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List of National Cycle Network routes

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This is a list of routes on Sustrans's National Cycle Network within the United Kingdom.

As the cycle network has not been fully completed, some sections of routes are still under construction.

Single Digit Main National Routes

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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 West Country Way 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 Clyde and Loch Lomond Cycleway 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

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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; Shadoxhurst (joins Route 18) to Lydd (joins Route 2) 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
  25  Longleat – Gillingham – Blandford Forum – Poole – Bournemouth OSM
  26  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
  28  Okehampton – Bovey Tracey – Newton Abbot – Totnes – Salcombe – Yealmpton – Plymouth Okehampton – Bovey Tracey
Newton Abbot – Tontes
Yealmpton – Plymouth 		OSM
  32  Bodmin – Padstow – Newquay – Truro Part of the Cornish Way cycle route OSM
  33  Bristol – Nailsea – Weston-super-Mare – Bridgwater – Taunton – Ilminster – Chard – Axminster – Seaton Nailsea – Weston-super-Mare Also known as the Wessex Cycleway OSM
  34  Exeter St Davids – Exeter – Bridge Road Joins route 2 at Bridge Road Map
  41  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
  46  Bromsgrove – Droitwich – Worcester – Hereford – Abergavenny – Merthyr Tydfil – Neath Worcester – Hereford OSM
  47  Newport – Neath – Swansea – Llanelli – Carmarthen – Fishguard Neath – Llanelli OSM
  48  Lincoln – Leicester – Cirencester – Bath – Exeter Cirencester – Exeter OSM
  49  Abergavenny – Pontypool – Cwmbran – Newport OSM
  50  (Maidenhead – Winslow) OSM
  51  Colchester – Harwich – Ipswich- Felixstowe – Cambridge – Bedford – Milton Keynes – Oxford OSM
  52  (Stratford-upon-Avon – Loughborough) OSM
  53  (Peterborough – Lichfield) OSM
  54  (Stourport-on-Severn – Kidderminster – Dudley) – Lichfield – Derby OSM
  55  (Ironbridge – Preston) OSM
  56  Chester – Liverpool, via Wallasey OSM
  57  Northleach – Witney (-) Oxford – Thame – Princes Risborough – Chesham (–) Hemel Hempstead – Harpenden (– Welwyn Garden City) OSM
  60  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
  84  Rhyl – St Asaph (- Llangollen – Oswestry) OSM
  85  Chester – Wrexham - Trevor – Llangollen (- Corwen – Bala – Dolgellau) OSM
  88  Caerleon – Newport – Cardiff( – Bridgend) Map
  91  Armagh; Enniskillen Almost entirely scrapped on safety grounds in 2020; just a couple of short sections at Armagh & Enniskillen remain. Map
  92  Derry; Strabane Most of this route was scrapped in 2020 on safety grounds - 21km remains at Derry and a short cross-border stretch between Lifford and Strabane Map
  93  Bangor & Belfast – Newtownabbey & Larne - Ballycastle - Coleraine - Limavady - Derry Most of this coastal route was de-designated on safety grounds in 2020; other than sections along Belfast Lough shore, only a few vestigial segments remain. Map
  94  Formerly a circuit of Lough Neagh; now just Antrim - Randalstown; Lagan Towpath near

Aghagallon

Most of this route was de-designated on safety grounds in 2020, just 15km remains. Map
  95  All of this route was de-designated on safety grounds in 2020. Map
  96  Ballymoney; Coleraine Most of this route was de-designated on safety grounds in 2020, less than 8 km remain Map
  97  Ballymena Most of this route was de-designated on safety grounds in 2020, less than 2km remains, at the 'ECOS Centre' in Ballymena Map
  99  Belfast – Comber; Newcastle Most of this route was de-designated on safety grounds in 2020, only remaining sections are the 'Comber Greenway' and a small section in Newcastle. Map

Three Digit Regional Routes

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  • 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: Rotherhithe – 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

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  • 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)
  • 574: Sewell - Berkhamsted - Chesham
  • 576: Rickmansworth – Chesham – Wendover
  • 577: Witney – Carterton – Cricklade
  • 585: former RR55 Redditch – Birmingham, and canal towpath to city centre

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  • 622: Preston Guild Wheel (circular route)
  • 627: Sheffield – Penistone – Kirkburton
  • 633: Worthington – Ashby – Moira
  • 636: 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: Wetherby – Tadcaster – York
  • 668: north Leeds
  • 672: Derby – Ilkeston greenway
  • 674: Bluebell Way: Thurcroft – Woodsetts, link to Doncaster and Worksop
  • 677: north Leeds (Roundhay Park)
  • 680: Monsall Trail
  • 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

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  • 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

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  • The National Byway: A non-Sustrans route, South West Scotland to South West England, 7,200 km (4,500 mi) in total.

References

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