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

Double Digit National Routes

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: Sutton Common – Wimbledon
• 212: (Beddington Park, Sutton – South Norwood Country Park, Croydon) - de-designated
• 221: Basingstoke Canal
• 222: Sussex Downs Link
• 223: Guildford – Chertsey
• 224: Farnham – Medstead
• 231: Isle of Wight
• 232: (Mitcham Common, Merton – Lloyd Park, Croydon) - de-designated
• 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, in total.

References

External links

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