for happier, healthier cities
Adblock Cardiff is a campaign to reclaim public space from corporate advertising, for the benefit of citizens and visitors to the capital city of Wales. They have been running since February 2019. The group also work on the negative aspects of advertising on our cities, the environment, and the health and wellbeing of our communities.
If you’re interested in supporting the campaign, you can join the AdBlock Cardiff Facebook group.
You can keep up to date with all the latest news by following the group on Twitter @AdBlockCardiff.
PRESS RELEASE: Public health campaigners have welcomed moves by Cardiff Council in Wales (UK) to restrict adverts for unhealthy, polluting and harmful products – but called for advertising by fossil fuel companies to also be restricted. Under the revised policy agreed by Cardiff Council’s cabinet on 18 September 2025, “adverts relating to violence, payday loans,…Continue reading Cardiff Council bans adverts for fossil powered vehicles
For the most recent update on Cardiff Council’s policy, see this September 2025 blog. Since our last win back in January 2024, Adblock Cardiff have remained busy campaigningagainst public advertising in Cardiff, with some notable successes! After positive discussions with Cardiff Council late last year, we submitted a set of recommendations for how they might…Continue reading Cardiff council restrict harmful ads
On a sunny Saturday, Adblockers from across the UK gathered in Bristol for a day of planning, skill sharing and network building. …Continue reading Adblock AGM 2024
On March 5, Adfree Cities hosted an event at Portcullis House, opposite the Houses of Parliament, to launch our new research on outdoor advertising and inequality for an audience of MPs and civil society (and Adblock groups!). …Continue reading We’re #BetterWithoutBillboards and it’s time MPs took action
Adblock Cardiff secured a huge campaigning success to mark the new year, with permission being refused for five advertising billboards in Cardiff city centre. We had objected to the proposed ‘communications hubs’, which were submitted by an agent on behalf of JCDecaux UK Ltd. We argued that although the units included some useful services such…Continue reading Adblock Cardiff win against ads disguised as ‘Communication Hubs’
Cardiff Council recently received applications to site five ‘communications hubs’ at five locations in the city centre. The applications claim that these hubs will provide “a range of services that include free ultrafast Wi-Fi, free phone calls to landlines and charities, defibrillator, wayfinding, device charging, rapid connection to emergency services, public messaging capabilities, and a…Continue reading Adblock Cardiff need your help to oppose new digital advertising boards in our city!