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Cycling in the Wales: Page
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Tourist Information for
Wales
General Info | Cycling
Attractions | Other
Attractions | Towns
General Information
- Online
Maps of Wales - Relief map, plus maps of the national parks,
main roads, counties, and airport locations. All on the Data
Wales website.
- Wales Tourist Information
- Really good tourist site with lots of info and photos.
- Pembrokeshire
Coast National Park - Britain's only coastal national park.
One of the most spectacular coastlines in Europe.
- Gomidwales - Visitor’s
guide to Mid Wales.
- Mid
Wales Lakes and Mountains - The Elan Lakes, Upper Wye Valley,
and Brecon Beacons National Park etc. Includes Cycling
in Mid Wales, a short article describing just what a “cyclists'
paradise” Mid Wales really is.
- Brecon Beacons National
Park - Provides everything that there is to know about the
Park, plus info about accommodation, local transport, entertainment
etc.
- A Visitor's Guide to
North Wales & Cheshire - North Wales and the northern
Welsh Borders.
- The
North Wales Borderlands - North east Wales border country.
- Notes for
Visitors to Wales - Currency, health, weather, etc.
- Festival of the Countryside
- Things to do in Wales.
- Map
Quest - Interactive map, currently set on Wales (if it does
not work, go to www.mapquest.com).
- MultiMap - Interactive
maps. Just type in a place name, or postcode, and it will take
you there.
- National
Cycle Network - Comprehensive network of safe and attractive
cycle routes in UK developed by Sustrans.
- North Wales
Internet Tourism Page
- Wales Live - Guide
to the outdoors in North Wales.
- Croeso Cynnes
- North Wales tourist info in English and Cymraeg (Welsh). With
info about the Welsh language and what Welsh place names mean.
- North Wales Tourism
- Teifi Valley -
The area between Lampeter, Cardigan, and Aberystwyth.
- Visit Wye Valley
and Vale of Usk - About the lower Wye Valley around Monmouth
and the Forest of Dean.
- Cycling in North
Wales, CTC Cymru - Illustrated cycle routes together with
news, features and photos.
- Cardiff Cycling Campaign
- Cycling in and around the Welsh capital.
- Abergavenny Cycle
Group
Cycling Attractions in Wales
- National Cycle Exhibition. The history and
development of the bicycle. Over 250 bikes on display, plus
related memorabilia. Situated in Llandrindod Wells at the old
Autopalace (note the carving above this ex-garage says "Bicycles,
Motors and Aircraft" - the owner, Tom Norton, was obviously
hedging his bets). The exhibition is well worth a visit, and
so is the Victorian spa town of Llandrindod Wells (we recommend
the Herb Garden wholefood cafe in the street opposite the Autopalace).
Short detour off Lôn Las Cymru (from Newbridge-on-Wye).
Open 7 days a week, 10am to 4pm. Entrance: £2.50, Children
£1.50. The Autopalace, Temple Street, Llandrindod Wells,
Powys. Phone: 01597 825531.
- Lôn Las Cymru - Welsh National Cycle Route.
The 276 mile way-marked cycle route running from Anglesey in
the north to Cardiff or Chepstow in the south, taking in Snowdonia,
the National Cycle Exhibition at Llandrindod Wells, the Wye
Valley and the Black Mountains. Maps
and details of the route are on the Sustrans
site. Their guide to the route comes in 2 parts: South (Chepstow/Cardiff
to Builth Wells) and North (Builth Wells to Holyhead) - available
at £5.99 each from Sustrans
shop, or Bicycling
Books, or bookshops/info centres along the route. Sustrans
are also developing other routes in Wales. Be warned, Sustrans'
way-marked routes signs do get vandalised or turned around (why
do they put them on round posts?), so it is easy to get
lost unless you carry a good map. Also, there are no signs to
warn cyclists about dangerous descents (like the drop off the
Black Mountains on route 43) or impossible fords (like the ford
in St. Davids, on route 4).
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Bicycle Beano's cycling holiday in Snowdonia,
North Wales, is featured in the book...
A Place to
Cycle
– Amazing rides from around the world
by Rob Penn, published by Conran Octopus,
2005.
"the ultimate guide to the world's top 25 cycling
holidays"
Read
an extract |
- Centre for Alternative Technology
- Situated in a disused slate quary just north of Machynlleth
(pro. mack-unth-leth), on the Mid Wales coast. Arrive by bike
and it's cheaper to get in.
- Portmeirion
- The Italianate village in north Wales built by the architect
William Clough-Ellis, which featured in The Prisoner,
the 60's cult TV series.
- CADW - Cadw (meaning
'to keep') looks after ancient buildings in Wales (such as Tretower
Court near Crickhowell which you really should visit).
- Woodland
Trust - Wales is blessed with lots of fine native woodland.
Some woods are owned by the Trust and can be visited.
- Royal Society for the Protection
of Birds - The RSPB own 12 reserves in Wales, which you
can visit.
- National Trust
- Own and protect lots of Wales' historic buildings plus large
areas of hilltop and coastal landscape.
Some Welsh Towns
- Hay-on-Wye. A small border town in the lea
of the Black Mountains famous for its second-hand bookshops.
On the 1st April 1977 bookshop owner Richard Booth, in a speech
from his castle ramparts, declared the town independent of the
UK crown and himself king. A parliament was formed, bank notes
printed (on rice paper, so at least you could eat them),
passports issued, and Earldoms offered for sale at £5 (with
a free t-shirt thrown in). A referendum in 1984 ended the rule
of King Richard. The Duchess of Hay and Offa's Dyke, April Ashley
(Britain's first sex change) sought exile in Hollywood. Two
online guides: Hay-on-Wye
and Hay on Wye.
- Llanwrtyd Wells - (pro. thlan-ooer-tid) The
mountain biking town famous for holding the World Bog Snorkling
Championships, the Horse v Man v Bike race, and the Real Ale
Wobbles.
- Virtual Mold - Putting
Mold on the map.
- St. Davids - The
smallest 'city' in Britain, St. David's is only the size of
a village. Situated in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.
- Brecon - Info about
the Brecon Beacons National Park and accommodation etc.
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