Can i Cycle into Wales?

What’s the current advice on this please. I live close to the border and have many routes that cross over and then back again. Is this allowed?

As I understand it, you risk a fine under Welsh laws still?

As long as you don’t do any all-day epics and aren’t stopping in any busy places I can’t see a problem. Just keep your ‘area’ to the 5 or so mile radius they’re recommending to us and you’ll be doing no worse than everyone else. Just be aware that a lot of border towns and villages are wary of a mass influx of visitors so keep it low key ie no big groups.

EDIT: the fines are for going out of your local area ie driving long distances for non-essential travel. If you’re riding from home then there’s no issue.

My undertanding, is no, you should not be crossing the border.

Yes, is the simple answer

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-52740292

The Brecon Beacons are still closed on all rights of way, but anywhere else along the border should be ok so long as it is properly local to you and you are not travelling to get there.

I live in Oswestry. North, south, west is Wales. Can only venture east. I live 2.5 miles from the border.
Can’t see my family. Can’t see my wife’s family. Can’t see many close friends. All over that line.

But I can drive to the lake District or London for a big day out. So that’s something.

Wish we were singing from the same hymn sheet.

I’ve interpreted it as doing max of 5 miles in Wales.

I know someone who interpreted it as a full day out in the road bike and got warned by the Police and sent back.

Having said that I drove through Wales to get to Chester yesterday (greater than 5 miles), and will be driving through Wales tomorrow to get to a house in England

Just stay out for exercise appears to be best advice at min, unless you are Welsh where looking at Strava you can cycle/run in and out of Wales as much as you like!

So my sister could travel from Wirral to Prestatyn on the train, to walk the Prestatyn-Dyserth Way and just happen to bump into my mum (who lives very close to said Way), who hasn’t socialised in person with a sole since March?

Or would it look better if my sister took her bike on the train, even though she cannot ride it, due to a keyhole surgery wrist operation just before lockdown that didn’t exactly go well and physio became unavailable due to the physio unit closing for the crisis?

Or could I travel with my road bike on the train to Chester and then ride to Prestatyn to climb the nuts Gwaenysgor hill that hits 33% and then just happen to head back towards the train station via the road my mum lives on, to then happen to just meet my sister pushing her bike along Dyserth Way while my mum is walking that path as well? 😆

If it makes any odds, we all think we had COVID-19 towards the end of March, no that there seems to be any concensus about any immunity from catching it again.

Wish we were singing from the same hymn sheet

The Welsh gov restrictions are now looking rather daft compared to the rest of the UK.

Steadfastly said that schools would not be returning before September – then suddenly they’re all opening in June…. And for all years.

Stated there would be no localised lockdown if required in the future (whole of the country or nothing) even though there could barely be a bigger difference between the South and mid/North Wales.

Two household can now meet in unlimited numbers while the rest of the UK is much more limited.

No entry from England to stop it being spread into rural areas and despite that those areas now have the highest rates of infection in the UK.

I don’t see why not – we’re allowed “unlimited” excercise here in Wales, and according to an email I got from British Cycling, that means a fit cyclist can undertake long rides. The 5 mile restriction applies only to driving, and is also only allowed if you’re going to visit someone. However, you are also allowed to go on exercise with someone else, so I guess you can drive to the start of a ride only if you meet someone else and do it with them.

At this point, it’s pretty clear the Welsh Assembly Government have no idea what they are doing and are making it up as the go along.

Or Wales is doing it right and England has jumped the gun.

you can cycle as far as you like in Wales now…as long as you don’t drive to Wales to start (or no more than 5 miles). The First Minister was on TV the other day saying that they recognise that for a “strong cyclist” they may be cycling 40 miles or more from home, and that’s Ok

At this point, it’s pretty clear the Welsh Assembly Government have no idea what they are doing and are making it up as the go along.

At least they are aligned with the UK Gov in that regard then.

OK, so sounds like this should be ok.

Drive 30 minutes from my English town to the forest of dean (still in England)
Ride a loop that crosses the border for a few miles before crossing back.

I have inadvertently cycled in Wales the last two weekends. I had thought that the border followed the Wye around Monmouth, but it turns out it doesn’t. Didn’t have any issues. A heads up if your route involves Biblins bridge: it was still closed last weekend.

Why do you live on the wrong side?

Yes you can.