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Landsker Road Routes
95 miles circular signed route / shorter 1 day rides

Foldout map with details of a series of cycle routes covering South Pembrokeshire and part of West Carmarthenshire.

Extract:
'This is an area of contrasts both in scenery and culture. In the 12th Century, the Normans invaded the better land to the south and drove the native Welsh northwards into the poorer hill land, building a line of castles and strongholds to keep them out. This line, known as the Landsker, is still in evidence today - to the north, the landscape is one of rolling hills and steep wooded valleys, with scattered farms and small settlements, Welsh place names, Nonconformist chapels, and the main language is Welsh.

'Below the Landsker line (which runs roughly through Llawhaden and Narberth to Amroth) English predominates. Known as Little England beyond Wales, the landscape south of the Landsker is a gentler place with names mainly English, and the large villages are dominated by solid, square-towered, Norman churches. Along the south coast are many fine beaches, and the seaside towns of Tenby and Saundersfoot, while to the west the region is bordered by the Milford Haven waterway and the Daugleddau Estuary, an important haven for wildlife.'


Information courtesy of various organisations including the Greenways Project and Pembrokeshire County Council