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Green lanes in Eryri (Snowdonia)

69% of the lanes we’ve mapped inside Eryri (Snowdonia) are open to motorcycles. Here’s where they are, what’s restricted, and the longest ones to ride.

205lanes open to motorcycles*
123 kmof legal lane
92restricted byways, no motors
0named lanes with a restriction

*BOATs and UCRs inside the park boundary, excluding sections under a permanent or current closure. Legal status changes, check before you ride.

Every mapped lane in the park

Inside the real park boundary. Numbers match the longest lanes list below. Tap the key to show or hide a layer.

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What you can ride

297 mapped lanes and byways inside the boundary, by legal type.

55%unsurfaced, where the surface is known
2scenic roads or passes

Difficulty

Most lanes here aren't graded yet, so treat difficulty as unknown and check each lane's detail card before you go.

Longest open lanes

Named lanes open to motorcycles, each measured end to end across all its mapped sections.

  1. 1
    Ffordd Ddu6.8 km
    UCR
  2. 2
    Bwlch Y Groes Track2.8 km
    UCR
  3. 3
    Ffordd Pen Y Cefn1.8 km
    BOATUCRSurfaced
  4. 4
    Hafod Y Meirch1.5 km
    UCR
  5. 5
    Lôn Gwyrfai0.9 km
    UCRUnsurfaced
  6. 6
    Neolithic Trackway0.9 km
    BOATSurfaced
  7. 7
    Allt Singrug0.3 km
    UCR

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Scenic roads and passes

Ordinary paved roads worth riding for their own sake, no rights of way question at all.

Bwlch y GroesLlanberis Pass

Places worth a stop

7 historic sites and landmarks inside the park, all on the map. Access rights not checked, look before you visit.

Y Rhaeadr Fawr
Attraction Y Rhaeadr Fawr

Aber Falls, a waterfall reached by a walk through the Aber valley near Abergwyngregyn.

Tomen Castell
Point of interest Tomen Castell

A 13th-century castle at the base of a valley, with the earlier 12th-century tower it replaced, Tomen Castell, standing just to its south-east.

Tomen Y Mur Roman Fort
Archaeological site Tomen Y Mur Roman Fort

A Roman fort built during governor Agricola's campaigns in AD 78, later reused by the Normans as a motte in the 11th century.

Castell Harlech
Attraction Castell Harlech

Built for a modest £8,190 by Edward I, Harlech withstood a siege before falling to Owain Glyndŵr in 1404, who made it his residence and headquarters, and was the last Royalist castle to surrender in the Civil War, the siege that gave us the song 'Men of Harlech'.

Castell y Bere
Point of interest Castell y Bere

Built by Llywelyn the Great in the 1220s to guard south-west Gwynedd, expanded by Edward I after the death of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd before being burnt in a Welsh revolt and left to ruin.

Sygun Copper Mine
Attraction Sygun Copper Mine

A Victorian copper mine near Beddgelert, closed in 1903 and reopened decades later as an underground visitor attraction.

Dinas Emrys
Ruin Dinas Emrys

A wooded hillock in Snowdonia associated in medieval legend with the red and white dragons said to lie beneath it, one origin of Wales's own dragon symbol.

Questions riders ask

Can you ride green lanes in Eryri (Snowdonia)?

Yes, on lanes with the right legal status. We've mapped 205 BOATs and UCRs inside Eryri (Snowdonia) that are open to motorcycles, about 123 km in total. Another 92 restricted byways inside the park are for walkers, cyclists and horse riders only.

Are any green lanes in Eryri (Snowdonia) closed?

We haven't found a named lane inside Eryri (Snowdonia) with a current restriction yet. That doesn't mean there are none, so always check a lane's current status before you ride.

What is the longest green lane in Eryri (Snowdonia)?

Of the named lanes open to motorcycles, Ffordd Ddu is the longest we've mapped inside the park, at about 6.8 km.

Are there GPX routes for Eryri (Snowdonia)?

Not a ready-made one yet. You can build your own from Eryri (Snowdonia)'s lanes with Holloway Premium's route planner and export it as a GPX file.

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Lane data from OpenStreetMap contributors and council rights of way records. Park boundary © Natural England / Natural Resources Wales, via OpenStreetMap, OGL. Reference only: legal status changes, check signage and current Traffic Regulation Orders before riding.

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