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The best driving roads in Wales
25 hand-picked driving roads in Wales, every one mapped from real geometry and fact-checked, including 1 world icon.
Roads251 world icon
Combined311 mi501 km of driving
High point551 m1,808 ft
Wales packs more great road into its mountains than anywhere of its size. The passes of Snowdonia, the moorland sweeps of the Cambrians and the Brecon Beacons, and the empty Evo Triangle have made it a pilgrimage for drivers. Here are the best, each mapped from real geometry and fact-checked.
The roads
Black Mountain Pass12 mi · 27 min · 30 cornersView the roadbook ›
Llanberis Pass
Evo Triangle
Horseshoe Pass
Cambrian Mountains
Nant Gwynant
Cadair Idris Road
Tywyn Coast Road
The Migneint
Beddgelert to Caernarfon
Brecon Beacons Pass
Upper Swansea Valley
Milltir Cerrig
Bwlch Penbarras
Tal-y-llyn Pass
Crimea Pass
Elan Valley
Mynydd Epynt
Gospel Pass
Hirwaun to Beacons Reservoir
Bwlch Oerddrws
Abergwesyn Pass
Bala to Trawsfynydd
Llandovery to Builth
