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Lake Vyrnwy Straining Tower – Lake Vyrnwy Dam loop from Gobowen

Lake Vyrnwy Straining Tower – Lake Vyrnwy Dam loop from Gobowen

Hard

5.0

(2)

105

riders

Lake Vyrnwy Straining Tower – Lake Vyrnwy Dam loop from Gobowen

04:07

88.5km

1,010m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 18, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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4.68 km

Mule Café Racer

Highlight • Cycleway

Mule is a bike shop and cafe in Ostwestry. As well as good coffee and food, they run group rides and other events too. Well worth checking out.

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25.8 km

Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant Village Centre

Highlight • Cafe

Gegin Fach tea room is a nice little coffee shop serving drinks, cake and café food.
Open Mon to Sat 9:00 - 17:00

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42.4 km

Lake Vyrnwy (Welsh: Llyn Efyrnwy, pronounced [ɛˈvərnʊɨ] or Llyn Llanwddyn) is a reservoir in Powys, Wales, built in the 1880s for Liverpool Corporation Waterworks to supply Liverpool with fresh water. …

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44.8 km

View of the Straining Tower at Lake Vyrnwy

Highlight • Monument

Some great views along this part of the road, well worth a visit.

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45.5 km

Lake Vyrnwy Dam

Highlight • Monument

This is brilliant peice of architecture thats still in use today, you can feel the sheer power of the flow of water down the dam one side, and the peace and tranquility of the lake the other.

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45.5 km

Lake Vyrnwy Dam

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

The dam across the Vyrnwy Valley, Montgomeryshire, was the first large masonry dam, and was completed in 1888. Water from the reservoir supplies Liverpool, travelling there along a 70 mile aqueduct.

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88.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

78.1 km

9.06 km

730 m

318 m

239 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

86.0 km

2.32 km

170 m

Elevation

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Highest point (340 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

Weather

Wednesday 20 May

20°C

12°C

28 %

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Max wind speed: 22.0 km/h

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Lake Vyrnwy Straining Tower – Lake Vyrnwy Dam loop from Gobowen

Mule Café Racer

Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant Village Centre