The Glan Gwna Audax cycle rides in Eryri 200km

The Glan Gwna Audax Rides 2025 edition

Saturday & Sunday 7th/8th June 2025

Start Route 66 Cafe, Glan Gwna Holiday Park
Caeathro, Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL55 2SH

Glan Gwnas Website

Ride Report for 2024

Saturday

200km and 120km events

Ride to the tip of the Llŷn Peninsula from Caeathro, Near Caernarfon, Gwynedd and then back either via the hills of the Pen Llŷn or the past the source of the Afon Conwy following it to the coast at Conwy back along the costal cycle track via Bangor .

The is a cafe at the start run by Bill Armstrong and we will be able to get a tea at the start. included in the entry fee and buy a small breakfast.
on the return the Poolside Bar should be open so you will have a choice of tea until 5pm at the cafe or a pint at the bar. After 5pm we will be in the bar opposite.

Controls are mostly planned to be DIY cafe stops or get a receipt in stores along the route.
There are a couple of information controls on both routes so you can prove to the organisers you completed the route

The events are under under the Audax UK rules you can read more about these on the audax.uk website

200km
Aberdaron Cafes, shops etc get a receipt
Tremadog Cafe - the cafe at the foot of the cliffs at the rock climbing mecca of Tremadog will sign cards or a Spar shop in the
Inforamtion control near Ffynnon Eidda well at top of the hill beyond Festiniog
Betws y Coed loads of shops and cafe
Conwy - information or receipt from town shops etc.
Glan Gwna Caernarfon start/finish
You can use the e-brevet app on your phone to record these check points. Down load the route onto your phone and check in at each control.
Care needed not to cycle past though

This is a route of varied attractions beautiful coastal scenery and lots of small ups and downs, a short busier stretch along the southern coast of the Llŷn followed by some wild scenery ands even mountainous terrain over the MEGNENT moorland before a superb descent into the Conwy Valley. You follow the Afon Conwy to the sea at Conwy when along the NCN5 back to the start.

125km
Aberdaron Cafes, shops etc get a receipt as the 200km
Pwllheli
Near Bryn Cir info control on the NCN8 (EV2) cycle route
and Glan Gwna

A route to the tip of the Llyn to the windswept village of Aberdaron along the North Coast, Turn West parallel to the South coast to Pwllheli then cutting back through the foothills of Eryri to join NCN8 - Lon Las Eifion cycle route - and a gentle descent to Caernarfon

E Brevet

You can use the e-brevet app on your phone to record these check points

25-89 is the code for the 200km

25-90 for the 125km

The 200km route -see this on Ride with GPS

More information & Route Sheet

207 km with approx 2600m of ascent
From Caernarfon we travel South West along the Northern coast of the Pen Llŷn. Flat at first it undulates more along the Llŷn itself.

The first control or check point is at Aberdaron near the tip of the Peninsula. From here we travel east along the southern edge of the Llŷn through Pwllheli, Abersoch & Criccieth to arrive in small port and railway town of Porthmadog (control).
We continue east to start climbing near Llan Ffestiniog up to the moorland know as Y Migneint (bogland) past a Holy Well - Ffynnon Eidda - Stop and read the inscription it is an info control - at 485metres of altitude. Then a long downhill via Cwm Penmachno a gorgeous valley.
We then continue along the west bank of the Afon Conwy to Conwy. The final part of the route follows the NCN5 along the coast to Bangor and finally Glan Gwna.
The Poolside bar is the finish where you can get a welcome pint and food if you wish.

The 125km route -see this on Ride with GPS

Route Sheet

Glan Gwna 120km - 127km 1300m of ascent

The first half of the route is the same as the 200k:
From Caernarfon we travel South West along the Northern coast of the Pen Llŷn. Flat at first it undulates more along the Llŷn itself.
The first control or check point is at Aberdaron near the tip of the Peninsula. From here we travel east along the southern edge of the Llŷn to Pwllheli which is a control and a place for a brew. We then head inland to travel across the Llŷn's remote hills to Bryncir which if you time it right there is a cafe near the auction market.
Then back down the cycle route NCN8 to the start

Glan Gwna accommodation

There are a few dozen chalets on the site which can be booked for weeks, weekends or days. These are available on the usual web booking pages AirBnB, booking.com. You may wish to consider.a longer stay.
There is a cafe/shop the Route 66 we intend to start the ride from here. There is also a bar restaurant the Poolside Bar which will be open at the end of the ride and of course the Pool
There of course are many other attractions as we are on the edge of the National Park of Eryri (Snowdonia) with its mountains, beaches and lakes.
If you need advice about other accommodation, camping or attractions etc. please contact me.

Sunday 8th June - Cylchdaith Yr Wyddfa

Tour of SnowdonAuk No

25-428 for brevet (they have changed things there though let me know if you have a problem``0
A new event this year for 2025 to explore the idea of running a weekend of events. This includes many of the best views of Yr Wyddfa and the other principle mountains of Eryri national park (Northern Section)

Some of the roads can get busy on a summer weekend as they are often the only way through the narrow valleys. However it is not usually too bad out of school holidays and there are very few trucks. Much of the route is on quieter lanes with some optional gravel sections on NCN cycle route

You should see the summit of Yr Wyddfa from West North and East on your way around, ride through a gorge near Beddgelert, watch rock climbers in Tremadog. Some big ascents but not over steep and some great descents.