In pictures: Cardiff City's celebration parade
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Crowds of supporters gathered in the late afternoon sunshine at Cardiff Castle waiting for the Bluebirds Champions parade to start.
Manager Malky Mackay and members of the Cardiff City squad applauded the waiting fans as they emerged from the castle at the start of the parade.
Cardiff players celebrate and one finds the time to take photos as they begin their bus parade to Cardiff Bay.
The buses made their way slowly down St Mary Street and the players waved to the fans.
Fans accompanied the bus parade as it made its way in the late evening sunshine down to Cardiff Bay.
The convoy of buses on Lloyd George Avenue on the way to the bay,
The scene awaiting the triumphant Cardiff City bus tour when it finally arrived in Cardiff Bay.
Thousands stayed late into the evening to see the players come out onto stage with the Championship Cup.
They've got the shirts - David Sherwood and son David Mico-Sherwood on their way to the champions' parade. "Forget the lottery, this means more to me.," said Mr Sherwood, a former Cardiff City schoolboy goalkeeper
Flags were flying high outside the castle as Bluebirds fans waited for the parade to get under way.
Eight-year-old Hana with her friend Rhiannon, nine, from Abergavenny were in place early to get a view of their footballing heroes.
Cardiff fans Mark and Jane Fenner and daughter Anwen said the carnival atmosphere reminded them of the Olympics last year
Fireworks over Cardiff Bay mark the end of the celebrations for Cardiff's promotion to the Premiership
Cardiff City FC tweeted this photo of the Championship Cup proudly displayed outside Cardiff Castle before the start of the open-top bus parade