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EuroVelo 2 (Wales section)

3 km road cycling route0 m climbing14 minGPX

Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey, United Kingdom · Road

A flat 3 km road cycling route from Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey, with 0 m of climbing.

Signed route The waymarked EuroVelo 2 (Wales section) (EuroVelo EV2), traced from OpenStreetMap and measured against the terrain model; no member has recorded it yet. Ridden it? Add your recording and photos.

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At a glance

Best for
Easy, flat rides
Distance
3.3 km
Point to point
Elevation gain
0 m
Riding time
14 min
moving time, estimated
Difficulty
Easy
Bike
Road bike
from the mapped surface
Surface
Paved
52% paved · 0% unpaved · 48% no data
Food & water
Regular
41 cafés and restaurants · 10 shops · 2 public toilets
Best months
Jun to Sep
Holyhead climate, 10 years
Navigation
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Start → finish
Holyhead

Map and elevation profile

Holyhead Breakwater Lighthouse
Photo: Andrew Woodvine · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Elevation profile

Total ascent
0 m
Distance
3 km
020m0 km123 km4 m · highest, at 1.3 kmStartFinish

Route description

This short 3.3 km section of EuroVelo 2 on the Isle of Anglesey runs from Holyhead to Porth-y-Felin. The route is completely flat, with elevation ranging between 0 m and 4 m. The highest point is at 1.3 km and the lowest at 1.8 km.

The surface is partially paved (52%) and partially unmapped (48%). Over half the distance, approximately 1.8 km, is on quiet streets. The route starts near facilities such as cafés, ferry terminals, and supermarkets in Holyhead. Notably, the Port Shop R&F Travel Retail café is 0.2 km from the start, and there are toilets nearby at 0.5 km. After 0.8 km, there is a continuous 2.5 km stretch without cafés, shops, or water.

Holyhead offers several points to refuel or bail out such as ferries and pubs near the route start. There are no bike shops or petrol stations along this short segment. A monument called the George IV Arch lies about 1.1 km from the start, slightly off route.

Highlights

  • Flat route on Isle of Anglesey
  • George IV Arch monument at 1.1 km
  • Starts in Holyhead with cafés and ferry access
  • Longest stretch without café or water is 2.5 km

Traffic, surface and gradient

Measured from OpenStreetMap along the track and the elevation profile.

Roads
54% quiet street · 52% unmapped
Surface
Paved: 52% of the route is mapped as paved and 48% has no surface data.
Gradient
0% climbing · 0% descending · 100% flat

Food, water and services

Within a few hundred metres of the track, from OpenStreetMap. Opening hours change — treat this as where to look, not a promise.

No stretch is longer than 15 km without a café, shop or water. Along the route: 41 cafés and restaurants, 10 shops and 2 public toilets.

Food, water and shops in ride order

  1. 0.2 kmPort Shop R&F Travel Retail · café · 100 m off route
  2. 0.4 kmCo-op Food · supermarket · 110 m off route
  3. 0.4 kmRowlands Pharmacy · pharmacy · 90 m off route
  4. 0.5 kmToilets · 130 m off route

Need to bail out?

  • 0.2 km — Irish Ferries (ferry), 40 m off route

Whether bikes are carried depends on the service — check before relying on it.

Worth a stop

  • 1.1 km — George IV Arch (monument)

Stay after this ride

  • The Beach Hut · hotel · 2.5 km from the finish
  • George Hotel · hotel · 2.8 km from the finish
  • The Dublin Packet · guest house · 3.2 km from the finish
  • Witchingham B&B · guest house · 2.7 km from the finish
  • The Orient · guest house · 3.0 km from the finish

Start and access

Starts at Holyhead. Mapped within a short walk of the start and finish, from OpenStreetMap.

At the start

Trains and ferries
Irish Ferries (160 m), Stena Line (160 m)
Food and coffee
Port Shop R&F Travel Retail (230 m), Reubens Cafe and Coffee House (370 m), The South Stack (350 m)

Know before you go

  • Longest stretch without café or shop for 2.5 km from 0.8 km
  • 48% of route unmapped surface
  • 54% on quiet streets, remainder surface unknown

Routes are for inspiration. Roads, surfaces and conditions change — check locally and ride within your limits.

2 photographs from the road

Photo: Andrew Woodvine · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Photo: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

About this route

Route line
Traced from the waymarked route’s relation in OpenStreetMap.
Elevation
Recalculated from the Copernicus GLO-90 terrain model every 50 m, not the device’s barometer.
Roads, surface, services
Measured along the line from OpenStreetMap extracts.
Best months
Ten years of ERA5 weather for Holyhead (Open-Meteo).
GPX
Generated from the route line: track points only, no timestamps or personal data.
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