The way points of this bicycle route:
Turn off the official route up Clifton Hill
Turn left onto Off-road section 1
Hairpin right at barrier
Turn right onto steep dirt downhill
Turn left on Berwick Terrace. End of Off-Road Section 1
Pick up path way opposite end of Long Ridge. Off-Road Section 2.
Turn right onto Townhill Road. End of Off-Road Section 2.
Turn right off Townhill Road down steep path with steps. Off-Road Section 3.
Turn left onto Carmarthen Road rejoining official route. End of Off-Road Section 3.
Turn left off official route onto Cave Street.
Turn right onto Off-Road Section 4.
Turn right onto Gors Road. End of Off-Road Section 4.
Turn Left off Webbons Way between houses and industrial units.
Turn left onto Clos yr Ael.
Turn right onto Off-Road Section 5 across park.
Leave pathway and cut across grass behind houses toward wasteland.
Cut through gap.
Turn Right onto St.Peters Terrace. End of Off-Road Section 5.
Bear left over crossing onto Cwmbach Road rejoining official route.
Turn left off official route onto farm track. Off-Road Section 6.
Turn right onto Waunarlwydd Road. Narrow road take care with traffic. End of Off-Road Section 6.
Turn Left off Waunarlwydd Road round steel barrier into Off-Road Section 7.
Turn left off old lane.
Keep right
Caution steep rocky downhill.
Turn right onto Hende-Foilan Road. End of Off-Road Section 7.
Turn right into Highland Terrace. Off-Road Section 8.
Turn of right side of track just past the apex of the hairpin onto very tricky single track.
Cut through gap in bank and head along remains of old lane.
As lane peters out turn left back on yourself along singletrack.
Caution steep rutted downhill.
Cross Stream just past disused air shaft tower.
Pick up old lane.
Gets boggy from here depending on weather.
Head through gap in bushes towards houses.
Cross fence at style.
turn towards gate at top of field.
Caution wall behind gate. End of Off-Road Section 8.
Turn left off Greenways onto bridleway. Off-Road Section 9.
Gets very muddy.
Turn left in gap through trees for best place to ford river. Slippery stones, unclip pedals ready to dab.
Pass underneath official short route on cycle track. Dismount for Moto baffle.
Turn right onto Cecil Road. End of Off-Road Section 9.
Turn left onto bridleway. Off-Road Section 10.
Steep rocky downhill.
Turn right onto Killan Road. End of Off-Road Section 10.
Turn right onto Cae Mansel Lane
Off-Road Section 11.
Pick up bridleway behind sheds.
End of Off-Road Section 11
Turn right onto Cae Mansel Road
Turn left into woods. Off-Road Section 12.
Enter housing estate. End of Off-Road Section 12.
Turn left onto Bryn-y-mor Road rejoining official route.
Turn left off Penclawdd Road leaving official route. Start of Off-Road Section 13.
End of Off-Road Section 13.
Turn right onto Cefn Stylle Road
Bear right.
Off Road Section 14.
End of Off-Road Section 14.
Turn left onto Penclawdd Road rejoining official route
Turn left off official route.
Turn right onto pathway. Off-Road Section 15.
Turn right onto Caban Isaac Road. End of Off-Road Section 15.
Turn left onto narrow lane. Take care of traffic.
Turn right into wide gravel area. Off-Road Section 16
Take track left of apex.
Keep left
Roughly parallel to road.
Follow main track round to right
Keep left
End of Off-Road Section 16.
Turn left onto The Promenade rejoining official route.
Turn right off official route into industrial estate.
Take a right off the road around the barrier. Off-Road Section 17.
Go more or less straight on from barrier, not on the most distinct track.
Head for the track through the bushes
Follow road around back of properties. End of Off-Road Section 17.
Take care crossing the official route
Bear right off Wern Road
Straight on onto Off-Road Section 18.
Bridleway runs around right hand side of property.
Turn left onto lane. End of Off-Road Section 18.
Turn right onto Cilonen Road
Bear left onto track across common land. Off-Road Section 19.
Follow track around to right and head back towards road.
Turn Left back onto Cilonen Road. End of Off-Road Section 19.
Turn left onto track across National Trust Land (MTBers welcome!) Off-Road Section 20.
Pick up bridleway in the trees as you leave the common.
Bridleway runs to the right of the property.
Turn right onto B4271. End of Off-Road Section 20. Caution you will be travelling counter direction to the official route for Approximately 120m.
Bear left off official route.
Turn right onto bridleway - Off-Road Section 21.
Bridleway turns right as you approach stream.
End of Off-Road Section 21.
Turn Left onto B4271. Caution you will be travelling counter direction to the official route for approx 300m.
Bear left off official route.
Bear right through Oldwalls
Bear right then left past Landimore
Bear left.
Turn left onto bridleway.
Start of Off-Road Section 22.
Turn left out of Off-Road Section 22.
Turn right onto bridleway. Off-Road Section 23. This is the start of a long gentle 3.3 mile off-road climb (predominantly) up 120m.
