A cycling festival is making a welcome return to Swansea and Gower after a five-year hiatus, organisers have confirmed. The annual 'Gower Cycling Festival' ran for nine years from 2010 and 2018 and showed-off beautiful Gower as a top destination for cyclists, while it also helped to promote cycling as an enjoyable leisure activity for all.
Swansea CTC (Cyclists Touring Club), a member of Cycling UK, has now taken the reins for the festival and is in the process of planning its return. The now-renamed 'Swansea & Gower Cycling Festival' is set to run for five days over the August Bank Holiday weekend, from Thursday, August 24 to Monday, August 28, with 13 rides suited to a wide range of cycling abilities.
Several routes will take cyclists through the city and county of Swansea, whilst four rides will take cyclists through "wonderful Gower scenery". Further routes will take cyclists into Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot and Powys. There will also be three leisure rides, stretching between 10 and 27 miles, on flat routes along the coast and river Tawe, suitable for new riders and families with children.
