Anthony Joshua: Cardiff roads closed for Principality Stadium fight

Anthony Joshua is scheduled to fight Carlos Takam at 22:30 BST in Cardiff on Saturday

Many roads in Cardiff city centre have closed for the remainder of Saturday due to the Anthony Joshua fight at the Principality Stadium.

Cardiff council closed roads at 16:00 BST and advised non-ticket holders to avoid using main roads into the city and "plan" motorway journeys.

An estimated 78,000 fans will watch Joshua defend his two heavyweight boxing titles against Carlos Takam.

The Severn Tunnel on the south Wales to London and south west railway is shut.

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The Principality Stadium has warned fight fans to allow time to pass through its "enhanced security checks" and has told people to leave large bags at home.

Gates for the event - which is due to become the best attended sports event in the Principality Stadium's 18-year history - opened at 17:00 on Saturday and the main fight is scheduled to start at about 22:30.

The following roads are also closed as well as those in the city centre:

• Kingsway from junctions with North Road and Duke Street

• Cowbridge Road East from junctions with Cathedral Road and Westgate Street

• Tudor Street from junctions with Clare Road and Wood Street

• Plantagenet Street and Beauchamp Street from junctions with Despenser Place and Tudor Street

• Saunders Road from junction with St Mary Street

• Penarth Road from junction with Saunders Road to Cardiff Central Station

• Customhouse Street

Boxing fans travelling to Cardiff from London and the east faced longer journey times as Network Rail carries out its scheduled annual maintenance on the 131-year-old four-mile (6km) Severn Tunnel.

Great Western Railway, which runs the service between London and south Wales, is operating fewer trains between Paddington to Swansea and diverting them around Gloucester between Swindon and Newport.

Buses will replace trains between Newport and Bristol over the weekend.

Arriva Trains Wales are running an enhanced service around Cardiff to ensure maximum capacity on Saturday

Network Rail has also warned fight fans there will be no trains back to London or Bristol after the event - and that buses will replace trains between Cardiff and Newport on Sunday until 13:00 GMT due to upgrade work.

Arriva Trains Wales said it will run "an enhanced local service" with additional carriages on existing services around Cardiff.

Cardiff Bus has diverted all services away from city centre to either Churchill Way, Greyfriars Road or Tudor Street.