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.

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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 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

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
<span style="color:white; font-size:13px; font-weight:bold;"> 25 </span>	Longleat – Gillingham – Blandford Forum – Poole – Bournemouth			OSM
<span style="color:white; font-size:13px; font-weight:bold;"> 26 </span>	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
<span style="color:white; font-size:13px; font-weight:bold;"> 28 </span>	Okehampton – Bovey Tracey – Newton Abbot – Totnes – Salcombe – Yealmpton – Plymouth	Okehampton – Bovey Tracey Newton Abbot – Tontes Yealmpton – Plymouth		OSM
<span style="color:white; font-size:13px; font-weight:bold;"> 32 </span>	Bodmin – Padstow – Newquay – Truro		Part of the Cornish Way cycle route	OSM
<span style="color:white; font-size:13px; font-weight:bold;"> 33 </span>	Bristol – Nailsea – Weston-super-Mare – Bridgwater – Taunton – Ilminster – Chard – Axminster – Seaton	Nailsea – Weston-super-Mare	Also known as the Wessex Cycleway	OSM
<span style="color:white; font-size:13px; font-weight:bold;"> 34 </span>	Exeter St Davids – Exeter – Bridge Road		Joins route 2 at Bridge Road	Map
<span style="color:white; font-size:13px; font-weight:bold;"> 41 </span>	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
<span style="color:white; font-size:13px; font-weight:bold;"> 46 </span>	Bromsgrove – Droitwich – Worcester – Hereford – Abergavenny – Merthyr Tydfil – Neath	Worcester – Hereford		OSM
47	Newport – Neath – Swansea – Llanelli – Carmarthen – Fishguard	Neath – Llanelli		OSM
<span style="color:white; font-size:13px; font-weight:bold;"> 48 </span>	Lincoln – Leicester – Cirencester – Bath – Exeter	Cirencester – Exeter		OSM
<span style="color:white; font-size:13px; font-weight:bold;"> 49 </span>	Abergavenny – Pontypool – Cwmbran – Newport			OSM
<span style="color:white; font-size:13px; font-weight:bold;"> 50 </span>	(Maidenhead – Winslow)			OSM
51	Colchester – Harwich – Ipswich- Felixstowe – Cambridge – Bedford – Milton Keynes – Oxford			OSM
<span style="color:white; font-size:13px; font-weight:bold;"> 52 </span>	(Stratford-upon-Avon – Loughborough)			OSM
<span style="color:white; font-size:13px; font-weight:bold;"> 53 </span>	(Peterborough – Lichfield)			OSM
54	(Stourport-on-Severn – Kidderminster – Dudley) – Lichfield – Derby			OSM
<span style="color:white; font-size:13px; font-weight:bold;"> 55 </span>	(Ironbridge – Preston)			OSM
56	Chester – Liverpool, via Wallasey			OSM
57	Northleach – Witney (-) Oxford – Thame – Princes Risborough – Chesham (–) Hemel Hempstead – Harpenden (– Welwyn Garden City)			OSM
<span style="color:white; font-size:13px; font-weight:bold;"> 60 </span>	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
<span style="color:white; font-size:13px; font-weight:bold;"> 84 </span>	Rhyl – St Asaph (- Llangollen – Oswestry)			OSM
<span style="color:white; font-size:13px; font-weight:bold;"> 85 </span>	Chester – Wrexham - Trevor – Llangollen (- Corwen – Bala – Dolgellau)			OSM
88	Caerleon – Newport – Cardiff( – Bridgend)			Map
<span style="color:white; font-size:13px; font-weight:bold;"> 91 </span>	Armagh; Enniskillen		Almost entirely scrapped on safety grounds in 2020; just a couple of short sections at Armagh & Enniskillen remain.	Map
<span style="color:white; font-size:13px; font-weight:bold;"> 92 </span>	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
<span style="color:white; font-size:13px; font-weight:bold;"> 93 </span>	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
<span style="color:white; font-size:13px; font-weight:bold;"> 94 </span>	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
<span style="color:white; font-size:13px; font-weight:bold;"> 95 </span>			All of this route was de-designated on safety grounds in 2020.	Map
<span style="color:white; font-size:13px; font-weight:bold;"> 96 </span>	Ballymoney; Coleraine		Most of this route was de-designated on safety grounds in 2020, less than 8 km remain	Map
<span style="color:white; font-size:13px; font-weight:bold;"> 97 </span>	Ballymena		Most of this route was de-designated on safety grounds in 2020, less than 2km remains, at the 'ECOS Centre' in Ballymena	Map
<span style="color:white; font-size:13px; font-weight:bold;"> 99 </span>	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

