Stage 3: Criccieth Castle - Maentwrog 12.3m

Mountain stage

The official Stage Route Map can be viewed here (as a pdf file). 

The stage route can also be viewed here on Gmaps pedometer which includes elevation details, although it must be stressed that the distances and altitude calculated by Gmaps are approximate and not race measured.

Race marshalling and other instructions for this and indeed all 20 stages of the relay can be seen here in the 'Castles Reference Pack'. This quite a large file though (2.4 Mb !).

Start: A487, The Green, Criccieth, (Grid Ref: SH501381). Start time: 12:25pm

Finish: Foot of hill before entrance to Oakeley Arms (Grid Ref: SH660409)

Men’s record:  62:23 (Martin Rees, British Steel, 1996)

Women’s record: 73:02 (Karen Hazlitt, Winchester & District AC, 2005)

Katie Beacher, Tatt Mownsend and Phil George at the start of Stage 3

Team Village at the Oakeley Arms