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Telford's A5 — Dee Valley Run

A5 · Llangollen → Betws-y-Coed · Wales

Length
30 miles
Drive time
45 min
Type
Grand touring road
Region
Wales

Thomas Telford's masterpiece London–Holyhead road, engineered in the 1810s so mail coaches never faced a steep gradient. The Llangollen to Betws-y-Coed stretch tracks the River Dee through a string of perfect, constant-radius bends.

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