List of National Cycle Network routes
This is a list of routes on Sustrans's National Cycle Network within the United Kingdom.
This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by . (August 2016) |
As the cycle network has not been fully completed, some sections of routes are still under construction.
Single Digit Main National Routes[]
Number | Route | Major incomplete sections | Notes | Map |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dover – Shetland, along the east coast, via London, Edinburgh, John o' Groats and Orkney | Whitby - Staithes | Map | |
2 | Dover – St Austell, along the south coast, when completed. | Dawlish – Totnes; Plymouth – St Austell | OSM | |
3 | Bristol – Land's End | Incorporating the and the Cornish Way, via St. Austell, Bude, Barnstaple, Taunton and Wells | OSM | |
4 | Greenwich – Fishguard, in West Wales, via Reading, Bath, Bristol, Newport, Caerphilly, Pontypridd, Swansea, Carmarthen, Tenby, Haverfordwest and St. Davids | Map | ||
5 | Reading – Holyhead, via Birmingham, The Midlands and the North Wales coast | Walsall – Stafford; diversions at Colwyn Bay. | Map | |
6 | Windsor – Lake District, via Milton Keynes, Leicester, Derby, Nottingham, Sheffield, Manchester, Preston and Lancaster | Castleton – Reddish, Blackburn – Preston | OSM | |
7 | Sunderland – Inverness via Carlisle and Glasgow | Eastern section of C2C. Incorporating the | OSM | |
8 | Cardiff – Holyhead, via Brecon, Builth Wells, Machynlleth, Porthmadog and Bangor, through the heart of Wales. | Also known as Lôn Las Cymru | OSM | |
9 | Belfast – Dublin, when completed, via Lisburn, Craigavon, Portadown and Scarva | Slieve Gullion – Dublin | Map |
Double Digit National Routes[]
Number | Route | Major incomplete sections | Notes | Map |
---|---|---|---|---|
10 | Cockermouth – North Shields, via Carlisle, Kielder Forest, and Bellingham | Forms the majority of the Reivers Cycle Route | OSM | |
11 | Harlow – Wiggenhall St Germans (south of King's Lynn), via Cambridge and Ely | Harlow – Stanstead Mountfitchet; Waterbeach – Wicken; link to Saffron Walden | OSM | |
12 | Enfield – Spalding, via Potters Bar, Hatfield, Stevenage, St Neots, Peterborough | Enfield Lock – Hadley Wood; intermittent sections Stotfold – Sandy | Also known as the Great North Way | OSM |
13 | Tower Bridge – Barking – Grays – Chelmsford – Colchester – Bury St Edmunds – Thetford – Fakenham | Sections around Grays | Joins route 1 between Chelmsford and Colchester | OSM |
14 | Darlington – Stockton-on-Tees – Hartlepool – Durham – Consett – South Shields | Also known as the Three Rivers Cycle Route | OSM | |
15 | (Nottingham – Grantham – Sleaford) | Connect route 6 in Belton, near Shepshed Leicestershire with route 1 in Lincolnshire near Coningsb | OSM | |
16 | (Basildon – Shoeburyness) | OSM | ||
17 | Rochester – ( spur to Maidstone) – Ashford (proposed) to Newchurch, Kent joining Route 2 | OSM | ||
18 | Canterbury – Ashford – Tenterden – Tunbridge Wells | OSM | ||
20 | Wandsworth – Redhill – Crawley – Brighton | Joins route 21 between Redhill and Crawley | OSM | |
21 | Greenwich – Lewisham – Crawley – East Grinstead – Heathfield – Eastbourne | Several sections are not suitable for road bikes. | OSM | |
22 | Banstead – Dorking – Guildford – Farnham – Petersfield – Havant – Portsmouth – (by ferry to Isle of Wight) – Ryde – Yarmouth – (by ferry to New Forest) – Lymington – Brockenhurst | ferry connections are required from Portsmouth to Ryde, and again from Yarmouth to Lymington | OSM | |
