Trail to Pen y Garreg Guided Bike Ride

Name: Trail to Pen y Garreg Guided Bike Ride
Start: 2025-08-25T10:30:00.000Z
End: 2025-08-25T13:30:00.000Z
Location: Elan Valley Visitor Centre

biking

3 hrs

Max 10 people

Guided bike ride to Pen y Garreg dam where you’ll be able to explore inside the dam!

Description

Following the Elan Valley Trail, enjoy a guided bike ride to Pen y Garreg dam where you’ll be able to explore inside the dam and up the central tower!

Your guide will share their knowledge of the fascinating history about the dams. This tour is suitable for all riders with basic cycling abilities wanting to enjoy the history of the dams whilst out in the fresh Elan Valley air.

Please be aware, there are a number of steps to get into the dam, which can be uneven and damp underfoot. The steps inside the dam may be wet and in some areas there are low light levels and narrow corridors. Children should be carefully supervised at all times.

Requirements

We reserve the right to cancel if the minimum booking of 5 is not met.

This Guided bike ride is suitable for families with cycling experience.

What to bring

Please note; appropriate footwear and clothing for the activity/weather conditions will be required. If bringing your own equipment; please ensure your helmet is of British Standard and your own tools/repair kit are suitable for your own bike.

We also have bike hire available at an additional cost.

Elan Valley Visitor Centre
Powys, GB

(4.6)
3556 reviews

From

£30.00

/ adult

£30.00

/ child

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4.6

See what people are saying about Elan Valley Visitor Centre.

8 days ago

I’m reviewing the bike ride…. I started off at Rhayader village at the official start of the trail. An amazing and fairly easy going route passed the dams and reservoirs. Near the end it’s quite steep and I had to have a ...

g t

12 days ago

Great cycle hire. Clean toilets. Good little cafe and gift shop. Tourist centre has maps and walks. 2 teenagers hired bikes and we walked around 2 dams. V interesting and picturesque. Beautiful scenery once you got up to ...

Nickie Ward

19 days ago

Beautiful area, well worth a visit. £3 parking reasonable. Great for cycling, a specific path off the road.

Louis

a month ago

We were in the area and decided to visit the centre, really enjoyed our visit, the centre has a great cafe and gift shop, really good information about the dams and hydro power, we visited all the dams on the day, but it ...

Simon Lloyd

a month ago

Good visitor centre, do start your visit to the Elan Valley here, to get the best out of your time on the valley. There's a small charge for the car park but that covers all day parking at all of the other car parks ...

Mark Poley