Region guide
The best driving roads in Wales
26 hand-picked driving roads in Wales, every one mapped from real geometry and fact-checked, including 2 world icons.
Roads262 world icons
Combined311miles of driving
High point551metres · 1808 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.
Bwlch Mountain Road
Llandovery to Builth
Bala to Trawsfynydd
Abergwesyn Pass
Bwlch Oerddrws
Gospel Pass
Hirwaun to Beacon Reservoir
Elan Valley
Mynydd Epynt
Cregennan and the Mawddach
Crimea Pass
Tal-y-llyn Pass
Bwlch Penbarras
Milltir Cerrig
Upper Swansea Valley
Brecon Beacons Pass
Beddgelert to Caernarfon
The Migneint
Tywyn Coast Road
Cardigan Bay Road
Nant Gwynant
Cambrian Mountains
Horseshoe Pass
Evo Triangle
Llanberis Pass
