City to city
Straight down the M6 and M5, or across mid Wales on roads that make people move house.
Direct route
174 mi
Scenic route
320 mi
Days to enjoy it
2 days
Great roads on route
7
Checked by the Drivers Atlas desk
Scored and written by the Drivers Atlas editorial desk, drawing on driven routes across the UK and Europe, mapping data and member road reports. Distances are planning estimates. The road list is drawn from the scored Atlas library inside this corridor. How we score roads.
Last reviewed 10 June 2026
The detour
The fast way
Motorway and trunk road for most of it, one fuel stop, nothing you will remember. Useful when the drive is a means to an end.
The good way
About 3 hr 9 min of that is spent on the great roads themselves, which is where the whole difference lies.
On the way
01 · United Kingdom
A ribbon of hairpins climbing a bare Welsh moorland made famous by Top Gear.
11.8 mi · Rating 9.4 / 10
02 · United Kingdom
A dramatic pass beneath Snowdon's crags linking two of Wales's most storied villages.
9.9 mi · Rating 9.3 / 10
03 · United Kingdom
Wales's highest surfaced road climbs open sheepwalks above the Wye valley.
6.8 mi · Rating 8.9 / 10
04 · United Kingdom
A biker and driver favourite of fast open curves past England's second highest pub.
7.1 mi · Rating 8.9 / 10
05 · United Kingdom
Sweeping moorland A road that rolls and dips across the wild Pennine spine.
9.9 mi · Rating 8.9 / 10
06 · United Kingdom
One leg of the legendary Evo Triangle, a flowing high speed moorland test road.
14.9 mi · Rating 8.9 / 10
07 · United Kingdom
A ribbon of tarmac threading heather fells said to mark the centre of Britain.
6.2 mi · Rating 8.9 / 10
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