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Eryri (Snowdonia) loop

Horseshoe Pass, the A5 to Betws-y-Coed, Llanberis Pass, Beddgelert and back by Bala and Corwen.

Distance
129 miles (207 km)
Type
Loop
Where
North Wales

Plotted by us, not yet ridden

Click a dot for details. White dots are the stops, each with a bed search. Yellow dots are places to see.

Main roads

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From the map

Longest gap between fuel
41 miles
Fuel stations near the line
14
Curvature
161 ° a mile
Campsites within 2 km
63
  • The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 65 to mile 107. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
  • The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 69 to mile 89, at 253 degrees of turning a mile.
  • Passes: Horseshoe Pass (417 m, mile 5), Pen-y-Pass (359 m, mile 50).

Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.

Before you go

  • The Horseshoe Pass has a popular cafe at the top and plenty of police attention.
  • Llanberis Pass is narrow with walkers and parked cars near Pen-y-Pass.

On the way

  1. Llangollen
  2. Horseshoe Pass
  3. Corwen
  4. Betws-y-Coed
  5. Capel Curig
  6. Pen-y-Pass
  7. Llanberis
  8. Caernarfon
  9. Beddgelert
  10. Bala
  11. Corwen
  12. Llangollen
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1Places to stay

Search beds in Llangollen

2Cover

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Places to see on the way

Castles, passes, viewpoints and more within easy reach of the line, in the order you reach them. Yellow dots on the map.

Twthill, Caernarfon
Castle · 0.3 km off the route

Twthill, Caernarfon

Community in the town of Caernarfon, Gwynedd and location of the Battle of Twthill in 1401.

Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0

Place details from Wikidata. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.