Holyhead to Caernarfon Cycle Route

Holyhead to Caernarfon

Description

Follow NCN route 8 through Anglesey and over the Menai bridge into Wales.
You start in Holyhead passing through Penrhos coastal park and the village of Valley before heading through Anglesey to the Menai Bridge on quiet country roads. Here you cross the beautiful Menai Strait into mainland Wales. The route then heads south along the Menai Strait, passing through the pretty village of Y Felinheli, before joining the traffic free Lon Las Menai cycle route which takes you into Caernarfon.

Please see the map below for a basic overview of this route or click here to see a photographic aerial view with points of interest and photographs

Distance

39 miles (62 km)

Difficulty

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Memory Map Route

Holyhead to Caernarfon.mmo

GPX File

Holyhead to Caernarfon.gpx

Elevation

Holyhead

Caernarfon

Route Photos


View of Holyhead from Penrhos	Cob near Valley	Near Malltreath	Approaching the Menai Bridge

Y Felinheli	On the Lon Las Menai cycle route near Caernarfon	Caernarfon town	Caernarfon Castle

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Map (Route in Red)
Aerial Photo View of this route