Cycle Route Risk Assessment
Overall risks of this cycle route include
Please note this is not a guided ride and you need to make your own judgement on when to cross busy roads.
Several right turns across busy roads
Riding on busy roads with trucks and busses during rush hour
Many many many potholes
Small narrow backroads with blind corners and oncoming vehicles taking up the whole road
Actual Risk assessment of the three cycle legs
Distance markers are in kilometres
Leg 1 - Mold to Holt
• Start Mold Leisure Centre
• 0.1km right turn onto busy road
• Rough edges with potholes
• 0.87km Busy Traffic circle
• Potholes 1.1km
• Rough edges along route
• T-junction at 2.4km
• Right turn onto very busy road. Beware of trucks. Fast trucks likely.
• 2.6 enter dual carriageway
• Dual carriageway No hard shoulder
• 3.5 dual carriageway ends. Still a busy road
• Busy road to Wrexham, so beware trucks
• 4.9 Beware Potholes
• 6 enter dual carriageway. Please cycle in hard shoulder
• 7.5 dual carriageway ends
• 8.1 left turn off main road
• 8.65-8.8km Rough Road / Potholes
• 9.0 blind rise / summit
• 9.15 blind junction
• 9.2 Pothole on verge
• 9.55km cross very busy road. Beware trucks
• 9.59km Pothole
• 9.7-9.9 Potholes
• 11.7km slow down for sharp left dogleg and Potholes
• 11.89 Pothole
• 12.3 residential area speed humps, potholes, parked cars on road, zebra crossings (must stop for pedestrians) & potential pedestrians
• 13.2 residential area ends
• 13.4 right turn across traffic on blind corner
• 15.25 Pothole
• 17.8 Pothole
• 19.3 train crossing, obey signals
• 19.55 potholes
• 19.7 potholes
• 19.8 rough and potholes
• 20.2 Pothole
• 20.3 potholes
• 20.35 right turn onto busy road, beware fast moving traffic
• 21 speed humps
• 21.25 potholes
• 21.65 Pothole
• 22.1 Pothole
• 22.4 Pothole
• 23.85 rough road
• 24.45 Pothole
• 26.7 potholes
• 26.85 contra-flow
• Into residential area
• speed humps, potholes, parked cars on road, zebra crossings (must stop for pedestrians) & potential pedestrians
• 27.2 leg 1 ends
Leg 2 - Holt Loop done 3 times
• 0 contra-flow. Oncoming traffic
• 0.55 Pothole
• 1.8 Pothole
• 2 - 3.2 rough road and potholes
• 3.45 - 4.15 rough road potholes
• 4.45 Pothole
• 4.7 VERY busy road, trucks and buses
• 4.85 rough road and big Pothole
• 5.34 Pothole
• 5.7 Pothole
• 6.1 Pothole
• 6.3 Pothole
• 7.1 right turn across busy oncoming traffic
• 8.4 Pothole
• 9.85 right turn across busy traffic
• 10.7 potholes
• 10.8 rough road section for 1km
• 11.5 busy roundabout with trucks
• 11.8 trucks parked in road + Pothole
• 12.1 pothole
• 12.25 Pothole
• 12.9 Pothole
• 13.1 rough section
• 14.25 Pothole
• 14.55 Pothole
• 15.1 Pothole
• 15.4 dead squirrel
• 16.1 fast descent with Pothole and narrow bridge at bottom into oncoming traffic
• 19.3 Pothole
• 20.65 Pothole
• 21.5 fast descent
• 22 roundabout left turn onto busy road with trucks and tractors
• 22.2 Pothole
• 22.65 Pothole and rough road
• 23.3 fast descent on rough road with Potholes
• 25.2 left turn onto very busy road
• 25.3 sharp right turn across traffic
• 25.5 cobbled bridge get out of saddle to avoid ball ache
• 25.6 pedestrian area, village
• 26 residential area ends. Potholes
• 26.3 bit h of an uphill. My bad. Sorry
• 26.6 fast descent and blind rise. Slow down
• 26.9 bitch of an uphill. Sorry
• 27.5 Pothole
• 28.3 rough section with Potholes
• 28.6 more potholes
• 28.9 potholes
• 29 potholes
• 29.5 Pothole and rough road
