List of National Cycle Network routes

This is a list of routes on Sustrans's National Cycle Network within the United Kingdom. Sections planned or under development are shown in brackets.

Route 1: Dover – Shetland, along the east coast, via London, Edinburgh, John o' Groats and Orkney
Route 2: Dover – St Austell, along the south coast
Route 3: Bristol – Land's End, incorporating the West Country Way via Chew Valley Lake, and the Cornish Way
Route 4: London – St David's, in West Wales, via Reading, Bath, Bristol, Newport, Caerphilly, Pontypridd, Swansea and Llanelli.
Route 5: Reading – Holyhead, via Birmingham, The Midlands and the North Wales coast
Route 6: Windsor – Lake District, via Luton, Milton Keynes, Northampton and Derby, crossing the Pennine Cycleway
Route 7: Carlisle – Inverness via Glasgow, incorporating the Clyde and Loch Lomond Cycleway
Route 8: Cardiff – Holyhead, through the heart of Wales. Also known as Lôn Las Cymru
Route 9: Belfast – Newry (proposed to run to Dublin)
Route 10: Tynemouth — Cockermouth. Was regional route 10 Reivers Cycle Route. Return route for the C2C / Sea to Sea Cycle Route. Roughly parallel to the C2C and Hadrian's Cycleway. It is a branch of National Route 1.
11: (Harlow – Cambridge – King's Lynn)
12: (Enfield) – Potters Bar – Letchworth – (Peterborough – Boston – Grimsby), also known as the Great North Way
13: (Hackney – Chelmsford – Colchester - Bury St Edmunds – Thetford – Fakenham
14: (Barnard Castle –) Stockton-on-Tees – Hartlepool – Durham – Consett – South Shields
15: (Nottingham – Grantham – Sleaford)
16: (Basildon – Shoeburyness)
17: Rochester – ( spur to Maidstone) – Ashford (proposed) to Newchurch, Kent joining Route 2
18: Canterbury – Ashford – Tenterden – Tunbridge Wells
20: Crawley – Brighton
21: Greenwich – Lewisham – Crawley – East Grinstead – Heathfield – Eastbourne
22: Banstead – Dorking – Guildford – Farnham – Petersfield – Havant – Portsmouth – (by ferry to Isle of Wight) – Ryde – Yarmouth – (by ferry to New Forest) – Lymington – Brockenhurst
23: Reading – Basingstoke (– Alton – Eastleigh – Isle of Wight)
24: (Bath – Radstock – Frome (section also known as the Colliers Way) – Warminster – Salisbury – Eastleigh)
25: (Longleat – Gillingham – Poole)
26: (Clevedon – Wells –) Castle Cary – Yeovil – Dorchester
27: Ilfracombe – Plymouth; also known as the Devon Coast to Coast Cycle Route [1] & includes part of the Tarka Trail
28: (Okehampton – Newton Abbot –) Totnes – Salcombe
32: Bodmin – Truro, via Padstow and Newquay; part of The Cornish Way cycle route
33: Pill – Clevedon – Weston-super-Mare – Bridgwater – Chard – Seaton; also known as the Wessex Cycleway
41: Bristol – Gloucester (– Stratford-upon-Avon –) Warwick – Leamington Spa – Rugby
42: (Gloucester -) Cinderford - Parkend (-) Chepstow – Abergavenny – NCR 8 at Glasbury
43: Swansea (– Builth Wells)
44: Shrewsbury - Bishop's Castle - Bromfield (- Ludlow - Leominster – Cinderford)
45: (Salisbury – Chester)
46: (Droitwich – Neath)
47: Newport – Fishguard, providing an inland alternative to the Celtic Trail cycle route
48: (Leicester – Bath)
49: Newport – Pontypool (- Brecon - Carmarthen)
50: (Maidenhead – Winslow)
51: Colchester – Harwich – Ipswich- Felixstowe – Cambridge – Bedford – Milton Keynes – Oxford)
52: (Stratford-upon-Avon – Loughborough)
53: (Peterborough – Lichfield)
54: (Stourport-on-Severn – Kidderminster – Dudley –) Lichfield – Derby
55: (Ironbridge – Preston)
56: Chester – Liverpool, via Wallasey
57: Northleach – Witney (-) Oxford – Thame – Princes Risborough – Chesham (–) Hemel Hempstead – Harpenden (– Welwyn Garden City)
