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Lake Vyrnwy Dam – Lake Vyrnwy Straining Tower loop from Oswestry Rural

Lake Vyrnwy Dam – Lake Vyrnwy Straining Tower loop from Oswestry Rural

Hard

5.0

(2)

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Lake Vyrnwy Dam – Lake Vyrnwy Straining Tower loop from Oswestry Rural

03:47

78.5km

950m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.30 km

Mule Café Racer

Highlight • Cycleway

Mule is a bike shop and cafe in Ostwestry. As well as good coffee and food, they run group rides and other events too. Well worth checking out.

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23.4 km

Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant Village Centre

Highlight • Cafe

Gegin Fach tea room is a nice little coffee shop serving drinks, cake and café food.
Open Mon to Sat 9:00 - 17:00

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39.0 km

Lake Vyrnwy Dam

Highlight • Monument

This is brilliant peice of architecture thats still in use today, you can feel the sheer power of the flow of water down the dam one side, and the peace and tranquility of the lake the other.

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39.1 km

View of Lake Vyrnwy and the Straining Tower

Highlight • Viewpoint

40.8 km

Lake Vyrnwy (Welsh: Llyn Efyrnwy, pronounced [ɛˈvərnʊɨ] or Llyn Llanwddyn) is a reservoir in Powys, Wales, built in the 1880s for Liverpool Corporation Waterworks to supply Liverpool with fresh water. …

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41.9 km

Lake Vyrnwy Hotel

Highlight • Restaurant

beautifully situated hotel, nice cosy atmosphere.

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78.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

66.2 km

10.6 km

1.00 km

595 m

109 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

75.7 km

2.26 km

505 m

Elevation

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Highest point (340 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

Weather

Thursday 13 August

27°C

15°C

42 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 20.0 km/h

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Comments

August 6, 2023,Hope house charity cycle challenge to Lake Vyrnwy and back

It was a good challenge with some big hills and it was fortunate enough to be great weather, except for some strong winds on the way there. Really pleased to have finally cycled to Vyrnwy.

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Lake Vyrnwy Dam – Lake Vyrnwy Straining Tower loop from Oswestry Rural

Mule Café Racer

Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant Village Centre

Lake Vyrnwy Dam

View of Lake Vyrnwy and the Straining Tower

Lake Vyrnwy Straining Tower

Lake Vyrnwy Hotel

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