• 29.6 Pothole
• 29.9 pothole
• 30 rough section
• 30.4 rough section
• 30.5 rough section
• 30.7 Pothole
• 30.8 potholes
• 31 rough section
• 31.2 - 31.4 rough section and potholes
• 32.9 Pothole
• 33 BIG Pothole on corner
• 33.4 BIG Pothole on corner
• 33.7 rough section, cow shit on road through farm
• 34.3 deep gutter on verge
• 34.6 Pothole
• 34.8 BIG Pothole in gutter
• 35.1 rough section
• 35.2 big potholes and rough section
• 35.35 big Potholes
• 35.8 Pothole
• 36 Pothole on corner
• 36.4 potholes on corner
• 36.6 Pothole
• 39.4 crossing very busy road
• 39.6 residential area, pRked cars. Speed humps
• 40.7 traffic light single file bridge
• 41.3 end of leg 2
Leg 3 - Holt to Queensferry
• 0 residential area, parked cars on road and pedestrians
• 0.6 speed hump
• 0.9 right turn onto very busy road
• 1.9 Pothole
• 2.55 pothole
• 2.65 Pothole
• 3.2 right turn across busy traffic
• 3.6 potholes and rough section
• 4km brought section
• 4.5 rough section
• 4.6 Pothole
• 5 Pothole
• 5.5 rough section
• 5.75 potholes
• 5.85 potholes
• 6-6.1 potholes
• 9.9 Pothole
• 10.45 Pothole
• 10.6 residential Area, parked cars etc
• 11 right turn onto busy road
• 11.3 Pothole
• 11.8 rough section
• 12 road kill. Unidentified but fresh
• 12.15 Pothole
• 12.45 train crossing
• 12.8 cow shit on road
• 13.1 Pothole
• 13.8 Pothole
• 16.1 rough bit
• 16.15 Pothole
• 16.6 rough section
• 18.3 right turn onto fairly busy road
• 18.6 pothole
• 20.6 rough area
• 20.7 Pothole
• 21 rough section
• 21.5 residential area, cars parked on the road and rough section
• 22 cars parked on road
• 22.3 right turn onto very busy road. Go across onto cycle lane. Caution here!
• 22.3 side roads
• 22.5 side road
• 22.85 side road
• 24.5 right turn across traffic onto byway
Please note this is not a guided ride and you need to make your own judgement on when to cross busy roads.
Several right turns across busy roads
Riding on busy roads with trucks and busses during rush hour
Many many many potholes
Small narrow backroads with blind corners and oncoming vehicles taking up the whole road
Actual Risk assessment of the three cycle legs
Distance markers are in kilometres
Leg 1 - Mold to Holt
• Start Mold Leisure Centre
• 0.1km right turn onto busy road
• Rough edges with potholes
• 0.87km Busy Traffic circle
• Potholes 1.1km
• Rough edges along route
• T-junction at 2.4km
• Right turn onto very busy road. Beware of trucks. Fast trucks likely.
• 2.6 enter dual carriageway
• Dual carriageway No hard shoulder
• 3.5 dual carriageway ends. Still a busy road
• Busy road to Wrexham, so beware trucks
• 4.9 Beware Potholes
• 6 enter dual carriageway. Please cycle in hard shoulder
• 7.5 dual carriageway ends
• 8.1 left turn off main road
• 8.65-8.8km Rough Road / Potholes
• 9.0 blind rise / summit
• 9.15 blind junction
• 9.2 Pothole on verge
• 9.55km cross very busy road. Beware trucks
• 9.59km Pothole
• 9.7-9.9 Potholes
• 11.7km slow down for sharp left dogleg and Potholes
• 11.89 Pothole
• 12.3 residential area speed humps, potholes, parked cars on road, zebra crossings (must stop for pedestrians) & potential pedestrians
• 13.2 residential area ends
• 13.4 right turn across traffic on blind corner
• 15.25 Pothole
• 17.8 Pothole
• 19.3 train crossing, obey signals
• 19.55 potholes
• 19.7 potholes
• 19.8 rough and potholes
• 20.2 Pothole
• 20.3 potholes
• 20.35 right turn onto busy road, beware fast moving traffic
• 21 speed humps
• 21.25 potholes
