Ludlow

Worth the detour from Ludlow

8 notable places within an hour's drive.

Driving roads near Ludlow

11 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.

• 49 kmGospel PassThe highest road pass in Wales at 549m, a narrow single-track lane over the Black Mountains between Hay-on-Wye and Llanthony, with vast views across the Wye Valley from beneath Hay Bluff.
• 54 kmWaun FachThe highest point of the Black Mountains at 811m, a broad peaty summit above the Vale of Ewyas and the Gospel Pass.
• 59 kmSymonds Yat RockA famous viewpoint 504 feet above the River Wye, where peregrine falcons nest and the river performs a dramatic horseshoe bend.
• 60 kmSkirrid Fawr (Ysgyryd Fawr)A landslipped 486m ridge above Abergavenny whose split profile gave rise to the legend it cracked at the Crucifixion.
• 61 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.
• 62 kmSugar Loaf (Y Fal)A 596m conical hill above Abergavenny with a 360-degree view over the Usk valley and the Black Mountains; easy from the car park.

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