The Latest Breaking News from A470

Publisher behind hit bilingual poetry book on A470 turns to Welsh rivers

Arachne Press says Afonydd (Rivers) was inspired by success of A470: Poems for the Road/Cerddi’r Ffordd

The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2025

A scoot through Wales: Cardiff to Llandudno on a Vespa

The 186-mile A470 might be a bit of a patchwork route but it perfectly showcases the spine of Wales’s beauty

The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2024

Widow's touching promise to husband killed in crash as she pays tribute to 'kind' dad

Adam Michael Kenyon, 30, suffered fatal injuries in a collision with a van on the A470 near Betws-y-Coed on Saturday afternoon. He lived in the Kinmel Bay area of Conwy

Daily Mirror · May 16, 2023

Woman and child in hospital after crash closed major road for nine hours

The two-vehicle crash occurred on the A470 between Brecon and Felinfach

Wales Online · Dec 28, 2022

Trees knocked over by 'mini tornado' block part of A470

Part of the A470 is blocked between Builth Wells and Erwood

Wales Online · Nov 23, 2022

Family pay tribute to 'wonderful' 20-year-old man killed in crash on the A470

Finnley Michael Jones, 20, died after a crash on the A470 on Monday, October 24

Wales Online · Nov 7, 2022

Mums who caught 17 speeding drivers in TWO hours abused and branded a 'f*****g disgrace'

Penny Hughes and Rhian Mai - who live near the A470 in Wales - say their village feels "forgotten" as they can't have speed bumps installed despite cary 'flying past' at dangerous speeds

Daily Mirror · Oct 31, 2022

Motorcyclist killed in crash with van on A470

The rider was pronounced dead at the scene

Wales Online · Aug 28, 2022

Bilingual poetry book about A470 sets Welsh hearts racing

Welsh-English anthology about Welsh equivalent of Route 66 republished twice since release on St David’s Day

The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2022

Tributes to 'loving and generous' aunt who died in A470 crash

'We, her family, are devastated and will find it hard to come to terms with her loss'

Wales Online · May 22, 2022