110: (Cleethorpes – Beelsby, Lincolnshire) linking Cleethorpes to NCR 1 at Beelsby
122: (Sandy – Gamlingay – Cambridge)
123: (Eaton Socon – Cambridge)
125: Darent Valley (Dartford) – this follows the route of the long-distance path Darent Valley Path)
136: Ingrebourne Valley Connect2 scheme
137: 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)
151: 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.
168: link south-east of Middlesbrough
169: Scunthorpe Ridgeway
172: Towpath of Royal Military Canal
174: Isle of Sheppey – 'Sheerness Way'
177: Maidstone – Ashford
178: Maidstone – Tonbridge
179: Around the Hoo Peninsula (also known as the Heron Trail)
195: Aberdeen – Aboyne
196: Pencaitland railway path (RR 73) east of Edinburgh

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 (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: 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: 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-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

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: 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

Zone 7

700: Bay Cycle Way: Glasson Dock – Walney Island
715: Barnard Castle – Bishop Auckland (Walney 2 Wear alternative)
725: Great North Cycleway: Darlington – Newcastle – Blyth
753: West Kilbride – Largs – Gourock
754: Bowling – Clydebank – Kirkintilloch – Falkirk – Linlithgow – Edinburgh (Forth and Clyde Canal & Union Canal)
756: East Kilbride – Rutherglen – Glasgow – Kelvindale (- Bishopbriggs)
764: Clackmannan – Dunfermline
765: Stirling – Bridge of Allan
766: Star of Markinch – Glenrothes – Kirkcaldy
767: Alloa – Tillicoultry – Dollar
768: Tullibody – Alva (- Tillicoultry)
775: Milnathort – Perth – Lochearnhead
776: Newburgh – Auchtermuchty – Falkland
777: Newburgh – Newport-on-Tay
780: Hebridean Way: Vatersay – Barra – Eriskay – Uist – Berneray – Lewis and Harris

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

References

External links

v t e Sustrans' National Cycle Network
List of routes
Main routes	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
National routes	10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 32 33 34 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 81 82 84 85 88 91 92 93 94 95 96
Regional routes	125 136 137 141 151 155 162 164 165 166 167 168 169 172 174 177 178 179 195 196 207 208 212 221 222 223 224 231 232 235 236 244 246 248 250 253 254 255 256 264 267 270 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 305 326 334 338 339 341 344 403 410 413 416 423 425 426 436 437 438 439 440 442 446 447 448 451 455 461 465 466 467 468 469 475 476 477 478 481 482 485 492 523 524 525 526 533 534 535 536 539 544 547 548 549 550 552 554 555 558 559 561 562 566 568 573 576 577 585 622 627 633 636 645 646 647 648 656 657 658 665 668 672 674 677 680 688 689 696 697 699 700 715 725 753 754 756 764 765 766 767 768 775 776 777 780 810 811 818 819 820 822 825 862 881 882 883 884 885 887
Named routes	C2C Celtic Trail Clyde to Forth Colliers Way Cornish Way Darent Valley Path Forth and Clyde Canal Pathway Hadrian's Cycleway Heron Trail Keelmans Way Lôn Cambria Lôn Las Ogwen Pennine Cycleway Mercian Way The North West Trail Salmon Run cycle route Scunthorpe Ridgeway Sheerness Way Trans Pennine Trail Viking Coastal Trail Way of the Roses White Rose cycle route W2W Yorkshire Wolds cycle route

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