Castle · On the route
Rhayader Castle
Ruined castle in Powys, Wales, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0Elan Valley and the Abergwesyn pass
The Elan Valley mountain road to Cwmystwyth, Devil's Bridge and Tregaron, then the Abergwesyn pass and the Devil's Staircase back to Rhayader.
- Distance
- 98 miles (157 km)
- Type
- Loop
- Where
- Mid 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
From the map
- Longest gap between fuel
- 33 miles
- Fuel stations near the line
- 9
- Curvature
- 165 ° a mile
- Campsites within 2 km
- 20
- The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 0 to mile 33. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
- The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 7 to mile 27, at 222 degrees of turning a mile.
- One motorcycle shop is within 3 km of the line.
Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date.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 Devil's Staircase is single track with hairpins up to 1 in 4.
- Remote, with no fuel between Rhayader and Tregaron. Phone signal is patchy.
On the way
- Rhayader
- Craig Goch dam
- Cwmystwyth
- Devil's Bridge
- Tregaron
- Beulah
- Rhayader
Ready to ride it?
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What to check before you buy coverPlaces 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.
Waterfall · On the route
Mynach Falls
Waterfall in Ceredigion, Wales, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Peter Trimming from Croydon, England, CC BY 2.0.jpg){kind=link}
Castle · 1 km off the route
Castell Cwm Meurig Isaf
Scheduled monument in Wales.
Castle · 0.6 km off the route
Tomen Llanio
Motte in Llanddewi Brefi, Ceredigion, Wales, UK.
Castle · 0.3 km off the route
Allt Ogofau
Castle in Carmarthenshire.
Castle · 0.3 km off the route
Glan Mynys Mount
Castle in Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK.
Castle · 0.5 km off the route
Llandovery Castle
Castle in Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Stuart Logan, CC BY-SA 2.0
Castle · 0.5 km off the route
Fforest Castle
Scheduled monument in Wales.
Castle · 1 km off the route
Caerau Motte
Motte in Treflys, Powys, Wales, UK.
Castle · 0.7 km off the route
Coed Ty Mawr
Castle in the UK.
Place details from Wikidata. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.