20 mph zones in wales

[Lynne Kenning]

I'm planning a trip from Worcester up to Llandudno via the A5. Does anyone know where I need to be aware of 20 mph zones and/or speed cameras?

 

Cheers

 

Lynne

 

[RideWithStyles]

Probably everywhere and anywhere, so either assume so or do as locals do….

 

failing that using google maps and Waze will be a good idea.

Edited March 10 by RideWithStyles

[ChrisBiggsUK]

I've found that the TomTom Amigo app is very useful for alerting me to speed limit changes and speed cameras.

[Capt Sisko]

6 hours ago, Lynne Kenning said:

I'm planning a trip from Worcester up to Llandudno via the A5. Does anyone know where I need to be aware of 20 mph zones and/or speed cameras?

Being from Shropshire that's a regular route of mine. In practice the 20mph parts are only through the towns & villages, and there's not many of them enroute. You'll go into one almost immediately after you cross the border, Corwen has another and there a couple of villages with short sections, but the only hassly one is Llangollen where the 20mph zone goes on for miles and they've extended the 40mph zone as well. Unfortunately there's no way around it. In practice the A5 is a major road and is designed to keep the traffic flowing so the 20mph zones are few and far between.

 

Fixed speed cameras? A couple, but generally speaking in both Shropshire and N Wales they're mercifully thin on the ground on the open road, however be careful when you go up Chirk bypass. You'll have gone over a long bridge, propably stuck behind a queue of traffic and then you've got one of those two up, one down lanes bypass type roads. The problem is people put their foot down to get past other vehicles going up the hill and forget that even though you have two lanes on your half of the road that that doesn't make it a dual carraigeway and the speed limit is still 60. There's a bridge half way up and the camera van lot know there's easy pickings to be had.

 

EDIT: If you need fuel onroute turn off the A5 and go through Nesscliffe instead of taking the dual carriageway and fill up at the garage in the village. It's one of those rural garages that's slashed the price of it's fuel to keep the business. Typically it's 4 or 5p a litre than the supermarkets and 10p a litre less than the garages on the A5.

Edited March 10 by Capt Sisko

[Stu]

Despite popular belief I have never ever had any issues in Wales regarding speeds and police! 

 

Thats in the last 15 years of going there 

 

The only trouble I have been in when it comes to speed is with the wife 

 

Never seen any speed cameras on the A5 or the speed limits either 

[Capt Sisko]

43 minutes ago, Stu said:

Despite popular belief I have never ever had any issues in Wales regarding speeds and police! 

Considering Mid & N Wales are my back yard for biking, neither have I. You do see an increased police presence at the usual hot spots at the usual times of the year, but that's no different to the Peaks, the Pennines, the Brecon Beacons or any other area that attracts enthusiastic drivers, riders or even just some hill walkers who park their cars in stupid places.

 

I’d love to know where this myth that all roads in Wales are 20mph came from? It ain’t put me off ridding to Barmouth for some chips, just because I can.

 

 

[Stu]

8 minutes ago, Capt Sisko said:

Considering Mid & N Wales are my back yard for biking, neither have I. You do see an increased police presence at the usual hot spots at the usual times of the year, but that's no different to the Peaks, the Pennines, the Brecon Beacons or any other area that attracts enthusiastic drivers, riders or even just some hill walkers who park their cars in stupid places.

 

I’d love to know where this myth that all roads in Wales are 20mph came from? It ain’t put me off ridding to Barmouth for some chips, just because I can.

 

 

I have been visiting Wales for the last 15 years and spending at least 5 days at a time there i have only ever seen about 3 police cars and 1 of those was a traffic 

 

It does baffle me where this myth comes from 

 

Also another myth is that the Welsh are rude and won't speak to you! Again never had an issue at all 

[Fiddlesticks]

There was the episode of them hiding the speed camera in the horsebox.

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2008/march/march31northwaleshorseboxpictures-/

[Capt Sisko]

It was well know that Richard Brunstrom was anti speeding, but that was nearly twenty years ago and nowt to do with the 20mph decision. What many don’t realise it was he that introduced the then new idea of offering courses rather than points & fines.

 

Whilst the Brunstrom name may have a hint of notoriety, how many of us have benefited from what are now call Speed Awareness Courses rather than having points on our licence?

Edited March 10 by Capt Sisko