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	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
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

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

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

External links

• OpenStreetMap NCN routes list
• Sustrans national map
• Sustrans – list of National Routes