Road guides

Great roads.

The roads people cross the country for, each measured from end to end: how far, how high, how steep and how twisty, with what it's like to drive and where to stop.

England

A pass in the Lake District National Park
Hardknott Pass
From Eskdale to the Duddon Valley
A pass in the Yorkshire Dales National Park
Buttertubs Pass
From Hawes to Thwaite
The A57, in the Peak District National Park
Snake Pass
From Glossop to Ladybower
The A537, in the Peak District National Park
The Cat and Fiddle
From Macclesfield to Buxton
The B3135, in the Mendip Hills
Cheddar Gorge
From Cheddar up onto the Mendips

Wales

The A4069, in Bannau Brycheiniog
Black Mountain Pass
From Llangadog to Brynamman
The A542, in the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley
Horseshoe Pass
From Llangollen to Llandegla
The A4086, in Eryri
Llanberis Pass
From Nant Peris to Pen-y-Gwryd

Scotland

A pass in Wester Ross
Bealach na Bà
From Tornapress to Applecross
A glen in the West Highlands
The A82 through Glen Coe
From Glen Coe up to Rannoch Moor

Ireland

The R574, over the Caha Mountains
Healy Pass
From Adrigole to Lauragh
The N71, between Kenmare and Killarney
Moll's Gap
From Kenmare to Ladies View
The Skellig Ring, on the Iveragh Peninsula
Coomanaspig Pass
From St Finian's Bay to Portmagee
The R584, in the Shehy Mountains
Pass of Keimaneigh
From Kealkill to Ballingeary
The R115, across the Wicklow Mountains
Military Road
From Glencree to Laragh
The R756, over the Wicklow Mountains
Wicklow Gap
From Hollywood to Laragh
The R759, in the Wicklow Mountains
Sally Gap
From Roundwood to the Sally Gap