Parc Cefn Onn — Attraction in Lisvane

Parc Cefn Onn isn’t one of the ‘big name’ parks in Cardiff, but it’s lovely and my favourite of the many parks here. It’s a hidden gem.

There’s a car park at the entrance with some disabled spaces. Lisvane & Thornhill station’s also a short walk away (less than five minutes), trains run here from Cardiff Central and Queen Street (anything going to Caerphilly/Ystrad Mynach/Bargoed/Rhymney) will stop there.

Although the entrance to the park takes you under a bridge with the M4 on it, the sound of the traffic soon disappears. It’s very tranquil. Just beautiful in the spring time because of all the blossom trees. It’s not one of the manicured Cardiff parks with flower beds, it’s all about the trees here.

There’s a nice pond at the top of the park and a stream runs through it too. You can either walk the main paved path, or take dirt trails of it. There isn’t a children’s playground here, but it’s still a lovely spot to go walking with little ones.

The entrance to the park also has a few public toilets, which includes a...

Really nice place. Gorgeous and quiet. Thank you for all the hard work put into it. The trees looked stunning today. Sad to read about Sudden Oak Death, though it fascinated the children. Thank you for providing great toilets and an outdoor tap for cleaning shoes and offering drinks to animals.

One thing I will say, the park is wheelchair accessible but not wheelchair friendly (due to slopes and lack of direct access to benches - borders and bark in between the tarmac pathway and the benches). Best for scooters if needing to bring a wheelchair.

Would appreciate more information on the Noticeboard about the hire of 4x4 scooters as it was a struggle wheeling my husband up the slopes today. Would be helpful for our next experience. Honestly though, what a beautiful park. Will visit again when we have access to a scooter or when I get fitter 😅 I've heard the rhododendrons look amazing so we hope to...

What an amazing place, bit of a pain in the arse to get too but once there, its like your miles away from everywhere!! Once you get through the underpass the sound of the roads soon disappear leaving you lovely sights and sounds. Huge rhododendron bushes galore!! Love wild garlic? Fill your boots as its everywhere in abundance!! Following the paths you can easily go off walking for hours on end!! Dog friendly so they can run around like loons apart from in the dingle where they have to be on leads, small car park so worth getting there early for a space, small disabled parking area, no ev charging points and no cafe...yet. areas on the top of the hill (quarry top) where you can picnic off the beaten track. Some steep areas though so suitable...