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Pembrey Circuit
Wales's national motorsport centre on the Carmarthenshire coast, a fast former-airfield circuit once used by F1 teams including McLaren and Williams for secret testing.
37 km · about 45 min drive
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Llandysul
Wales, United Kingdom · Europe
About Llandysul
Llandysul sits on the route: 10 minutes from Llangeler, 38km from Black Mountain Pass (A4069).
Llandysul is in Wales, United Kingdom, with about 1,500 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Llangeler, about 5 km away.
Llandysul, also spelt Llandyssul, is a town and community in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. As a community it consists of the townships of Capel Dewi, Horeb, Pontsian, Pren-gwyn, Tregroes, Rhydowen and the town of Llandysul itself. Llandysul lies in south Ceredigion in the valley of the River Teifi and is visitedRead more
for its fishing and canoeing. The community had a population of 2732, as of 2011. The village itself has a population of 1484.
Llandysul is also known as the home of Gwasg Gomer, one of the most prominent publishers of Welsh-interest and Welsh language books in Wales. The town is twinned with Plogonnec (Plogoneg) in Brittany, France.
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What is there to see near Llandysul?
Within an hour or so of Llandysul: Pembrey Circuit (37 km), Black Mountain Pass (A4069) (38 km), Llyn Brianne (40 km), Llyn y Fan Fach (43 km).
Are there any good drives near Llandysul?
The nearest famous roads are Black Mountain Pass (A4069), Abergwesyn Pass (Devil's Staircase) and B4574 Devil's Bridge to Cwmystwyth.
Where is Llandysul?
Llandysul is in Wales, United Kingdom, about 5 km from Llangeler.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 1,484
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Wales
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 52.0417, -4.3091
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in United Kingdom
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 Llandysul
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
famous road
Black 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.
38 km · about 45 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.
40 km · about 45 min drive
natural wonder
Llyn y Fan Fach
A glacial corrie lake under the escarpment of the Black Mountain, home to the legend of the Lady of the Lake and the Physicians of Myddfai.
43 km · about 50 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.
44 km · about 50 min drive
natural wonder
Llyn y Fan Fawr
The larger and wilder of the two Black Mountain lakes, sitting beneath Fan Brycheiniog at 600m with almost no visitors.
46 km · about 55 min drive
beach
Tenby
Charming walled seaside town with pastel-coloured Georgian houses, three sandy beaches and a medieval town wall.
49 km · about 55 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.
49 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Llandysul
- 38 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.
- 44 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.
- 51 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.
- 51 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.
- 52 kmYnys Barri and Strumble HeadA rugged headland with a lighthouse and one of Britain's best land-based sites for watching harbour porpoises.
- 57 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.
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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