Black Mountain Pass (A4069)
Drive · 35 miles · 1h 19m · 8 stops
The A4069 over the Black Mountain: hairpins, quarry ruins and huge Beacons views. Top Gear's favourite Welsh road, finished with the run down the Tywi valley to Llandeilo.
The A4069 earned its fame on Top Gear, but the road stands on its own: hairpins stacked up the mountainside, old quarry workings at the summit, and views across the whole of the Bannau Brycheiniog. Quiet on weekday mornings, busy with bikers on sunny Sundays.
The route, stop by stop
- Llandovery
- Llangadog
- Pont ar Wysg
- Black Mountain summit
- South descent
- Brynamman
- Ammanford
- Llandeilo
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