Keep left.
Keep right.
Cross the road at 45 degrees keeping to the left most track
Start of a short downhill section.
Start of a short climb to a new highest point
Start of a short downhill section.
Aim for the middle track - straight on. Start of a short climb to highest point.
Highest point on the route approx 183m. Start of a pronounced downhill descending 80m in a 0.9 miles.
Turn right
Hairpin left onto farm track.
End of Off-Road Section 23.
Turn left onto A4118.
Turn right onto North Hills Lane.
Straight on onto Off-Road Section 24.
Follow Bridleway through Northill Woods back to A4118.
Turn right onto A4118. End of Off-Road Section 24.
Turn right onto footpath towards river. Off-Road Section 25.
Ford river
Follow footpath to the right parallel to river.
Pick up bridleway to the left going steeply uphill.
Follow Bridleway round to the right along the back of the houses.
Follow Bridleway across golf course. Stick to way marks.
Follow Bridleway around the left side of the club house. Keep a low profile, the next bit is of dubious right of access.
Bear right across the golf club car park entrance. End of Off-Road Section 25.
Pick up the footpath along the left hand edge of the car park. Start of Off-Road Section 26. Be wary of walkers this is a footpath, but it does link to a bridleway.
Bear left.
Bear left. There is some barely visible board walk through the sand on the left - follow this.
Turn left away from the sandy bits. Entering National Trust land (cyclists welcome).
Head towards the cliffs to take in the view over Three Cliffs Bay!
Stunning views!
This is roughly where the bridleway starts.
Bear right towards cliffs away from the bridleway.
Rejoin the bridleway.
Bear right away from road and away from the bridleway.
Stay off the road, this is an Off-Road Epic!
Turn right towards the cliffs and pick a route around the cliffs.
Turn left aiming for Bosco Lane.
Join East Cliff road opposite Bosco Lane and turn left. End of Off-Road Section 26.
Turn Right off East Cliff onto gravel track in front of some houses. Off-Road section 27.
End of Off-Road section 27 - sharp right onto Hael Lane.
Off-Road section 28.
Through farm yard in front of farmhouse - Bridleway.
Tricky downhill ahead with crumbling log/gravel steps along it.
Turn right along pathway. It gets narrow and climbs a bank - take care - one slip and you're in the drink!! Further on, the trail gets alternately rooty and rocky and can be tricky. At one point it opens into a clearing - just head along the length of the clearing watching out for deep muddy patches - it narrows to a path further on.
Cross the river via the bridge if you're a wuss and want to keep your feet dry!
Visit the beach - have a break - tough climb next.
Ford the river.
Start of a tough climb out of Pwlldu Bay. Watch out for idiots like me coming down the hill fast!!
End of Off-Road Section 28. Have a rest then follow Pwlldu Lane!
Watch out for concealed driveways and cars pulling out.
Turn left off Pwlldu Lane.
You're looking for a bear right off the lane onto a gravel track - THIS is NOT it!
Bear right off lane onto Bridleway. Off-Road Section 29.
Turn right off main track, following Bridleway.
Watch out for stepping stones in the mud made of log stumps!
Turn right through gate towards style, then hairpin left. If you feel gnarly go straight on - steep and rocky!!
Progressively steepenning downhill. Rocky, fast and steep towards the bottom half.
Cross river over bridge.
Turn left onto gravel track
Bear right onto wide uphill track.
Turn right off Bridleway into lane. End of Off-Road Section 29.
Turn right onto Pennard Road.
Straight on, rejoining official route merging in from left off Vennaway Lane.
Bear right off the official route onto Old Kittle Road a little past the pub on the left. Steep downhill lane. Keep your wits out for trafffic, but keep your momentum for the ford at the bottom (if there's any water in it) and the steep climb back out on the other side.
Ford (with a footbridge to the left should you need it - it's hardly ever got any water in it).
Turn right onto Northway rejoining official route.
Turn right onto Murton Green Road leaving the official route.
Turn left onto Mansfield Road.
Bear right at small green.
Turn right into Bridleway. Off-Road Section 30. Very rocky fast short downhill. Keep your momentum for the boggy patches at the bottom.
Boggy patch can stop a speeding bike dead - take care.
Turn left staying on the gravel bridleway.
Turn left down narrow track in front of gateway, following Bridleway. Very rocky steep downhill singletrack ahead - take care. Suffers from washouts.
Don't go all the way to the flat bit - very boggy. Take a right through a gap in the fence and by-pass the boggy bit for 20m or so.
Back to steep and rocky again.
Don't go all the way to the bottom - very boggy. Cut through a gap in fence on the right in sight of the wooden shelter.
Roughly go parallel to the main track and head through the open area in the trees up the hill
Follow a way mark depicting a red leaf. Bears right higher up the hill onto single track.
Approximate. Head for the downhill section of singletrack - gets very tricky and steep with some nasty roots and rocks to catch you out. Watch out for the narrow opening between two trees at the start of the downhill.
