Rhuddlan Castle – Cwm Road Scenic View loop from Rhuddlan
Rhuddlan Castle – Cwm Road Scenic View loop from Rhuddlan
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Rhuddlan Castle – Cwm Road Scenic View loop from Rhuddlan
01:47
27.1km
370m
Cycling
Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: April 8, 2026
Tips
Your route passes through protected areas
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Clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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205 m
Rhuddlan Castle
Highlight • Historical Site
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438 m
Statute of Rhuddlan Plaque
Highlight • Historical Site
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711 m
Rhuddlan Castle
Highlight • Historical Site
At Rhuddlan, several miles inland, the plan was to use a river instead. Just one problem – the meandering Clwyd wasn’t quite in the right place. So Edward conscripted hundreds of ditch-diggers to deepen and divert its course.
More than seven centuries later Rhuddlan still looks like a castle that was worth moving a river for. Begun in 1277 it was the first of the revolutionary concentric, or ‘walls within walls’, castles designed by master architect James of St George.
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7.63 km
Ffynnon Fael y Sulien
Archaeological Site
21.1 km
Cwm Road Scenic View
Highlight • Viewpoint
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27.1 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
23.5 km
1.93 km
1.61 km
< 100 m
Surfaces
13.8 km
13.2 km
110 m
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Elevation
Highest point (170 m)
Lowest point (0 m)
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