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Mawddach Trail – Dolgellau Town Centre loop from Dolgellau

Mawddach Trail – Dolgellau Town Centre loop from Dolgellau

Hard

5.0

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Mawddach Trail – Dolgellau Town Centre loop from Dolgellau

03:59

57.0km

1,120m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 22, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 20.1 km for 155 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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398 m

Mawddach Trail

Highlight • Cycleway

The beginning of the Mawddach trail from Dolwyddelan. Suitable for most bikes, an easy journey linking two towns along the estuary.

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4.04 km

Penmaenpool Toll Bridge

Highlight • Viewpoint

The wooden bridge has been here for almost 150 years. It's a scenic way of crossing the estuary and cuts out a reasonable distance of tarmac.
Bikes cost 50p per crossing.

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4.04 km

Penmaenpool Toll Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

Penmaenpool bridge is a grade 2 listed wooden toll bridge. It was built in 1879 to replace a ferry crossing. It's open between 08.30 & 18.30 Monday to Saturday. Sunday, …

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12.1 km

Gravel Descent with Views of the Rhinog Mountains

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

A fantastic open gravel descent from Llyn Cwm-mynach down towards Coed y Brenin, with impressive views of the Rhinog Mountains to your left. Fast and flowing with some great corners, …

Tip by

15.7 km

Coed Hafod-las

Forest

20.4 km

Tarw Du Trail Entrance

Highlight • Parking

The original Redbull trail where it all started. Rocky with some really great technical sections

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20.4 km

Life's Good Trail

Highlight • Natural

21.7 km

Viewpoint

23.5 km

Serpent's Tail Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Tight n' twisty, like a serpent's tail! Look out for the direct bunny hop log option on the third corner from the top. Awesome fun!

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50.4 km

Coed Dol-y-clochydd

Forest

56.8 km

Dolgellau Town Centre

Highlight • Settlement

Dolgellau is a small, charming town on the southern edge of the Snowdonia National Park. Its cityscape is marked by the quarries in the surrounding countryside, which is why you …

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57.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

28.0 km

23.3 km

2.54 km

2.48 km

487 m

138 m

Surfaces

23.9 km

19.7 km

9.59 km

3.62 km

188 m

Elevation

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Highest point (520 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Tuesday 19 May

14°C

9°C

45 %

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Mawddach Trail – Dolgellau Town Centre loop from Dolgellau

Mawddach Trail

Penmaenpool Toll Bridge

Penmaenpool Toll Bridge

Gravel Descent with Views of the Rhinog Mountains

Tarw Du Trail Entrance

Life's Good Trail

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Dolgellau Town Centre

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