23 | Reading – Basingstoke – Winchester – Eastleigh – Southampton – Cowes – Sandown | OSM | ||
24 | Bath – Radstock – Frome – Longleat – Warminster – Salisbury – Romsey – Eastleigh | Also known as the Colliers Way | OSM | |
Longleat – Gillingham – Blandford Forum – Poole – Bournemouth | OSM | |||
Portishead – Clevedon – Cheddar – Wells – Glastonbury – Yeovil – Dorchester – Weymouth – Portland Bill | Portishead – Clevedon Cheddar – Glastonbury |
Also known as The Strawberry Line | OSM | |
27 | Ilfracombe – Barnstaple – Okehampton – Tavistock – Plymouth | Also known as the Devon Coast to Coast cycle route | OSM | |
Okehampton – Bovey Tracey – Newton Abbot – Totnes – Salcombe – Yealmpton – Plymouth | Okehampton – Bovey Tracey Newton Abbot – Tontes Yealmpton – Plymouth |
OSM | ||
Bodmin – Padstow – Newquay – Truro | Part of the Cornish Way cycle route | OSM | ||
Bristol – Nailsea – Weston-super-Mare – Bridgwater – Taunton – Ilminster – Chard – Axminster – Seaton | Nailsea – Weston-super-Mare | Also known as the Wessex Cycleway | OSM | |
Exeter St Davids – Exeter – Bridge Road | Joins route 2 at Bridge Road | Map | ||
Bristol – Gloucester – Cheltenham – Tewkesbury – Evesham – Stratford-upon-Avon – Royal Leamington Spa – Rugby | Cheltenham – Tewkesbury Evesham – Stratford-upon-Avon |
OSM | ||
42 | Gloucester – Cinderford – Parkend – Chepstow – Abergavenny – Hay-on-Wye – Glasbury | Gloucester – Cinderford Parkend – Chepstow |
OSM | |
43 | Swansea – Caehopkin – Llanwrtyd Wells – Builth Wells | Caehopkin – Llanwrtyd Wells | OSM | |
44 | Shrewsbury – Bishop's Castle – Bromfield – Ludlow – Hereford – Cinderford | Ludlow – Cinderford | OSM | |
45 | Chester – Shrewsbury – Kidderminster – Worcester – Gloucester – Swindon – Salisbury | OSM | ||
Bromsgrove – Droitwich – Worcester – Hereford – Abergavenny – Merthyr Tydfil – Neath | Worcester – Hereford | OSM | ||
47 | Newport – Neath – Swansea – Llanelli – Carmarthen – Fishguard | Neath – Llanelli | OSM | |
Lincoln – Leicester – Cirencester – Bath – Exeter | Cirencester – Exeter | OSM | ||
Abergavenny – Pontypool – Cwmbran – Newport | OSM | |||
(Maidenhead – Winslow) | OSM | |||
51 | Colchester – Harwich – Ipswich- Felixstowe – Cambridge – Bedford – Milton Keynes – Oxford | OSM | ||
(Stratford-upon-Avon – Loughborough) | OSM | |||
(Peterborough – Lichfield) | OSM | |||
54 | (Stourport-on-Severn – Kidderminster – Dudley) – Lichfield – Derby | OSM | ||
(Ironbridge – Preston) | OSM | |||
56 | Chester – Liverpool, via Wallasey | OSM | ||
57 | Northleach – Witney (-) Oxford – Thame – Princes Risborough – Chesham (–) Hemel Hempstead – Harpenden (– Welwyn Garden City) | OSM | ||
Manchester – Prestwich | Cheetham Hill – Prestwich | OSM | ||
61 | Maidenhead – Uxbridge – Rickmansworth – Hatfield – Ware | OSM | ||
62 | Fleetwood – Blackpool – Preston – Southport – Liverpool – Warrington – Manchester – Doncaster – Selby | Hutton – Southport | The Trans Pennine Trail | OSM |
63 | Burton upon Trent – Leicester – Oakham (–) Peterborough – Wisbech | OSM | ||
64 | Market Harborough – Melton Mowbray (–) Collingham – Lincoln | OSM | ||
65 | Hornsea – Hull – Selby – York – Middlesbrough | Also known as the White Rose cycle route | OSM | |
66 | Spurn Head – Hull – Beverley – York – Leeds – Bradford – Hebden Bridge – Rochdale – Manchester | Spurn – Hull; Tadcaster – Branham; Mirfield – Brighouse; Castleton – Failsworth | OSM | |