• 21.65 Pothole
• 22.1 Pothole
• 22.4 Pothole
• 23.85 rough road
• 24.45 Pothole
• 26.7 potholes
• 26.85 contra-flow
• Into residential area
• speed humps, potholes, parked cars on road, zebra crossings (must stop for pedestrians) & potential pedestrians
• 27.2 leg 1 ends
Leg 2 - Holt Loop done 3 times
• 0 contra-flow. Oncoming traffic
• 0.55 Pothole
• 1.8 Pothole
• 2 - 3.2 rough road and potholes
• 3.45 - 4.15 rough road potholes
• 4.45 Pothole
• 4.7 VERY busy road, trucks and buses
• 4.85 rough road and big Pothole
• 5.34 Pothole
• 5.7 Pothole
• 6.1 Pothole
• 6.3 Pothole
• 7.1 right turn across busy oncoming traffic
• 8.4 Pothole
• 9.85 right turn across busy traffic
• 10.7 potholes
• 10.8 rough road section for 1km
• 11.5 busy roundabout with trucks
• 11.8 trucks parked in road + Pothole
• 12.1 pothole
• 12.25 Pothole
• 12.9 Pothole
• 13.1 rough section
• 14.25 Pothole
• 14.55 Pothole
• 15.1 Pothole
• 15.4 dead squirrel
• 16.1 fast descent with Pothole and narrow bridge at bottom into oncoming traffic
• 19.3 Pothole
• 20.65 Pothole
• 21.5 fast descent
• 22 roundabout left turn onto busy road with trucks and tractors
• 22.2 Pothole
• 22.65 Pothole and rough road
• 23.3 fast descent on rough road with Potholes
• 25.2 left turn onto very busy road
• 25.3 sharp right turn across traffic
• 25.5 cobbled bridge get out of saddle to avoid ball ache
• 25.6 pedestrian area, village
• 26 residential area ends. Potholes
• 26.3 bit h of an uphill. My bad. Sorry
• 26.6 fast descent and blind rise. Slow down
• 26.9 bitch of an uphill. Sorry
• 27.5 Pothole
• 28.3 rough section with Potholes
• 28.6 more potholes
• 28.9 potholes
• 29 potholes
• 29.5 Pothole and rough road
• 29.6 Pothole
• 29.9 pothole
• 30 rough section
• 30.4 rough section
• 30.5 rough section
• 30.7 Pothole
• 30.8 potholes
• 31 rough section
• 31.2 - 31.4 rough section and potholes
• 32.9 Pothole
• 33 BIG Pothole on corner
• 33.4 BIG Pothole on corner
• 33.7 rough section, cow shit on road through farm
• 34.3 deep gutter on verge
• 34.6 Pothole
• 34.8 BIG Pothole in gutter
• 35.1 rough section
• 35.2 big potholes and rough section
• 35.35 big Potholes
• 35.8 Pothole
• 36 Pothole on corner
• 36.4 potholes on corner
• 36.6 Pothole
• 39.4 crossing very busy road
• 39.6 residential area, pRked cars. Speed humps
• 40.7 traffic light single file bridge
• 41.3 end of leg 2
Leg 3 - Holt to Queensferry
• 0 residential area, parked cars on road and pedestrians
• 0.6 speed hump
• 0.9 right turn onto very busy road
• 1.9 Pothole
• 2.55 pothole
• 2.65 Pothole
• 3.2 right turn across busy traffic
• 3.6 potholes and rough section
• 4km brought section
• 4.5 rough section
• 4.6 Pothole
• 5 Pothole
• 5.5 rough section
• 5.75 potholes
• 5.85 potholes
• 6-6.1 potholes
• 9.9 Pothole
• 10.45 Pothole
• 10.6 residential Area, parked cars etc
• 11 right turn onto busy road
• 11.3 Pothole
• 11.8 rough section
• 12 road kill. Unidentified but fresh
• 12.15 Pothole
• 12.45 train crossing
• 12.8 cow shit on road
• 13.1 Pothole
• 13.8 Pothole
• 16.1 rough bit
• 16.15 Pothole
• 16.6 rough section
• 18.3 right turn onto fairly busy road
• 18.6 pothole
• 20.6 rough area
• 20.7 Pothole
• 21 rough section
• 21.5 residential area, cars parked on the road and rough section
• 22 cars parked on road
• 22.3 right turn onto very busy road. Go across onto cycle lane. Caution here!
• 22.3 side roads
• 22.5 side road
• 22.85 side road
• 24.5 right turn across traffic onto byway
