Best route - Bournemouth to Llandudno?

[CarlT]

Looking for advice on the best route to get to Llandudno from Bournemouth next Friday?

Last time, we went A34, M40, M42, M6 toll etc etc - took bloody hours!

Would I be better off getting into Wales around Hereford area and heading up through Wales?

Planning on leaving Bournemouth around 11am!

TIA

[theboss]

The route you took is most likely the quickest if you can traverse the M42 / M6 toll / M6 section without problems, its hellishly boring though. I wouldn't aim to save much time but the following route strikes me as a more pleasurable drive whilst sticking to 'main' roads:

Bournemouth - Salisbury - Swindon (A338)
Swindon - Gloucester - Ledbury - Leominster (A419/A417)
Leominster - Shrewsbury (A49)
Shrewsbury - Chester (A5 / A483)
Then up the A55

[CarlT]

theboss said:

The route you took is most likely the quickest if you can traverse the M42 / M6 toll / M6 section without problems, its hellishly boring though. I wouldn't aim to save much time but the following route strikes me as a more pleasurable drive whilst sticking to 'main' roads:

Bournemouth - Salisbury - Swindon (A338)
Swindon - Gloucester - Ledbury - Leominster (A419/A417)
Leominster - Shrewsbury (A49)
Shrewsbury - Chester (A5 / A483)
Then up the A55

Cheers - I will take a look at that route on a map tomorrow. That was the sort of route I was thinking !