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Devils Bridge Falls & Biker Stop
A scenic biker destination in mid-Wales where riders gather after tackling the spectacular mountain roads around Aberystwyth.
12 km · about 25 min drive
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Lledrod
Wales, United Kingdom · Europe
About Lledrod
Lledrod works well as a base: 15 minutes from Llanilar, 17km from Cwmystwyth Mountain Road.
Lledrod is in Wales, United Kingdom. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Llanilar, about 7 km away.
Lledrod is a village and community in Ceredigion, Wales. The village is situated on the A485 road from Llanilar to Tregaron, where it crosses the valley of the River Wyre (Welsh: Afon Wyre). The parish is divided into Lledrod Isaf (Lower Lledrod) and Lledrod Uchaf (Upper Lledrod); Lledrod village is located in theRead more
former, Swyddffynnon village is situated in the latter. The name 'Lledrod' is a contraction of Llanfihangel-Lledrod, which derives from Llanfihangel Llether-troed, meaning 'the church of St Michael at the foot of the slope'. The community includes the small settlements of Tyncelyn and Blaenpennal.
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What is there to see near Lledrod?
Within an hour or so of Lledrod: Devils Bridge Falls & Biker Stop (12 km), Devil's Bridge Tea Rooms (12 km), Devil's Bridge Falls (13 km), Cwmystwyth Mountain Road (17 km).
Are there any good drives near Lledrod?
The nearest famous roads are B4574 Devil's Bridge to Cwmystwyth, Cwmystwyth Mountain Road and Abergwesyn Pass (Devil's Staircase).
Where is Lledrod?
Lledrod is in Wales, United Kingdom, about 7 km from Llanilar.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 0
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Wales
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 52.3000, -3.9833
Emergency & Services
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112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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Worth the detour from Lledrod
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Devil's Bridge Tea Rooms
A charming tea room perched above the dramatic Devil's Bridge waterfalls in mid-Wales, a classic stop on scenic Welsh driving routes.
12 km · about 25 min drive
waterfall
Devil's Bridge Falls
Dramatic series of waterfalls plunging through a deep wooded gorge spanned by three bridges built on top of each other across eight centuries.
13 km · about 25 min drive
famous road
Cwmystwyth Mountain Road
Wild, lonely mountain road from Rhayader to Aberystwyth over the Cambrian Mountains, passing the Elan Valley dams and old lead mines of Cwmystwyth. Often called one of Britain's remotest drives.
17 km · about 20 min drive
famous road
B4574 Devil's Bridge to Cwmystwyth
Rated among Britain's most scenic roads, a narrow climb from the Rheidol gorge onto the Cambrian moors past old lead mines.
17 km · about 20 min drive
natural wonder
Claerwen Reservoir
The largest of the Elan Valley reservoirs, its 1952 dam faced in stone, with an empty mountain road running west into the Cambrians.
21 km · about 25 min drive
mountain pass
Abergwesyn Pass (Devil's Staircase)
Remote 16-mile single-track mountain road from Abergwesyn to Tregaron over the Cambrian Desert, its Devil's Staircase section stacking hairpins at 20%+ gradients. One of the emptiest drives in Britain. No fuel, little signal.
22 km · about 25 min drive
natural wonder
Llyn Brianne
A remote 1970s reservoir in the Cambrian Mountains with a dramatic spillway and a single-track road looping its wooded shores - red kite country.
24 km · about 30 min drive
Driving roads near Lledrod
- 17 kmCwmystwyth Mountain RoadWild, lonely mountain road from Rhayader to Aberystwyth over the Cambrian Mountains, passing the Elan Valley dams and old lead mines of Cwmystwyth. Often called one of Britain's remotest drives.
- 17 kmB4574 Devil's Bridge to CwmystwythRated among Britain's most scenic roads, a narrow climb from the Rheidol gorge onto the Cambrian moors past old lead mines.
- 22 kmAbergwesyn Pass (Devil's Staircase)Remote 16-mile single-track mountain road from Abergwesyn to Tregaron over the Cambrian Desert, its Devil's Staircase section stacking hairpins at 20%+ gradients. One of the emptiest drives in Britain. No fuel, little signal.
- 26 kmElan Valley Mountain Road (Rhayader to Aberystwyth)An empty 1930s-built mountain road over the Cambrian desert past Claerwen, with cattle grids and no villages for 20 miles.
- 45 kmCadair Idris (Penygadair)A 893m mountain of huge cliffs and corries in southern Snowdonia, legendarily leaving anyone who sleeps on it a poet or a madman.
- 51 kmBlack Mountain Pass (A4069)Top Gear's favourite British road, a smooth, empty ribbon of hairpins and open bends over the western Brecon Beacons between Llangadog and Brynamman.
Driving in United Kingdom
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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