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Cycling in Anglesey
Cycle Ride from Red Wharf Bay
This ride offers quiet lanes edged wild flowers in spring and summer and attractive rural views. There is the opportunity (detour) to visit the Oriel Ynys Mon art gallery. The latter part of the ride has views of the mountains of Snowdonia. NB. There is a 225 yard (210m) section of narrow lane soon after the church at Llanfair M.E. where the road surface has deteriorated so much that the cycling is now virtually off-road.
Route: Red Wharf Bay - Llanfair M.E.- Maenaddwyn - Capel Coch - Llanbedregoch - Red Wharf Bay (OS map 114 Anglesey/Mon) (Photos of the Ride)
Distance: 15 miles (18 miles with detour)
Ascent: 140m undulating
The Ride
Leave Red Wharf Bay by lane opposite beach.
After ½ mile Turn First Right, just before Sea View Stores
Turn Right at A5025
After ¼ mile Turn First Left (Lon y Glyn Road)
After 1¼ miles Turn Left at B 5108 and almost immediate Right into lane signposted Llanfair M.E.
After 1/3 mile Turn Right just before Church
(After the church there is a short section where the lane is so narrow and rough as to be virtually off-road)
Ignore Right Turn but Turn Right at B5110
Turn sharply First Left into Lon Las
After ¾ mile Turn Right at T junction
After over 2 miles Turn next Left at Maenaddwyn signposted Capel Goch
After 2½ miles Turn Left signposted Shortcut and Cycle Route 5
Shortly ignore Left Turn but keep straight ahead
At crossroads Turn Left (OR for detour to visit Oriel Ynys Mon go straight ahead and Turn Left at B5109. After the visit retrace steps to the crossroads.)
In less than a mile Turn Left at B5110
Shortly Turn first Right signposted Talwrn, Pentraeth
In less than ½ mile Turn Left
After 2½ miles at Llanbedrgoch Turn Left and then immediate Right signposted Traeth Coch
Turn Left at A5025 and shortly Right to Red Wharf Bay
Points of Interest
Red Wharf Bay (Traeth Coch) is a tranquil, unspoilt coastal hamlet with expansive sands and fine views
Llanfair M.E. on the outskirts of Benllech is an area of colourful cottage gardens in spring and summer and has an isolated, pretty little church
Oriel Ynys Mon is a pleasant modern art gallery on the outskirts of the county town of Llangefni
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