Wales
Mid Wales
Britain's emptiest great roads.
- Road guides
- 2
- Miles covered
- ≈ 46
- Twistiest
- Elan Valley Mountain Road
- Nation
- Wales
Mid Wales is where riders and drivers go when they want flowing roads without the crowds. The Cambrian Mountains, Elan Valley and the long A-roads to the coast offer huge distances on some of the best surfaces in the country.
Long, fast, sweeping A-roads through valleys and over open mountain, with light traffic and very few towns.
Road guides
Roads in the Mid Wales
Rhayader → Aberystwyth
Rhayader to Aberystwyth
The A44 crosses the Cambrian Mountains from Rhayader via Llangurig and Ponterwyd to the coast at Aberystwyth. Long, fast bends, good sightlines and little traffic make it a Mid Wales classic.
A44
34 miRhayader → Cwmystwyth
Elan Valley Mountain Road
The mountain road from Rhayader to Cwmystwyth crosses some of the emptiest country in Wales, past the upper Elan Valley reservoirs. It is narrow, quiet and wonderfully remote.
Minor road
12 mi