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 expanding it.

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 Map
3 Bristol – Land's End Incorporating the West Country Way and the Cornish Way, via St. Austell, Bude, Barnstaple, Taunton and Wells Map
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 Map
7 Sunderland – Inverness via Carlisle and Glasgow Eastern section of C2C. Incorporating the Clyde and Loch Lomond Cycleway Map
8 Cardiff – Holyhead, via Brecon, Builth Wells, Machynlleth, Porthmadog and Bangor, through the heart of Wales. Also known as Lôn Las Cymru Map
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 Map
11 Harlow – Wiggenhall St Germans (south of King's Lynn), via Cambridge and Ely Harlow – Stanstead Mountfitchet; Waterbeach – Wicken; link to Saffron Walden Map
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 Map
13 Tower Bridge – Barking – Grays – Chelmsford – Colchester – Bury St Edmunds – Thetford – Fakenham Sections around Grays Joins route 1 between Chelmsford and Colchester Map
14 Darlington – Stockton-on-Tees – Hartlepool – Durham – Consett – South Shields Also known as the Three Rivers Cycle Route Map
15 (Nottingham – Grantham – Sleaford) Connect route 6 in Belton, near Shepshed Leicestershire with route 1 in Lincolnshire near Coningsb Map
16 (Basildon – Shoeburyness) Map
17 Rochester – ( spur to Maidstone) – Ashford (proposed) to Newchurch, Kent joining Route 2 Map
18 Canterbury – Ashford – Tenterden – Tunbridge Wells Map
20 Wandsworth – Redhill – Crawley – Brighton Joins route 21 between Redhill and Crawley Map
21 Greenwich – Lewisham – Crawley – East Grinstead – Heathfield – Eastbourne Several sections are not suitable for road bikes. Map
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 Map
23 Reading – Basingstoke – Winchester – Eastleigh – Southampton – Cowes – Sandown
24 Bath – Radstock – Frome – Longleat – Warminster – Salisbury – Romsey – Eastleigh Also known as the Colliers Way
25 Longleat – Gillingham – Blandford Forum – Poole – Bournemouth
26 Portishead – Clevedon – Cheddar – Wells – Glastonbury – Yeovil – Dorchester – Weymouth – Portland Bill Portishead – Clevedon
Cheddar – Glastonbury		 Also known as The Strawberry Line
27 Ilfracombe – Barnstaple – Okehampton – Tavistock – Plymouth Also known as the Devon Coast to Coast cycle route
28 Okehampton – Bovey Tracey – Newton Abbot – Totnes – Salcombe – Yealmpton – Plymouth Okehampton – Bovey Tracey
Newton Abbot – Tontes
Yealmpton – Plymouth
32 Bodmin – Padstow – Newquay – Truro Part of the Cornish Way cycle route
33 Bristol – Nailsea – Weston-super-Mare – Bridgwater – Taunton – Ilminster – Chard – Axminster – Seaton Nailsea – Weston-super-Mare Also known as the Wessex Cycleway
34 Exeter St Davids – Exeter – Bridge Road Joins route 2 at Bridge Road
41 Bristol – Gloucester – Cheltenham – Tewkesbury – Evesham – Stratford-upon-Avon – Royal Leamington Spa – Rugby Cheltenham – Tewkesbury
Evesham – Stratford-upon-Avon
42 Gloucester – Cinderford – Parkend – Chepstow – Abergavenny – Hay-on-Wye – Glasbury Gloucester – Cinderford
Parkend – Chepstow
43 Swansea – Caehopkin – Llanwrtyd Wells – Builth Wells Caehopkin – Llanwrtyd Wells
44 Shrewsbury – Bishop's Castle – Bromfield – Ludlow – Hereford – Cinderford Ludlow – Cinderford
45 Chester – Shrewsbury – Kidderminster – Worcester – Gloucester – Swindon – Salisbury
46 Bromsgrove – Droitwich – Worcester – Hereford – Abergavenny – Merthyr Tydfil – Neath Worcester – Hereford
47 Newport – Neath – Swansea – Llanelli – Carmarthen – Fishguard Neath – Llanelli
48 Lincoln – Leicester – Cirencester – Bath – Exeter Cirencester – Exeter
49 Abergavenny – Pontypool – Cwmbran – Newport
50 (Maidenhead – Winslow) Map
51 Colchester – Harwich – Ipswich- Felixstowe – Cambridge – Bedford – Milton Keynes – Oxford Map
52 (Stratford-upon-Avon – Loughborough) Map
53 (Peterborough – Lichfield) Map
54 (Stourport-on-Severn – Kidderminster – Dudley) – Lichfield – Derby Map
55 (Ironbridge – Preston) Map
56 Chester – Liverpool, via Wallasey Map
57 Northleach – Witney (-) Oxford – Thame – Princes Risborough – Chesham (–) Hemel Hempstead – Harpenden (– Welwyn Garden City) Map
61 Maidenhead – Uxbridge – Rickmansworth – Hatfield – Ware Map
62 Southport – Selby The Trans Pennine Trail Map
63 Burton upon Trent – Leicester – Oakham (–) Peterborough – Wisbech Map
64 Market Harborough – Melton Mowbray (–) Collingham – Lincoln Map
65 Hornsea – Hull – Selby – York – Middlesbrough Also known as the White Rose cycle route Map
66 Spurn Head – Hull – Beverley – York – Leeds – Bradford – Hebden Bridge – Rochdale – Manchester Spurn – Hull; Tadcaster – Branham; Mirfield – Brighouse; Castleton – Failsworth Map
67 Long Eaton – Heanor – Chesterfield – Leeds –Northallerton Includes the Nidderdale Greenway and Trans Pennine Trail Map
68 Derby – Buxton – Holmfirth – Hebden Bridge – Settle – Appleby – Haltwhistle – Berwick-upon-Tweed The Pennine Cycleway running up the spine of England Map
69 Morecambe – Settle – Skipton – Cullingworth – Huddersfield – Horbury – Pontefract – Althorpe – Caistor – Grimsby Other than the long section formig 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 Map
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 Map
72 Kendal – Barrow-in-Furness – Whitehaven – Silloth – Carlisle – Tynemouth Kendal – Ravenglass Includes Hadrian's Cycleway Map
73 Newton Stewart – Stranraer and Lochranza – Kilmarnock Map
74 Gretna – Douglas (– Lesmahagow –) Larkhall – Hamilton – Uddingston Map
75 Portavadie – Dunoon – Gourock – Glasgow – Edinburgh – Leith Map
76 Berwick-upon-Tweed – Edinburgh – Stirling – Kirkcaldy - St Andrews Kirkcaldy - St Andrews The Round the Forth Route Map
77 Dundee – Pitlochry, via Perth Map
78 Campbeltown – Inverness Great Glens Cycle Route Map
79 (Boat of Garten – Spey Bay) Map
81 Aberystwyth – Shrewsbury – Telford – Wolverhampton – Smethwick Known as Lon Cambria Map
82 Bangor – Capel Curig - Porthmadog – Dolgellau – Machynlleth (–) Ystrad Meurig – Fishguard Map
84 Rhyl – St Asaph (- Llangollen – Oswestry) Map
85 Chester – Wrexham - Trevor – Llangollen (- Corwen – Bala – Dolgellau) Map
88 Caerleon – Newport – Cardiff( – Bridgend) Map
91 Portadown – Tynan Includes a figure-of-eight based around Enniskillen known as the Kingfisher Trail Map
92 Enniskillen – Derry Map
93 Belfast – Derry Map
94 A circuit of Lough Neagh; also known as the Loughshore Trail Map
95 Tynan – Pettigo, via Lough Neagh and Newtownstewart. Map
96 Toome – Portglenone (– Coleraine) Map

