Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Ruthin Town Centre – Denbigh Castle and Town Walls loop from Pwllglas

Ruthin Town Centre – Denbigh Castle and Town Walls loop from Pwllglas

Moderate

riders

Ruthin Town Centre – Denbigh Castle and Town Walls loop from Pwllglas

01:37

36.3km

310m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 10, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

5.10 km

Ruthin Town Centre

Highlight • Settlement

Set in the North Wales county of Denbighshire, Ruthin is a gorgeous town with a rich cultural history. The centre of the old town, including St Peter's Square, is set on a hill, whereas some newer parts are built on the flood plain of the River Clwyd.

Ruthin's peak was in the 1700s as an important stopover town on the drovers' roads between Wales and England. It's said that there used to be a pub for every week in the year in the town, although unfortunately there are many less now!

Check out more about the many listed buildings and more to do on your trip to Ruthin here: visitruthin.wales

Tip by

6.71 km

Ruthin Historic Town

Highlight • Historical Site

A lovely small town with a couple of spots to stop on the bike (pubs and cafes). Undulating terrain so make sure you're leaving the right way to avoid having to come back up the road you've just cycled down!

Tip by

8.63 km

Sugar Plum Tea Room

Highlight • Cafe

A vintage styled tea room tucked away in Homeward Bound vintage homewears shop. It serves excellent coffee and cream teas as well as breakfast, lunches, snacks, cakes and other drinks.
Open Mon to Sat 9:30 - 17:00 and Sun 10:00 - 16:00. The kitchen closes 30mins before closing time.

Tip by

19.0 km

Denbigh Castle and Town Walls

Highlight • Historical Site

Denbigh Castle and town walls (/ˈdɛnbi/ DEN-bee; Welsh: Castell Dinbych a waliau tref [ˌkastɛɬ ˈdɪnbɨχ]) were built to control the lordship of Denbigh after the Conquest of Wales by Edward I of England in 1282. The lands were granted to Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, who began to build a new walled town, colonised by immigrants from England, protected by a substantial castle and surrounded by deer parks for hunting. The work had not been completed by 1294, when the Welsh temporarily seized the castle during the Madog ap Llywelyn revolt. The defences continued to be improved, although the castle was not completely finished by the time of Henry's death in 1311.

Tip by

19.3 km

Leicester's Church

Ruins

36.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

30.1 km

3.11 km

2.79 km

218 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

32.8 km

3.42 km

< 100 m

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Highest point (130 m)

Lowest point (40 m)

Weather

Monday 27 July

22°C

16°C

0 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 22.0 km/h

to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route

Comments

Want to know more?

Our route recommendations are based on thousands of hikes, rides, and runs completed by other people on komoot.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Edit route

Download GPX

Move start point

Embed on a website

Report an Issue

Report restricted access

Nearby routes

Moderate

5.0

242

A loop of Llyn Tegid & Llyn Efyrnwy from Bala — Snowdonia National Park

02:49h

54.1km

890m

Hard

Stwlan Dam climb from Bala loop

04:47h

87.7km

1,610m

Hard

4.7

The climbs & passes of the Clwydian Mountain Range loop

03:46h

58.7km

1,160m

Moderate

5.0

Wrexham Tour of Britain 2023 stage

04:28h

106km

710m

Hard

Llangollen canal, Chirk castle and the Worlds End loop

02:59h

46.2km

970m

Moderate

5.0

Horseshoe Pass from Wrexham loop — Clwydian Range and Dee Valley

02:43h

50.5km

720m

Moderate

Llyn Tegid loop from Corwen — Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri / Snowdonia National Park

02:29h

56.1km

510m

Moderate

A loop of the Llantysilio Mountains and the southern Clwydian Range

03:26h

59.8km

850m

Moderate

River Dee loop from Chester

03:17h

76.4km

470m

Hard

A loop around the Clocaenog Forest from Denbigh Castle to Llyn Brenig

03:17h

64.3km

940m

Hard

A loop of the Berwyn Hills from Llangollen

05:01h

88.8km

1,610m

Moderate

Rhyl coast, Rhuddlan castle & St Asaph cathedral loop

02:18h

45.7km

360m

Ruthin Town Centre – Denbigh Castle and Town Walls loop from Pwllglas

Ruthin Town Centre

Ruthin Historic Town

Sugar Plum Tea Room

Denbigh Castle and Town Walls

Nearby routes

Sign up or log in to keep exploring this route

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️