67 | Long Eaton – Heanor – Chesterfield – Leeds –Northallerton | Includes the Nidderdale Greenway and Trans Pennine Trail | OSM | |
68 | Derby – Buxton – New Mills - Holmfirth – Settle – Appleby – Haltwhistle – Berwick-upon-Tweed | The Pennine Cycleway running up the spine of England | OSM | |
69 | Morecambe – Settle – Skipton – Cullingworth – Huddersfield – Horbury – Pontefract – Althorpe – Caistor – Grimsby | Other than the long section forming a part of the Way of the Roses, Route 69 comprises a number of discontinuous, short traffic free sections throughout Yorkshire | Is western end of the Way of the Roses | OSM |
70 | Barrow-in-Furness – Kendal – Kirkby Stephen – Barnard Castle – Durham – Sunderland | W2W, Walney 2 Wear | Map | |
71 | Northallerton – Appleby – Penrith – Whitehaven and Workington | Western end of C2C | OSM | |
72 | Kendal – Barrow-in-Furness – Whitehaven – Silloth – Carlisle – Tynemouth | Kendal – Ravenglass | Includes Hadrian's Cycleway | OSM |
73 | Newton Stewart – Stranraer and Lochranza – Kilmarnock | OSM | ||
74 | Gretna – Douglas (– Lesmahagow –) Larkhall – Hamilton – Uddingston | OSM | ||
75 | Portavadie – Dunoon – Gourock – Glasgow – Edinburgh – Leith | OSM | ||
76 | Berwick-upon-Tweed – Edinburgh – Stirling – Kirkcaldy - St Andrews | Kirkcaldy - St Andrews | The Round the Forth Route | OSM |
77 | Dundee – Pitlochry, via Perth | OSM | ||
78 | Campbeltown – Inverness | Great Glens Cycle Route | OSM | |
81 | Aberystwyth – Shrewsbury – Telford – Wolverhampton – Smethwick | Known as Lon Cambria | OSM | |
82 | Bangor – Capel Curig - Porthmadog – Dolgellau – Machynlleth (–) Ystrad Meurig – Fishguard | OSM | ||
Rhyl – St Asaph (- Llangollen – Oswestry) | OSM | |||
Chester – Wrexham - Trevor – Llangollen (- Corwen – Bala – Dolgellau) | OSM | |||
88 | Caerleon – Newport – Cardiff( – Bridgend) | Map | ||
Portadown - Armagh – Tynan & Newtownbutler - Florencecourt - Enniskillen - Irvinestown - Castle Archdale | Includes a figure-of-eight based around Enniskillen known as the | Map | ||
Derry - Strabane - Plumbridge/Newtownstewart - Omagh - Ballinamallard | Map | |||
Newtownards - Bangor & Belfast – Newtownabbey & Larne - Ballycastle - Coleraine - Limavady - Derry | Map | |||
A circuit of Lough Neagh; also known as the . Portadown - Ardboe - Antrim - Aghagallon | Map | |||
Tynan – Dungannon - Cookstown - Newtownstewart - Castlederg - Pettigo | Map | |||
Toome – Portglenone - Ballymoney – Coleraine | Map | |||
Ballymena – Glenarm | Map | |||
Belfast – Comber - Newtownards - Portavogie - Downpatrick - Newcastle | Map |
Three Digit Regional Routes[]
Zone 1[]
- : (Cleethorpes – Beelsby, Lincolnshire) linking Cleethorpes to NCR 1 at Beelsby
- : (Sandy – Gamlingay – Cambridge)
- : (Eaton Socon – Cambridge)
- 125: Darent Valley (Dartford) – this follows the route of the long-distance path Darent Valley Path)
- : Ingrebourne Valley Connect2 scheme
- : Stifford Bridge and Purfleet, (following the route of the Mardyke Way (along the Mardyke (river))
- 141: Keelman's Way: Wylam – NCN 14 (along south bank of River Tyne)
- : Sleaford branch of NCN15
- 155: Morpeth
- 164: Pocklington - Hutton Cranswick and Kiplingcotes - Beverley. Part of the Yorkshire Wolds Cycle Route and The Way of the Roses route.
- 165: Barnard Castle - Whitby. A branch of the W2W route (previously regional route 52)
- 166: Kirkham Abbey- Hunmanby. Part of the Yorkshire Wolds Cycle Route.
