Head of the valleys road

mickrumble
mickrumble Forum Participant Posts: 29
edited June 2016 in Towcars & Towing #1

Hello everyone, I am travelling from Tewkesbury to St David's in a couple of weeks and am unsure of the best route to take. In the past I have dropped down on to the M4 and taken the long way. Looking at my road atlas,theA 456 head of he valley road looks
a much more direct route. What is this road like for towing? Any comments are welcome. Thanks, Mick Rumble

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  • Tinwheeler
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    edited June 2016 #2

    The A40/A465 is fine, Mick. It's a decent A road.

  • paul56
    paul56 Forum Participant Posts: 937
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    edited June 2016 #3

    We followed same route a few years ago with no problems - Mondeo and 7 metre van. Enjoy.

  • bassett1
    bassett1 Forum Participant Posts: 40
    edited June 2016 #4

    yes the A465 is a good road lots of new dual carrigway they are still doing some road works just past abergervenny but they should not cause you any problem bassett.

  • MrGarval
    MrGarval Forum Participant Posts: 120
    edited June 2016 #5

    Hi Mick,

    I have used this road a couple of times without any problems. Go for it.

  • jimd
    jimd Forum Participant Posts: 37
    edited June 2016 #6

    You shouldn't have any problems.  There have been some major improvements over the last few years

  • JudenSteve
    JudenSteve Forum Participant Posts: 169
    edited June 2016 #7

    I'll agree it's a very good road, very scenic in places and a lot of dual carriageway too, just pass Abergavenny there's roadworks and  a long hill to climb it shouldn't cause a problem and you'll avoid all the snarl ups around the crossing and South Wales
    area especially Newport to Cardiff.

  • IamtheGaitor
    IamtheGaitor Forum Participant Posts: 529
    edited June 2016 #8

    We used to live that way and transitted it lots of times with a big twin axle, no problem.

  • Mistrom
    Mistrom Forum Participant Posts: 20
    edited June 2016 #9

    It is a good route to take... Go for it..

  • scarletsfan
    scarletsfan Forum Participant Posts: 292
    edited June 2016 #10

    Towed it from Abergavenny to Neath a few weeks back. Very easy run. You get less hassle off other drivers too due to the average speed cameras

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