Hi all,
Travelling down to Llandrindod Wells, with the tin tent next week,can anybody recomend which is the better route to take. (I want to avoid as much m'way as possible, it spoils the trip!)I'm coming down from Preston, and I originally thought of A49 then across. The '49 then A483 also looks ok, I travelled that route years ago, but I was packing a tent then, and can't remember much about the route apart from the fact, it looked quite remote in places. Also, for foodies, can anybody recomend a good feeding place for a quick breakfast, somewhere just after we come off the A55, either Wrexhamish, or Whitchurchish.
Not fussed, truckie (the best) or roadside stop would do.
Thanks in advance.
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Ok, well I don't recommend you turn off in Newtown...it's a horrible road with a caravan. Carry on through Newtown, past Llanidloes (bypass) then turn left at the roundabout coming into Llangurig and head towards Rhayader. Straight through Rhayader and then many miles later take a left turning for Llandrindod Wells (not long after the garage on the right hand side).
Sorry, hopeless with road numbers!
Where are you heading to?
------------- Claire x
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Don't have a map to hand at present,this is the way we go,Bridgnorth,then head to Craven Arms,then onto Knighton,Builth Wells and onto your destination.We always stop on the 'moor' part and have something to eat there,a Little Chef is in Builth Wells,have a nice time
Thanks all, we are heading for Church House Farm, a C.L. just outside the town that seems to come with good reviews on here. We generally like to do some not too strenuous walking, followed by some more strenuous quaffing, (real ale naturally), then round off with some quality local meat and cheese. (I can taste the lamb henry now.)
Thanks again.
------------- It's round the next bend and over the next hill, honest!
Don't have a map to hand at present,this is the way we go,Bridgnorth,then head to Craven Arms,then onto Knighton,Builth Wells and onto your destination.We always stop on the 'moor' part and have something to eat there,a Little Chef is in Builth Wells,have a nice time
OP is coming from Preston, so I wouldn't recommend that route.
Ah, Church House Farm, I know where that is. It's actually just outside Crossgates (before Llandrindod Wells). If you are confident towing then by all means take the A483 from Newtown as it will be the quickest, but it is quite a tight road and very winding.
You won't hit Builth Wells, so the Little Chef/Burger King is out.
However, there is a large truck stop / fuel station on one of the Oswestry roundabouts which alot of people stop at, you can get hot/cold food & drinks.
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------------- Claire x
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there is a sainsbury right next to the wrexham by pass that does breakfast, if you want to travel a little bit further then there is the gledrid truck stop on the roundabout at the start of the oswestry bypass
there is also a couple of roadside caravan places in the laybys along the wrexham oswestry bypass
the route from newtown to llandod using the A483 dolfor road is around 26 miles, the way suggested above via llani and llangurig and using the A470 is around 40 miles, if it was me towing a tin tent i would take the shorter route using the A483 dolfor road
for me it would be preston M6 to M56 to the M 53 onto the A55 on the outskirts of chester, then onto the A 483 wrexham, then use the A5 from the mcdonalds roundabout at chirk, back on the 483 at the mile end service station oswestery stay on the A483 through welshpool to newtown and the at the stay on the A483 which is a left turn just before the Lidl store this will take you right into Llandod
as above places i know to eat are the sainsburys at wrexham, mc,donalds at chirk, the gledrid truck stop, there is a little chef at mile end and a costa coffee shop in the esso garage at mile end that does coffeee and bacon baps
We have not long ago been there, from Shrewsbury. We went down the A49 to Craven Arms, across to Bucknall, Knighton and then to Crossgates. If you look on Google maps I think the distance will be about the same as it would going Oswestry, Welshpool, Newtown.
There is a steep bit just outside Knighton, but not as bad as the road from Newtown to Crossgates, we came back that route.
Good stopping point is Prees Heath, just outside Whitchurch, there are a number of transport type cafes, and good parking for a caravan.
going from oswestrey to shrewsbury then down the A 49 to craven arms and across from there would be about 15 miles further than going welshpool newtown
the road from newtown to crossgates is not that bad a road and there is nothing that would worry a caravan, it is a bit twisty but not that hilly, it is regularly used by atrtic lorries and large hgv,s
Quote: Originally posted by force ten on 22/6/2012
going from oswestrey to shrewsbury then down the A 49 to craven arms and across from there would be about 15 miles further than going welshpool newtown
the road from newtown to crossgates is not that bad a road and there is nothing that would worry a caravan, it is a bit twisty but not that hilly, it is regularly used by atrtic lorries and large hgv,s
Didn't think it was that much difference, we went A49 route to avoid the huge traffic jam that there usually is in Newtown on the Friday evening of a Bank Holiday.
Quote: Originally posted by nanashirley on 22/6/2012
Didn't think it was that much difference, we went A49 route to avoid the huge traffic jam that there usually is in Newtown on the Friday evening of a Bank Holiday.
from around meole brace using the A 49 it is around 8 miles further than going welshpool newtown, but the bit from mile end oswestery down the A5 to meole brace also adds a few miles
you are right about newtown on a holiday weekend and none was worse than the jubilee weekend two weeks ago, i was working in newtown and at lunchtime i drove from newtown to welshpool and there was three miles of queing traffic waiting to get through newtown and it was said on this board that it added an hour to your journey time just to get through the town
Absolutely, fantabulous, that's why I luuurve this site, friendly advice, from experienced 'travelers', no 'this is better than that', I will inwardly digest the advice, ruminate on the facts, then...........flip a coin, thanks for all.!!!!
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Oooooh yes there are some horrible tail-backs in Newtown almost every day (thanks to those infernal traffic lights by McDonalds). Certainly between 4.30 and 6 most days so try and avoid those times....and also Friday afternoons and Saturdays. Otherwise, take a flask and be prepared to wait for a while!
I still don't think it would warrant going Knighton way however!
------------- Claire x
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