Unless you're good you'll need to dismount for this nasty treacherous final zig-zag to the car park at the bottom of the singletrack.
Turn left into the car park. End of Off-Road Section 30.
Turn left up Caswell Road
Turn left into St. Peters Road.
Turn right onto Summerland Lane.
Turn left onto pathway across grass. Off-Road Section 31.
Turn right onto Murton Lane. End of Off-Road Section 31.
Turn left into Highpool Lane.
Strraight on keeping to the left, pick up Bridleway. Off-Road Section 32.
Follow the Bridleway through the gate and through the boggy patch, after which it becomes less distinct.
Bear right steering roughly parallel to the shallow valley ahead-left.
Bear right.
Bear left.
Bear left and start heading towards gate for Bridleway off the common.
Turn right onto Northway rejoining official route. End of Off-Road Section 32.
Turn left off Northway onto Bridleway. Off-Road Section 33.
Turn left up towards golf course.
Sorry about this climb - it sets the scene for a worthwhile downhill on the next Off-Road Section.
There's building work going on here so the exact route may change, but not by much.
As the bridleway becomes less distinct keep your eyes peeled for blue waymarks.
Watch out for this right turn - easily missed.
Bear left at waymark post.
As you head downhill watch out for golfers - they're worth almost as many points as ramblers! ;-)
As you approach the junction the track speeds up, but the risk of meeting someone on foot increases - take care.
Hairpin right, uphill (sorry!) following bridleway waymarks.
From here it gets a bit boggy and susceptable to hoof churn - steer to the edges. I promise the Clyne downhill makes it worthwhile!
End of Off-Road Section 33. Note well: Clyne Farm, on the left sells the famous Joes Ice Cream. Not as good as the version they sell in Joes Ice Cream Parlour, but damned good anyway. NNB: Joes Ice Cream is undoubtedly the best in the world!!!
From here it's down hill through Clyne woods to the river. Put your seat RIGHT down!
Straight on at the corner onto the bridleway. Off-Road Section 34. This bit is fast but you have little advance visibility and the track IS used by others - so take care.
By now you're in the narrow sunken part of the bridleway. Off to the left is a narrow singletrack slip taking you up off the bridleway. Watch out for the jump at the top - here begins some of the Clyne jumps.
Take care as you pass the small disued quarry on your right, the singletrack is right on top of it and the drop is severe.
From here on, these plots all get a bit inaccurate.
Take a right onto a slightly less distinct singletrack, putting the fenceline of the field behind you.
Go round a left hand berm into a VERY steep short descent into a disused quarry.
Follow the sunken lane as it twists out of the quarry with banked corners and a jump or two.
Follow the track down hill taking in a series of berms and jumps.
The track crosses the fire road at a wooden jump - take care this jump should be looked at first it drops off hard behind it.
Pick up a little gully leading off the fire road next to the wide bit. Take care - it gets steep down here.
Follow the track down to a berm left which is perched right on top of a cliff! Don't overshoot!!
Follow a route steep down hill eventually down some log steps to an old indistinct lane.
Follow the lane as it decscends gently along the length of the pond.
Pick a route down to the tarmac bike path either crossing the stream or over the tiny boardwalk bridge. Did you enjoy that lot or did it scare you shitless!?
Take care crossing the official short route along the cycle-track. Go straight across the track and pick up a pathway leading down to a bridge crossing Clyne River.
Follow the gravel track along the river with the river on the left.
Keep on the main gravel track as the river deviates away from the track briefly
Veer left near the footbridge over the disused canal.
Climb a path up a steep bank to get onto a higher level track.
Turn right and follow the wide sometimes boggy track.
Stay on the track alongside some fields.
Bear right downhill at the fork.
At the bottom the track peters into singletrack up a short slope onto the top of the disused tip. Follow the singletrack.
As the singletrack opens out into a wide sometimes boggy area. Bear eft
Descend the slope down to the entrance road into the tip.
Bear right onto the road. Take extreme care you will be going contradirection to the traffic entering the tip. Alternatively head into the tip and follow the traffic passing through it . End of Off-Road Section 34.
Turn right onto Derwyn Fawr Road.
Turn left into the no through road (Ashleigh Road) Now get some speed up as you descend Ashliegh Road - there is a sequence of small jumps at the bottom that are woth doing.
At the end of the road stay straight ahead. Keep your speed up and stay to the left of the railings. Start of Off-Road Section 35.
Stay straight ahead at the end of Off-road Section 35
At the T-junction with the main road turn left onto Mumbles Road.
At the big gravel car park before St.Helens Rugby/Cricket ground, turn left into the car park and head for the track around the perimeter behind the houses backing onto the carppark. Start of Off-Road Section 36.
Follow the track around the playing fields turning right at the rugby filed
Turn left back onto Mumbles Road. End of Off-Road section 36.
Tun left into Rugby ground as indicated by marshals.
End of the Alternative Gower Bike Road.
