List of National Cycle Network routes

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

Number Route Major incomplete sections Notes Map
 1 DoverShetland, along the east coast, via London, Edinburgh, John o' Groats and Orkney Whitby - Staithes Map
 2 DoverSt Austell, along the south coast, when completed. DawlishTotnes; PlymouthSt Austell OSM
 3 BristolLand's End Incorporating the West Country Way and the Cornish Way, via St. Austell, Bude, Barnstaple, Taunton and Wells OSM
 4 GreenwichFishguard, in West Wales, via Reading, Bath, Bristol, Newport, Caerphilly, Pontypridd, Swansea, Carmarthen, Tenby, Haverfordwest and St. Davids Map
 5 ReadingHolyhead, via Birmingham, The Midlands and the North Wales coast WalsallStafford; diversions at Colwyn Bay. Map
 6 WindsorLake District, via Milton Keynes, Leicester, Derby, Nottingham, Sheffield, Manchester, Preston and Lancaster CastletonReddish, BlackburnPreston OSM
 7 SunderlandInverness via Carlisle and Glasgow Eastern section of C2C. Incorporating the Clyde and Loch Lomond Cycleway OSM
 8 CardiffHolyhead, via Brecon, Builth Wells, Machynlleth, Porthmadog and Bangor, through the heart of Wales. Also known as Lôn Las Cymru OSM
 9 BelfastDublin, when completed, via Lisburn, Craigavon, Portadown and Scarva Slieve GullionDublin Map