Three Digit Regional Routes

Zone 1

Zone 2

  • 207: Devon: South Brent – Dartington
  • 208: South London: Raynes Park – Morden
  • 212: (Beddington Park, Sutton – South Norwood Country Park, Croydon)
  • 221: Basingstoke Canal
  • 222: Sussex Downs Link
  • 223: Guildford – Chertsey
  • 224: Farnham – Medstead
  • 231: Isle of Wight
  • 232: (Mitcham Common, Merton – Lloyd Park, Croydon)
  • 235: Isle of Wight
  • 236: Portsmouth – Lyndhurst
  • 244: Two Tunnels Greenway, Bath
  • 246: Totton – Romsey – Andover – Stockbridge – Kintbury
  • 248: Honiton – Sidmouth
  • 250: North Dorset Trailway
  • 253: South Somerset Cycleway (RR41)
  • 254: Wiltshire Cycleway
  • 255: Wiltshire Cycleway links, Chippenham area
  • 256: Ringwood – Wimborne Minster
  • 264: Castle Cary – Keinton Mandeville
  • 267: Bridport – Maiden Newton railway path
  • 270: Devon Coast-to-Coast alternate braid
  • 272: Devon: Ivybridge – Yelverton, also Ashburton and east
  • 273: southern NCN3 braid near Holsworthy
  • 274: Devon Coast-to-Coast alternate braid
  • 275: North Devon coast (former RR)
  • 276: North Devon coast (former RR)
  • 277: North Devon coast (former RR)
  • 278: Devon Coast-to-Coast Woolacombe braid

Zone 3

  • 305: Bugle, Cornwall
  • 326: NCN3 inland braid to Truro
  • 334: south from Bristol
  • 338: north from Taunton
  • 339: Bridgwater – Langport – Ilminster
  • 341: Exeter – Crediton
  • 344: NCN3 alternate braid to Bampton

