Ride Name: Coed Moel Famau Loop Cycling Legend Grade: Easy / Beginner ROUTE A road B road C road Track Map Required: OS Explorer 265 The route is shown as a broad purple line Total Distance: 12.2Km (approx.) with the type of road and surface inset. Approx. Ride Time: 2hr Total Height Climbed: 450m Other Bridleway These maps are based on the 1947 OS 1” to 1 mile map, and updated from ground/bike surveys and aerial photography. ROUTE CARD © Denbighshire County Council 2003. It is recommended that you purchase the latest OS Explorer map or more detailed mapping. Key to symbols WW II Start Point Moel Bomb Shelter Car Parking Dywyll Ford Pub Frith

Cattle Grid Mountain

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Information

Cafe

Public Telephone Moel

Farm Famau

Moel- y-Gaer

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SP Moel Famau Forest Car Park, there is a fee to park here. Start ride on track partially blocked by boulders, near the information board. Climb track to the north. 0.0 Turn right onto forest road and begin climb through forest. 0.1 At brow of hill, turn left at fork in forest road. 0.9 At junction, continue straight on. 1.6 At junction, continue straight on. 1.9 At cross roads with footpath, continue straight on on forest road. 4.7 At forest road end, continue straight on on rough track, bearing left approx. 50 metres down, and climb to forest corner. 5.9 At forest edge, go through gate and turn right on bridleway. Caution steep descent. 6.0 Caution gate on downhill. Continue straight through. 6.6 At junction with bridleway continue straight on through gates. 6.7 At road junction turn right. 7.6 Road becomes unsurfaced by farm, continue up track through 2 fords. 8.2 Re-enter forest and turn left onto forest road. 9.2 At forest road junction turn left. 9.8 At forest road junction continue straight on. 11.0 At top of climb continue straight on and retracesteps back to start point. 11.2