Double Digit National Routes

Number Route Major incomplete sections Notes Map
 10 CockermouthNorth Shields, via Carlisle, Kielder Forest, and Bellingham Forms the majority of the Reivers Cycle Route OSM
 11 HarlowWiggenhall St Germans (south of King's Lynn), via Cambridge and Ely HarlowStanstead Mountfitchet; WaterbeachWicken; link to Saffron Walden; Shadoxhurst (joins Route 18) to Lydd (joins Route 2) OSM
 12 EnfieldSpalding, via Potters Bar, Hatfield, Stevenage, St Neots, Peterborough Enfield LockHadley Wood; intermittent sections StotfoldSandy Also known as the Great North Way OSM
 13 Tower BridgeBarkingGraysChelmsfordColchesterBury St EdmundsThetfordFakenham Sections around Grays Joins route 1 between Chelmsford and Colchester OSM
 14 DarlingtonStockton-on-TeesHartlepoolDurhamConsettSouth Shields Also known as the Three Rivers Cycle Route OSM
 15 (NottinghamGranthamSleaford) Connect route 6 in Belton, near Shepshed Leicestershire with route 1 in Lincolnshire near Coningsb OSM
 16 (BasildonShoeburyness) OSM
 17 Rochester – ( spur to Maidstone) – Ashford (proposed) to Newchurch, Kent joining Route 2 OSM
 18 CanterburyAshfordTenterdenTunbridge Wells OSM
 20 WandsworthRedhillCrawleyBrighton Joins route 21 between Redhill and Crawley OSM
 21 GreenwichLewishamCrawleyEast GrinsteadHeathfieldEastbourne Several sections are not suitable for road bikes. OSM
 22 BansteadDorkingGuildfordFarnhamPetersfieldHavantPortsmouth – (by ferry to Isle of Wight) – RydeYarmouth – (by ferry to New Forest) – LymingtonBrockenhurst ferry connections are required from Portsmouth to Ryde, and again from Yarmouth to Lymington OSM
 23 ReadingBasingstokeWinchesterEastleighSouthamptonCowesSandown OSM
 24 BathRadstockFromeLongleatWarminsterSalisburyRomseyEastleigh Also known as the Colliers Way OSM
 25 LongleatGillinghamBlandford ForumPooleBournemouth OSM
 26 PortisheadClevedonCheddarWellsGlastonburyYeovilDorchesterWeymouthPortland Bill Portishead – Clevedon
Cheddar – Glastonbury
Also known as The Strawberry Line OSM
 27 IlfracombeBarnstapleOkehamptonTavistockPlymouth Also known as the Devon Coast to Coast cycle route OSM
 28 OkehamptonBovey TraceyNewton AbbotTotnesSalcombeYealmptonPlymouth Okehampton – Bovey Tracey
Newton Abbot – Tontes
Yealmpton – Plymouth
OSM
 32 BodminPadstowNewquayTruro Part of the Cornish Way cycle route OSM
 33 BristolNailseaWeston-super-MareBridgwaterTauntonIlminsterChardAxminsterSeaton Nailsea – Weston-super-Mare Also known as the Wessex Cycleway OSM
 34 Exeter St DavidsExeterBridge Road Joins route 2 at Bridge Road Map
 41 BristolGloucesterCheltenhamTewkesburyEveshamStratford-upon-AvonRoyal Leamington SpaRugby Cheltenham – Tewkesbury
Evesham – Stratford-upon-Avon
OSM
 42 GloucesterCinderfordParkendChepstowAbergavennyHay-on-WyeGlasbury Gloucester – Cinderford
Parkend – Chepstow
OSM
 43 SwanseaCaehopkinLlanwrtyd WellsBuilth Wells Caehopkin – Llanwrtyd Wells OSM
 44 ShrewsburyBishop's CastleBromfieldLudlowHerefordCinderford Ludlow – Cinderford OSM
 45 ChesterShrewsburyKidderminsterWorcesterGloucesterSwindonSalisbury OSM
 46 BromsgroveDroitwichWorcesterHerefordAbergavennyMerthyr TydfilNeath Worcester – Hereford OSM
 47 NewportNeathSwanseaLlanelliCarmarthenFishguard Neath – Llanelli OSM
 48 LincolnLeicesterCirencesterBathExeter Cirencester – Exeter OSM
 49 AbergavennyPontypoolCwmbranNewport OSM
 50 (MaidenheadWinslow) OSM
 51 ColchesterHarwichIpswich- FelixstoweCambridgeBedfordMilton KeynesOxford OSM
 52 (Stratford-upon-AvonLoughborough) OSM
 53 (PeterboroughLichfield) OSM
 54 (Stourport-on-SevernKidderminsterDudley) – LichfieldDerby OSM
 55 (IronbridgePreston) OSM
 56 ChesterLiverpool, via Wallasey OSM
 57 NorthleachWitney (-) OxfordThamePrinces RisboroughChesham (–) Hemel HempsteadHarpenden (– Welwyn Garden City) OSM
 60 ManchesterPrestwich Cheetham HillPrestwich OSM
 61 MaidenheadUxbridgeRickmansworthHatfieldWare OSM
 62 FleetwoodBlackpoolPrestonSouthportLiverpoolWarringtonManchesterDoncasterSelby HuttonSouthport The Trans Pennine Trail OSM
 63 Burton upon TrentLeicesterOakham (–) PeterboroughWisbech OSM
 64 Market HarboroughMelton Mowbray (–) CollinghamLincoln OSM
 65 HornseaHullSelbyYorkMiddlesbrough Also known as the White Rose cycle route OSM
 66 Spurn HeadHullBeverleyYorkLeedsBradfordHebden BridgeRochdaleManchester Spurn – Hull; Tadcaster – Branham; Mirfield – Brighouse; Castleton – Failsworth OSM
 67 Long EatonHeanorChesterfieldLeedsNorthallerton Includes the Nidderdale Greenway and Trans Pennine Trail OSM
 68 DerbyBuxtonNew Mills - HolmfirthSettleApplebyHaltwhistleBerwick-upon-Tweed The Pennine Cycleway running up the spine of England OSM
 69 MorecambeSettleSkiptonCullingworthHuddersfieldHorburyPontefractAlthorpeCaistorGrimsby 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-FurnessKendalKirkby StephenBarnard CastleDurhamSunderland W2W, Walney 2 Wear Map
 71 NorthallertonApplebyPenrithWhitehaven and Workington Western end of C2C OSM
 72 KendalBarrow-in-FurnessWhitehavenSillothCarlisleTynemouth KendalRavenglass Includes Hadrian's Cycleway OSM
 73 Newton StewartStranraer and LochranzaKilmarnock OSM
 74 GretnaDouglas (– Lesmahagow –) LarkhallHamiltonUddingston OSM
 75 PortavadieDunoonGourockGlasgowEdinburghLeith OSM
 76 Berwick-upon-TweedEdinburghStirlingKirkcaldy - St Andrews Kirkcaldy - St Andrews The Round the Forth Route OSM
 77 DundeePitlochry, via Perth OSM
 78 CampbeltownInverness Great Glens Cycle Route OSM
 81 AberystwythShrewsburyTelfordWolverhamptonSmethwick Known as Lon Cambria OSM
 82 BangorCapel Curig - PorthmadogDolgellauMachynlleth (–) Ystrad MeurigFishguard OSM
 84 RhylSt Asaph (- LlangollenOswestry) OSM
 85 ChesterWrexham - TrevorLlangollen (- CorwenBalaDolgellau) OSM
 88 CaerleonNewportCardiff( – 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 & BelfastNewtownabbey & 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

Zone 1

Zone 2

  • 207: Devon: South Brent – Dartington
  • 208: South London: Raynes ParkMorden
  • 212: (Beddington Park, SuttonSouth Norwood Country Park, Croydon)
  • 221: Basingstoke Canal
  • 222: Sussex Downs Link
  • 223: Guildford – Chertsey
  • 224: Farnham – Medstead
  • 231: Isle of Wight
  • 232: (Mitcham Common, MertonLloyd 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 (Peter Tavy to Clearbrook)
  • 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
  • 327: Launceston to Tavistock
  • 334: south from Bristol
  • 338: north from Taunton
  • 339: BridgwaterLangportIlminster
  • 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: 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

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-LymeSilverdale
  • 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

Zone 6

  • 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: EasingwoldUpsall. 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

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: BridgendMaestegAfan Forest Park
  • 887: Port TalbotPontrhydyfenAfan 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

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