Meath 200 Permanent

3 Route Options now available, details below.

Organiser: Martin Milner

E-Mail: martin.milner at gmail.com

Entry Fee: €5 by PayPal to paypal@audaxireland.org

This route was created for the 2020 pandemic county lockdown on roads entirely inside the County Meath boundary. 

It takes an anti-clockwise route from Trim towards the county borders with Dublin, Louth, Monaghan, Cavan and Westmeath before returning to Trim. It uses many quiet back roads with surfaces generally good and little traffic. There are no difficult climbs and the last 45k is slightly downhill for an easy finish. The official start is the Trim Retail Park on the Navan Road but it could be joined at any point and could be reversed. There is a car park by the start behind Supermacs and a Circle K-Londis for stocking up on last minute supplies before heading off. 

The route starts out towards Navan before taking a right for Kilmessan where you pass over the River Boyne at Mary Lavin’s Bective Bridge. 

The first short climb is at Bellewstown 33k before a left turn down by the race course. Be careful going down the steep descent and then on to Duleek for the first control.

After Duleek there is a stretch along the Boyne passing the Brú na Bóinne visitor centre at Newgrange. The next town is Slane where you should stock up on food because there are no shops until we reach Moynalty, famous for the Steam Threshing Museum and formerly the finish of the Race Around Ireland. Oldcastle is the final control and a chance for food before the final 50k. Take the Castlepollard Road out from Oldcastle until a left at Ballany Cross. This road takes you alongside the picturesque Lough Bane that divides Meath from Westmeath.  The fast run in takes you through Athboy and Kildalkey before returning to Trim.

RidewithGPS Map https://ridewithgps.com/routes/32897565

The main places visited and distances are :-

Trim 0

Kilmessan 10

Duleek 44 (Control)

Newgrange Visitor Centre 51

Slane 59 

Moynalty 122 

Oldcastle 148 (Control)

Millbrook 150

Athboy 182

Kildalkey 192

Trim 203

ADDITIONAL ROUTES

2 additional routes have been added for the Meath 200. These can be ridden as an alternative to the main route above. For either of these routes please submit GPX track or Strava, plus 2 selfies and/or 2 receipts.

Meath 200 Alternative Route

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/34388346

Meath 200 Royal Canal Greenway (with compacted gravel surface on the 30km Greenway section)

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/35614928

Submit proof from the 2 controls or a gps track to:

martin.milner at gmail.com


See also

Long-distance cycling in Ireland