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Llanthony Priory Ruins – Gospel Pass loop from Michaelchurch Turn

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Llanthony Priory Ruins – Gospel Pass loop from Michaelchurch Turn

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Llanthony Priory Ruins – Gospel Pass loop from Michaelchurch Turn

03:52

57.0km

920m

Cycling

Hard bike 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: April 15, 2026

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Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 5.82 km for 77 m

After 44.2 km for 90 m

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5.85 km

Longtown Castle

Ruins

15.3 km

The Skirrid Inn

Highlight • Pub

Possibly one of the oldest Inns in the United Kingdom.
The current building dates from the second half of the 17th century, but some claim that there may have been an inn before that, on the pilgrimage route to Llanthony Priory, but no evidence of this has been found.

An equally unconfirmed story is that the first floor of the inn once served as a court. The wear in the beam above the stairs is said to have been caused by ropes from which convicts were hung. Legends speak of 180 hanged people in this inn.

The current operators like to refer to that history in the interior. Whether it's true or not doesn't matter: it's a pleasant place with a fairly wide menu.

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25.3 km

Llanthony Priory Ruins

Highlight • Historical Site

Llanthony Priory is a partly ruined former Augustinian priory in the Black Mountains area of the Brecon Beacons National Park. As well as being a stunning place to visit it is a start point for many a hike and good stop point on a bike ride before or after doing the famed Gospel Pass (highest pass in Wales). It has a great little pub/tavern on site and nearby (between the priory and the road below) is a camp site if your back or bike packing. On a sunny day this is a heavenly place to be!

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33.8 km

View from Gospel Pass

Highlight • Viewpoint

This is just a gorgeous and well earned view point. Stunning views!

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35.4 km

Gospel Pass

Highlight • Mountain Pass

The highest road pass in Wales with views of Hay Bluff and Twmpa in the Black Mountains. It can be climbed from Hay-on-Wye or Abergavenny sides.

The road quality is better to descend down to Hay-on-Wye, the other side is more technical as it is narrow and twisty with lots of rough road surface.

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37.0 km

Archaeological Site

43.4 km

The Café at Drover Cycles

Highlight • Cycleway

Great little bike shop with cafe and bike hire. Open 7 days a week.

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44.2 km

Hay Castle

Highlight • Historical Site

Hay Castle is a medieval fortress and a 17th-century Jacobean mansion house. The fort was built in the late 12th century and is considered to be one of the greatest medieval defence structures on the border of England and Wales still standing. However, this comes in spite of its past. The castle was attacked and burnt several times during the first and second Barons' Wars, the wars with the Welsh princes, the rebellion of Owain Glyndŵr, as well as the Wars of the Roses.

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