Penarth Breakfast Briefing is a daily column dedicated to morning 'must-knows' from around town and other useful bits: weather, traffic, travel, and trivia news in a nutshell.

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Property of the Week: A cosy three-bed home with modern features close to Penarth town centre. This week's property is an exceptional three-bed home close to Penarth town centre listed for £350,000 with Seabreeze Homes.

Penarth weather forecast

The morning will start cloudy with a 30% chance of rain by 08:00. In the afternoon, there will be a 40% chance of rain. Maximum temperature of 16°C.

Pollution: Low

UV: Medium

Pollen: Medium

Sunrise in Penarth today: 04:57

Sunset in Penarth today: 21:34

Penarth Traffic

Some slow-moving traffic on Plassey Street and Windsor Road towards Cogan. Busy traffic on Cornerswell Road and Westbourne Road. Usual morning traffic on the B4267/Lavernock Road. Slow traffic on Plymouth Road, Stanwell Road and Victoria Road.

What's On in Penarth

Over in our What's On section, find theatre, comedy, live music, and other events coming up in Penarth.

Late shop opening times

Tesco Penarth Superstore

Terra Nova Way, Penarth CF64 1SA

Open until 23:00

Interesting fact of the day

Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein when she 18, during a ghost story competition while staying in Switzerland with writers Percy Shelley (her lover) and Lord Byron.

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