Swansea to Sheffield

Chris Swansea

I'm planning to cycle up to my parents, from Swansea to Sheffield.

Looks like I'll be crossing the Brecon Beacons and up through Hereford, Leominster, but I don't know the area beyond that.

Can anyone help with some advice of nice roads to use, areas to pass through? I'll be on a touring bike and aiming for about 75-100 miles a day.

Any help from anyone with experience of riding in the Midlands, Staffs and up through the Peak District would be appreciated. I can then join the dots on the map and get some sort of route together

Many thanks
Chris

roger_merriman

i'd head for breacon then hay on wye, and then i'd start heading for north of birmingham and then on to to folks.

vernonlevy

Try using www.viamichelin.co.uk

It has a bike option. it has a minor flaw in that it has a 200km limit so you might have to break your journey into two legs.

El Gordo

I rode from Hereford home to Derby by going something along the lines of Leominster, Ludlow, Bridgnorth, Penkridge and Abbots Bromley. It was all surprisingly nice.

At this point if I was heading to Sheffield I'd go to Uttoxeter, Ashbourne, Youlgreave, Bakewell then it really depends on where in Sheffield I was heading but pretty much any none A-road in the Peaks is worth a ride. Mind you, if you pick roads that are too small the perpetual sharp climbs are a killer.

priory

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source= ... 54495&z=13

Sorry about the long link, but here you will find a route I have done.
From ashbourne up to parsley hay take the tissington trail which is fine with narrow tyres

TerryJ