THE TOUR of Britain will encompass North Wales.

Stage four of the flagship event will see it take in the beauty of Snowdonia before heading north to the coast - through Conwy before finishing the stage at Llandudno's iconic Great Orme,

The tour will move up from mid Wales up to the B547 where it will move through Llanwrst.

From Llanwrst, it will move into Snowdonia National Park taking in Trefriw, Dolgarrog, Tal-y-bont and Baclaw before making its way up to Conwy.

Once in Conwy, it will come off Llanwrst Road and join Conway Road which runs past Conwy Castle and over the River Conwy and A55 expressway.

It will then move through Llandudno Junction via Conway Road before joining the A546 New Road.

It then moves off into residential areas of Llandudno Junction and Deganwy near Warren Drive and Ty Mawr Road before rejoining the A546 on to Bryniau Road in Llandudno.

The Llandudno leg will take in Great Orme Road onto the west shore, Marine Drive along the northern and eastern tips of Llandudno, Happy Valley Road on the east shore, Tudno Street, Old Road, Abbey Road, Ty-Gwyn Road, Bishop's Quarry Road before finishing at the summit of the Great Orme.

To see a map of the route, visit https://www.tourofbritain.co.uk/stages/

The tour of Britain Stages in full:

Stage One: Sunday 5 September, Penzance to Bodmin, 180.8km

Stage Two: Monday 6 September, Sherford to Exeter, 184km

Stage Three: Tuesday 7 September, Carmarthenshire team time trial, 27.5km

Stage Four: Wednesday 8 September, Aberaeron to Great Orme, Llandudno, 209.7km

Stage Five: Thursday 9 September, Cheshire to Warrington, 152km

Stage Six: Friday 10 September, Carlisle to Gateshead, 192.7km

Stage Seven: Saturday 11 September, Hawick to Edinburgh, 194.7km

Stage Eight: Sunday 12 September, Stonehaven to Aberdeen, 173km

The Tour of Britain was relaunched in 2004 after a five-year absence from the calendar.

It is British Cycling’s premier road cycling event, held annually across eight days in September.

The free-to-watch sporting spectacular features Olympic, world and Tour de France champions, and attracts a roadside audience of over 1.5m spectators.

Live coverage of the race is shown daily in the UK on ITV4, in addition to around the world.

The Tour of Britain is part of the UCI ProSeries, making it one of the most prestigious sporting events in the sport’s global calendar.