Tour de Presteigne & Green Wheels 2009

Tour de Presteigne Address:
Joe Deakins Road
Presteigne
Powys
LD8 2UF
(Signs from the Presteigne bypass)

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TRAINS

Without concentrating too much on specific train times (not wise these days).
Note that electric bikes are technically banned on rail services,
but the more discrete kind are regularly carried by rail without problems.

ROUTE 1 via Leominster:
From Cardiff and Newport (some trains from Swansea)
From Shrewsbury, Crewe and Manchester.
Most trains carry two full-size bikes, and the rule will be strictly enforced at busy times.
Arriva Trains Wales recommends booking : 0870 9000 773.
The line has a better-than-hourly service, but not all trains stop at Leominster, the nearest station to Presteigne. However, from 16.00 onwards on Friday afternoon, the service is broadly hourly from both directions.
On Sunday afternoons, trains leave Leominster about every 90 minutes.
The cycle ride (about 12miles) is on mixed, sometimes rather busy, roads.

ROUTE 2 via Knighton:
From Swansea.
From Crewe and Shrewsbury.
Most trains carry two full-size bikes, but as they're usually single carriages, booking is recommended: 0870 9000 773.
There are four services each way per day, with two on Sunday.
On Friday evening convenient trains arrive from bth directions, and there are also a pair of very early departures from Crewe and Swansea arriving in the early morning.
Departing on Sunday, there is one train after lunch, and another early evening through to Crewe.
The cycle ride is shorter at about six miles, but a big, big climb.
Around 600 feet on the slightly longer B4355/B4356, and 700 feet on the shorter and altogether nicer Llanshay lane. A good test for an electric bike!

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