Zone 4

  • 403: North Wiltshire NCN4 braid
  • 410: Avon Cycleway (Bristol Ring)
  • 413: Evesham – Cheltenham NCN45 cut-off
  • 416: Bristol – Yate
  • 423: Cwmbran – Monmouth – Ross (former RR30 and Peregrine Path)
  • 425: Docklands – Camberwell
  • 426: Skenfirth – Kentchurch
  • 436: Dulais Valley, South Wales
  • 437: South Wales to Glanaman
  • 438: South Wales to Glanaman
  • 439: South Wales to Glanaman
  • 440: Milford Haven
  • 442: Cotswold Line Cycle Route: Worcester – Evesham – Oxford
  • 446: Carmarthen – Llandysul
  • 447: Cardiganshire to Newcastle Emlyn
  • 448: Crymych – Cardigan
  • 451: Nantwich – Crewe – Sandbach
  • 455: Oswestry – Ellesmere – Whitchurch (former RR31)
  • 461: Slough / Eton Dorney
  • 465: Pontypool – Hafodyrynys (- Crumlin); (Aberbeeg -) Cwm – Beaufort
  • 466: Valleys
  • 467: Valleys
  • 468: (Trethomas -) Pengam – Abertysswyg (-) Rhymney – Bute Town
  • 469: Bargoed – (Fochriw – Rhymney)
  • 475: Caerphilly – Senghenydd
  • 476: Trelewis – Taff Bargoed
  • 477: Edwardsville – Merthyr Tydfil
  • 478: Abercynon – Llwydcoed
  • 481: Salisbury Plain NCN45 braid
  • 482: Chiseldon – Marlborough NCN45 braid
  • 485: Fosse2 link to Daventry
  • 492: Cwmbran – Brynmawr

Zone 5

  • 523: Kenilworth – Balsall Common – Hampton-in-Arden
  • 524: Nuneaton-Tamworth-Alrewas
  • 525: North Warwickshire Cycleway (W) and Coventry link
  • 526: North Warwickshire Cycleway (E)
  • 533: Birmingham & Fazeley Canal
  • 534: Sutton Coldfield Connect2 – Sutton Park to Castle Vale
  • 535: Birmingham – Sutton Coldfield
  • 536: Banbury – Towcester – Northampton – Thrapston
  • 539: Northampton Norbital
  • 544: Didcot – Wantage (former Regional Route 44)
  • 547: south-east Peak District
  • 548: Hartington – High Peak Trail
  • 549: Etwall – Uttoxeter – Maniford Trail
  • 550: Caldon Canal towpath
  • 551: Newcastle-under-Lyme – Silverdale
  • 552: Newport – Market Drayton (former RR75)
  • 554: Lichfield – Hednesford link
  • 555: Stoke – Kidsgrove via Trent & Mersey Canal towpath
  • 558: South Manchester
  • 559: Caldon Canal Leek Branch – the Roaches
  • 561: Warrington – St Helens – Skelmerdale
  • 562: Runcorn – Widnes – St Helens – Wigan – Southport
  • 566: Anglesey north coast
  • 568: Wirral – Hawarden Bridge – Chester (former Regional Route 89)
  • 573: Congleton – Northwich (former Regional Route 73)
  • 576: Rickmansworth – Chesham – Wendover
  • 577: Witney – Carterton – Cricklade
  • 585: former RR55 Redditch – Birmingham, and canal towpath to city centre

Zone 6

  • 622: Preston Guild Wheel (circular route)
  • 627: Sheffield – Penistone – Kirkburton
  • 633: Worthington – Ashby – Moira
  • 636: Way of the Roses southern braid: Appletreewick – Knaresborough
  • 638: Harrogate – Knaresborough, also known as the Beryl Burton cycleway
  • 645: Sherwood Forest – Southwell
  • 646: 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: East Leeds – Tadcaster – Wetherby – York
  • 668: north Leeds
  • 672: Derby – Ilkeston greenway
  • 674: Bluebell Way: Thurcroft – Woodsetts, link to Doncaster and Worksop
  • 676: Mansfield
  • 677: north Leeds (Roundhay Park)
  • 680: Monsall Trail
  • 681: Pennine Cycleway moorland route from Hebden Bridge
  • 686: Pennine Cycleway military land route from Bellingham
  • 688: Winterburn – Linton-on-Ouse. Way of the Roses central section
  • 689: Huddersfield – Meltham
  • 696: Airedale Greenway: Leeds and Liverpool Canal towpath Keighley – Shipley
  • 697: Linesway Greenway: Castleford – Garforth
  • 699: Huddersfield Narrow Canal east, and east from Dewsbury

Zone 7

Zone 8

  • 810: Liverpool – Ainsdale (former Regional Route 81) (out-of-zone number)
  • 811: Valleys – Porth-Pontypridd (Rhondda Fach)
  • 818: Llangurig NCN81 high level braid
  • 819: Rhayader-Strata Florida southern braid
  • 820: Llanwrtyd Wells – Strata Florida/NCN81
  • 822: Aberaeron – Lampeter
  • 825: Radnor Ring
  • 862: Gellings Greenway: Kirkby – Knowsley (Liverpool)
  • 881: Valleys (Rhondda Valley / Pontypridd – Maerdy)
  • 882: Valleys (Rhondda Valley / Treorchy)
  • 883: Valleys (Ogmore Valley)
  • 884: Valleys (Garw Valley)
  • 885: Bridgend – Maesteg – Afan Forest Park
  • 887: Port Talbot – Pontrhydyfen – Afan Forest Park

See also

  • The National Byway: A non-Sustrans route, South West Scotland to South West England, 4,500 mile in total.

References

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