How to access the Old Severn Bridge crossing / cycle path

[taximan]

IIRC when we passed that way a couple of years back it was well signposted

 

[cougie uk]

Good call. Google usually tells me the Motorway is for cycling on.

Nope just last week it was suggesting it.

And I had a funny in the car this week using it. It was tellling me how many kmh I was doing - but really it was mph as verified by the car speedo. Weird.

 

[the_mikey]

Morning all,
I quite fancy cycling over the olderSevern Bridge (from the English side to go to Chepstow / Wye Valley etc)
I can see that there are cycle paths on both the North and South sides of the bridge (The North seems most popular for some reason?)
I have looked on Google Maps / Komoot etc and haven't been able to work out where I can easily park my car, and access the cycle path

(I've looked at nearby Aust, and the motorway services etc mainly)
I see that there is also meant to be an access road to join the path if I went on the South side, but the few articles I can find that mention this say it has been closed for construction work for about a year or two!) - there seems to be very little information about this for some reason?

Anyhoo, the short version is.....
Does anyone have any suggestions for me please? :-)

Many thanks
AC

The North Side avoids going through a glass strewn underpass.

 

[adrian.collins]

Thanks for all your replies, these have been really useful and very helpful in my planning.

Just for info, for anyone else, I found a place to park in the village of Aust. Plenty of spaces and free all day (the motorway services wanted £15 to park!)

Went across on Tue North side, no problems at all. Most enjoyable day and I can now plan some longer rides to include the bridge too...

Many thanks again to you all
AC