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 adding missing items. (August 2016) |
As the cycle network has not been fully completed, some sections of routes are still under construction.
Number | Route | Major incomplete sections | Notes | Map |
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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 | 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 |