- 167: Kirkham Abbey - Huggate. Part of the Yorkshire Wolds Cycle Route.
- : link south-east of Middlesbrough
- 169: Scunthorpe Ridgeway
- : Towpath of Royal Military Canal
- 174: Isle of Sheppey – 'Sheerness Way'
- : Maidstone – Ashford
- : Maidstone – Tonbridge
- 179: Around the Hoo Peninsula (also known as the Heron Trail)
- : Aberdeen – Aboyne
- : Pencaitland railway path (RR 73) east of Edinburgh
Zone 2[]
- : Devon: South Brent – Dartington
- : South London: Raynes Park – Morden
- : (Beddington Park, Sutton – South Norwood Country Park, Croydon)
- : Basingstoke Canal
- : Sussex Downs Link
- : Guildford – Chertsey
- : Farnham – Medstead
- : Isle of Wight
- : (Mitcham Common, Merton – Lloyd Park, Croydon)
- : Isle of Wight
- : Portsmouth – Lyndhurst
- : Two Tunnels Greenway, Bath
- : Totton – Romsey – Andover – Stockbridge – Kintbury
- : Honiton – Sidmouth
- : North Dorset Trailway
- : South Somerset Cycleway (RR41)
- : Wiltshire Cycleway
- : Wiltshire Cycleway links, Chippenham area
- : Ringwood – Wimborne Minster
- : Castle Cary – Keinton Mandeville
- : Bridport – Maiden Newton railway path
- : Devon Coast-to-Coast alternate braid
- : Devon: Ivybridge – Yelverton, also Ashburton and east
- : southern NCN3 braid near Holsworthy
- : Devon Coast-to-Coast alternate braid (Peter Tavy to Clearbrook)
- : North Devon coast (former RR)
- : North Devon coast (former RR)
- : North Devon coast (former RR)
- : Devon Coast-to-Coast Woolacombe braid
Zone 3[]
- : Bugle, Cornwall
- : NCN3 inland braid to Truro
- : Launceston to Tavistock
- : south from Bristol
- : north from Taunton
- : Bridgwater – Langport – Ilminster
- : Exeter – Crediton
- : NCN3 alternate braid to Bampton
Zone 4[]
- : North Wiltshire NCN4 braid
- : Avon Cycleway (Bristol Ring)
- : Evesham – Cheltenham NCN45 cut-off
- : Bristol – Yate
- : Cwmbran – Monmouth – Ross (former RR30 and Peregrine Path)
- : Docklands – Camberwell
- : Skenfirth – Kentchurch
- : Dulais Valley, South Wales
- : South Wales to Glanaman
- : South Wales to Glanaman
- : South Wales to Glanaman
- : Milford Haven
- : Cotswold Line Cycle Route: Worcester – Evesham – Oxford
- : Carmarthen – Llandysul
- : Cardiganshire to Newcastle Emlyn
- : Crymych – Cardigan
- : Nantwich – Crewe – Sandbach
- : Oswestry – Ellesmere – Whitchurch (former RR31)
- : Slough / Eton Dorney
- : Pontypool – Hafodyrynys (- Crumlin); (Aberbeeg -) Cwm – Beaufort
- : Valleys
- : Valleys
- : (Trethomas -) Pengam – Abertysswyg (-) Rhymney – Bute Town
- : Bargoed – (Fochriw – Rhymney)
- : Caerphilly – Senghenydd
- : Trelewis – Taff Bargoed
- : Edwardsville – Merthyr Tydfil
- : Abercynon – Llwydcoed
- : Salisbury Plain NCN45 braid
- : Chiseldon – Marlborough NCN45 braid
- : Fosse2 link to Daventry
- : Cwmbran – Brynmawr
Zone 5[]
- : Kenilworth – Balsall Common – Hampton-in-Arden
- : Nuneaton-Tamworth-Alrewas
- : North Warwickshire Cycleway (W) and Coventry link
- : North Warwickshire Cycleway (E)
- : Birmingham & Fazeley Canal
- : Sutton Coldfield Connect2 – Sutton Park to Castle Vale
- : Birmingham – Sutton Coldfield
- : Banbury – Towcester – Northampton – Thrapston
- : Northampton Norbital
- 544: Didcot – Wantage (former Regional Route 44)
- : south-east Peak District
- : Hartington – High Peak Trail
