The A483’s 153 miles cross Brecknockshire, Carmarthenshire, Cheshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Glamorgan, Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire and Shropshire.
Known as the Swansea to Manchester trunk road, although it ends in Chester, this is a south-north route through Wales, running from a junction with the A48 and the M4 at Earlswood in Glamorgan. En route, it passes through the Cambrian Mountains.
Journey north
Unless you want to visit Swansea, which the A483 loops through before joining the M4 at J42, you should drive west along the M4 to its end at J49, from where the A483 starts its journey north towards the former mining town of Ammanford, now a cultural centre.
The route then passes through Llandybie, eventually reaching the very pretty ancient market town of Llandeilo.
To the west is the National Trust…