61: Maidenhead – Uxbridge – Rickmansworth – Hatfield – Ware Note: Sustrans' own website is wrong and this is the full length of this route.^{[citation needed]}
62: the Trans Pennine Trail, Southport – Selby
63: Burton upon Trent – Leicester – Oakham (–) Peterborough – Wisbech
64: Market Harborough – Melton Mowbray (–) Collingham – Lincoln
65: Hull – Middlesbrough; also known as the White Rose cycle route
66: Beverley – York (–) Leeds (– Manchester)
67: Long Eaton – Heanor (–) Chesterfield – Leeds (–Northallerton)
68: the Pennine Cycleway running up the spine of England, Derby – Berwick-upon-Tweed
69: (Selby – Skipton)
70: Walney 2 Wear
71: White Rose route near Northallerton – Workington, via Appleby, Penrith and Whitehaven
72: (Kendal – Barrow-in-Furness – Whitehaven –) Silloth – Carlisle – Tynemouth (includes Hadrian's Cycleway)
73: (Newton Stewart – Stranraer), Arran, Kintyre
74: Gretna – Douglas (– Lesmahagow –) Larkhall – Hamilton – Uddingston
75: Gourock – Glasgow – Edinburgh; also known as the Clyde to Forth cycle route
76: Berwick-upon-Tweed - Edinburgh – Stirling - Kirkcaldy (- St Andrews) (the Round the Forth Route)
77: Dundee – Pitlochry, via Perth
78: Campbeltown – Inverness (Great Glens Cycle Route)
79: (Boat of Garten – Spey Bay)
81: Aberystwyth – Shrewsbury – Telford – Wolverhampton – NCR 5 at Smethwick also known as Lon Cambria
82: Bangor - (Capel Curig -) Porthmadog - Dolgellau - Machynlleth (–) Ystrad Meurig - Fishguard
84: Rhyl - St Asaph (- Llangollen - Oswestry)
85: (Chester - Wrexham -) Trevor - Llangollen (- Corwen - Bala - Dolgellau)
88: Caerleon - Newport (- Cardiff – Bridgend)
91: Portadown – Tynan; includes a figure-of-eight based around Enniskillen known as the Kingfisher Trail
92: Enniskillen – Derry
93: (Newry – Ballycastle)
94: A circuit of Lough Neagh; also known as the Loughshore Trail
95: Tynan – Pettigo, via Lough Neagh and Newtownstewart.
96: Toome – Portglenone (– Coleraine)
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: Yorkshire Wolds (inc. Way of the Roses short-cut)
165: Walney to Wear alternate route (Barnard Castle to Whitby)
166: near Malton to Hunmanby
167: NCN164 to near Malton
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
195: Aberdeen - Aboyne
196: Pencaitland railway path (RR 73) east of Edinburgh
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
305: Bugle, Cornwall
326: NCN3 inland braid to Truro
334: south from Bristol
338: north from Taunton
339: Bridgwater - Ilminster
341: Exeter - Crediton
344: NCN3 alternate braid to Bampton
403: North Wiltshire NCN4 braid
410: Avon Cycleway
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
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
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
622: Preston Guild Wheel (circular route)
627: Sheffield - Penistone - Kirkburton
633: Worthington - Ashby - Moira
636: Way of the Roses southern braid: Appletreewick - Knaresborough
646: Carlton-le-Moorland, Lincolnshire
647: Lincoln - Worksop
648: Worksop area
656: Thirsk area loop
657: 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: Way of the Roses central section
689: Huddersfield - Meltham
696: Airedale Greenway: Leeds & Liverpool Canal towpath Keighley - Shipley
697: Linesway Greenway: Castleford - Garforth
699: Huddersfield Narrow Canal east, and east from Dewsbury
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 & 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
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/Pontyclun
887: Maesteg / Afan Valley

Other Primary routes(non Sustrans)

The National Byway: South West Scotland to South West England 4,500 mile in total

References

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