- : Etwall – Uttoxeter – Maniford Trail
- : Caldon Canal towpath
- : Newcastle-under-Lyme – Silverdale
- : Newport – Market Drayton (former RR75)
- : Lichfield – Hednesford link
- : Stoke – Kidsgrove via Trent & Mersey Canal towpath
- : South Manchester
- : Caldon Canal Leek Branch – the Roaches
- : Warrington – St Helens – Skelmerdale
- : Runcorn – Widnes – St Helens – Wigan – Southport
- : Anglesey north coast
- : Wirral – Hawarden Bridge – Chester (former Regional Route 89)
- : Congleton – Northwich (former Regional Route 73)
- : Rickmansworth – Chesham – Wendover
- : Witney – Carterton – Cricklade
- : former RR55 Redditch – Birmingham, and canal towpath to city centre
Zone 6[]
- 622: Preston Guild Wheel (circular route)
- : Sheffield – Penistone – Kirkburton
- : Worthington – Ashby – Moira
- 636: Harrogate – Knaresborough, also known as the Beryl Burton cycleway
- : Sherwood Forest – Southwell
- : Carlton-le-Moorland, Lincolnshire
- 647: Lincoln – Worksop
- 648: Bakewell – Sherwood Forest
- 656: Coxwold – Osmotherly. The High Level Option of the White Rose route.
- 657: Easingwold – Upsall. Thirsk area loop
- 658: York northern city route
- 665: Wetherby – Tadcaster – York
- : north Leeds
- : Derby – Ilkeston greenway
- : Bluebell Way: Thurcroft – Woodsetts, link to Doncaster and Worksop
- : north Leeds (Roundhay Park)
- : Monsall Trail
- 688: Winterburn – Linton-on-Ouse. Way of the Roses central section
- : Huddersfield – Meltham
- : Airedale Greenway: Leeds and Liverpool Canal towpath Keighley – Shipley
- : Linesway Greenway: Castleford – Garforth
- : Huddersfield Narrow Canal east, and east from Dewsbury
Zone 7[]
- 700: Bay Cycle Way: Glasson Dock – Walney Island
- : Barnard Castle – Bishop Auckland (Walney 2 Wear alternative)
- 725: Great North Cycleway: Darlington – Newcastle – Blyth
- : West Kilbride – Largs – Gourock
- 754: Bowling – Clydebank – Kirkintilloch – Falkirk – Linlithgow – Edinburgh (Forth and Clyde Canal & Union Canal)
- 756: East Kilbride – Rutherglen – Glasgow – Kelvindale (- Bishopbriggs)
- : Clackmannan – Dunfermline
- : Stirling – Bridge of Allan
- : Star of Markinch – Glenrothes – Kirkcaldy
- : Alloa – Tillicoultry – Dollar
- : Tullibody – Alva (- Tillicoultry)
- : Milnathort – Perth – Lochearnhead
- : Newburgh – Auchtermuchty – Falkland
- : Newburgh – Newport-on-Tay
- : Hebridean Way: Vatersay – Barra – Eriskay – Uist – Berneray – Lewis and Harris
Zone 8[]
- : Liverpool – Ainsdale (former Regional Route 81) (out-of-zone number)
- : Valleys – Porth-Pontypridd (Rhondda Fach)
- 818: Llangurig NCN81 high level braid
- : Rhayader-Strata Florida southern braid
- : Llanwrtyd Wells – Strata Florida/NCN81
- : Aberaeron – Lampeter
- : Radnor Ring
- : Gellings Greenway: Kirkby – Knowsley (Liverpool)
- : Valleys (Rhondda Valley / Pontypridd – Maerdy)
- : Valleys (Rhondda Valley / Treorchy)
- : Valleys (Ogmore Valley)
- : Valleys (Garw Valley)
- : Bridgend – Maesteg – Afan Forest Park
- : Port Talbot – Pontrhydyfen – Afan Forest Park
See also[]
- The National Byway: A non-Sustrans route, South West Scotland to South West England, 7,200 km (4,500 mi) in total.
References[]
External links[]
Categories:
- National Cycle Routes
- National Cycle Network
- Lists of bicycle routes
- United Kingdom transport-related lists