardiff Pretty Muddy 5k
Saturday 9 Jul 2022

£19.99 Adults | £10.00 Children

Race for Life Pretty Muddy is our brilliant 5k muddy obstacle course. Scramble over the A-frame. Crawl through the mud pit. Have fun with your friends. And raise valuable funds for life-saving research.

Key Information

Date: Saturday 9 Jul 2022

Time: from 10:45

Adults: £19.99
Children: £10.00
Young Adults: £19.99
Under 13 entry: due to the nature of this event, you must be 13 or over to take part

Venue: Coopers Field - Bute Park, Off North Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3ER View map

Distance: Pretty Muddy 5k

Course information

Please remember to bring your own water bottle already filled as there will be no bottled water provided at events. ScottishPower water refill stations will be available to use.

The Cardiff route takes a sceinc tour around the stunning Bute Park in the heart of the city of Cardiff following the River Taff into Blackweir and Pontcanna Fields. Lush grassy, flat terrain and such close proximity to the attractions of Cardiff Castle make this an exteremely popular events with a fantastic atmosphere.

Meeting point

The start line is in Coopers Field.

Please remember to bring your own water bottle already filled as there will be no bottled water provided at events. ScottishPower water refill stations will be available to use.

Please remember to bring your own water bottle already filled as there will be no bottled water provided at events. ScottishPower water refill stations will be available to use.

This year's Pretty Muddy is sharing Cooper’s Field with the event ‘Depot In The Castle’, which takes place in Cardiff Castle on the same day as this event.

We want to provide you with the best possible experience for this event, including getting to and from our event sites.

Depot In The Castle will be entering their event from Castle Mews and North Road, so we are asking Race For Life participants and spectators to please access the park from Castle Street by Pettigrew’s Tea Rooms and Millennium Bridge from Sophia Gardens.

We will be working with Depot In The Castle to provide stewards at park entrances to ensure our participants and spectators arrive and are able to make their way to our event site which is located in the northern section of Cooper’s Field as quickly and safely as possible.

Please utilise public transport where you can. There is no specific event parking . Alternitvely please use city centre car parks.

The car parks most local to Bute Park and this event are:

Sophia Gardens

North Road Car Park

NCP Car Park Cardiff Westgate Street

Museum Avenue

There are various bus stops on Kingsway and Castle Steet however buses run at various times on a Sunday morning. Please go to https://www.cardiffbus.com/services for timetables.

Cathays and Cardiff Central train station are a 15 minute walk away.

No dogs allowed
Not suitable for pushchairs
Not wheelchair accessible
Toilets
Bag drop
Refreshments
No showers
No parking

Unfortunately this event is not suitable for wheelchair users due to the nature of the event.

If you require any further information on the accessibility of a Race for Life event, or wish to bring a carer/helper to accompany you, please contact our Supporter Hotline on 0300 123 0770 and press 1 when prompted (Opening hours are 8am - 6pm Monday to Friday) or email us at raceforlife@cancer.org.uk

Supporter / spectator access

Please remember to bring your own water bottle already filled as there will be no bottled water provided at events. ScottishPower water refill stations will be available to use.