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 Dover – Shetland, along the east coast, via London, Edinburgh, John o' Groats and Orkney Whitby - Staithes Map Dover – St Austell, along the south coast, when completed. Dawlish – Totnes; Plymouth – St Austell OSM Bristol – Land's End Incorporating the West Country Way and the Cornish Way, via St. Austell, Bude, Barnstaple, Taunton and Wells OSM Greenwich – Fishguard, in West Wales, via Reading, Bath, Bristol, Newport, Caerphilly, Pontypridd, Swansea, Carmarthen, Tenby, Haverfordwest and St. Davids Map Reading – Holyhead, via Birmingham, The Midlands and the North Wales coast Walsall – Stafford; diversions at Colwyn Bay. Map Windsor – Lake District, via Milton Keynes, Leicester, Derby, Nottingham, Sheffield, Manchester, Preston and Lancaster Castleton – Reddish, Blackburn – Preston OSM Sunderland – Inverness via Carlisle and Glasgow Eastern section of C2C. Incorporating the Clyde and Loch Lomond Cycleway OSM Cardiff – Holyhead, via Brecon, Builth Wells, Machynlleth, Porthmadog and Bangor, through the heart of Wales. Also known as Lôn Las Cymru OSM 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 Cockermouth – North Shields, via Carlisle, Kielder Forest, and Bellingham Forms the majority of the Reivers Cycle Route OSM 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 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 Tower Bridge – Barking – Grays – Chelmsford – Colchester – Bury St Edmunds – Thetford – Fakenham Sections around Grays Joins route 1 between Chelmsford and Colchester OSM Darlington – Stockton-on-Tees – Hartlepool – Durham – Consett – South Shields Also known as the Three Rivers Cycle Route OSM (Nottingham – Grantham – Sleaford) Connect route 6 in Belton, near Shepshed Leicestershire with route 1 in Lincolnshire near Coningsb OSM (Basildon – Shoeburyness) OSM Rochester – ( spur to Maidstone) – Ashford (proposed) to Newchurch, Kent joining Route 2 OSM Canterbury – Ashford – Tenterden – Tunbridge Wells OSM Wandsworth – Redhill – Crawley – Brighton Joins route 21 between Redhill and Crawley OSM Greenwich – Lewisham – Crawley – East Grinstead – Heathfield – Eastbourne Several sections are not suitable for road bikes. OSM 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 Reading – Basingstoke – Winchester – Eastleigh – Southampton – Cowes – Sandown OSM Bath – Radstock – Frome – Longleat – Warminster – Salisbury – Romsey – Eastleigh Also known as the Colliers WayOSM Longleat – Gillingham – Blandford Forum – Poole – Bournemouth OSM Portishead – Clevedon – Cheddar – Wells – Glastonbury – Yeovil – Dorchester – Weymouth – Portland Bill Portishead – Clevedon Cheddar – Glastonbury Also known as The Strawberry Line OSM Ilfracombe – Barnstaple – Okehampton – Tavistock – Plymouth Also known as the Devon Coast to Coast cycle route OSM Okehampton – Bovey Tracey – Newton Abbot – Totnes – Salcombe – Yealmpton – Plymouth Okehampton – Bovey TraceyNewton Abbot – TontesYealmpton – Plymouth OSM Bodmin – Padstow – Newquay – Truro Part of the Cornish Way cycle route OSM Bristol – Nailsea – Weston-super-Mare – Bridgwater – Taunton – Ilminster – Chard – Axminster – Seaton Nailsea – Weston-super-Mare Also known as the Wessex Cycleway OSM Exeter St Davids – Exeter – Bridge Road Joins route 2 at Bridge Road Map Bristol – Gloucester – Cheltenham – Tewkesbury – Evesham – Stratford-upon-Avon – Royal Leamington Spa – Rugby Cheltenham – Tewkesbury Evesham – Stratford-upon-Avon OSM Gloucester – Cinderford – Parkend – Chepstow – Abergavenny – Hay-on-Wye – Glasbury Gloucester – CinderfordParkend – Chepstow OSM Swansea – Caehopkin – Llanwrtyd Wells – Builth Wells Caehopkin – Llanwrtyd Wells OSM Shrewsbury – Bishop's Castle – Bromfield – Ludlow – Hereford – Cinderford Ludlow – Cinderford OSM Chester – Shrewsbury – Kidderminster – Worcester – Gloucester – Swindon – Salisbury OSM Bromsgrove – Droitwich – Worcester – Hereford – Abergavenny – Merthyr Tydfil – Neath Worcester – Hereford OSM Newport – Neath – Swansea – Llanelli – Carmarthen – Fishguard Neath – Llanelli OSM Lincoln – Leicester – Cirencester – Bath – Exeter Cirencester – Exeter OSM Abergavenny – Pontypool – Cwmbran – Newport OSM (Maidenhead – Winslow) OSM Colchester – Harwich – Ipswich- Felixstowe – Cambridge – Bedford – Milton Keynes – Oxford OSM (Stratford-upon-Avon – Loughborough) OSM (Peterborough – Lichfield) OSM (Stourport-on-Severn – Kidderminster – Dudley) – Lichfield – Derby OSM (Ironbridge – Preston) OSM Chester – Liverpool, via Wallasey OSM Northleach – Witney (-) Oxford – Thame – Princes Risborough – Chesham (–) Hemel Hempstead – Harpenden (– Welwyn Garden City) OSM Manchester – Prestwich Cheetham Hill – Prestwich OSM Maidenhead – Uxbridge – Rickmansworth – Hatfield – Ware OSM Fleetwood – Blackpool – Preston – Southport – Liverpool – Warrington – Manchester – Doncaster – Selby Hutton – Southport The Trans Pennine Trail OSM Burton upon Trent – Leicester – Oakham (–) Peterborough – Wisbech OSM Market Harborough – Melton Mowbray (–) Collingham – Lincoln OSM Hornsea – Hull – Selby – York – Middlesbrough Also known as the White Rose cycle route OSM Spurn Head – Hull – Beverley – York – Leeds – Bradford – Hebden Bridge – Rochdale – Manchester Spurn – Hull; Tadcaster – Branham; Mirfield – Brighouse; Castleton – Failsworth OSM Long Eaton – Heanor – Chesterfield – Leeds –Northallerton Includes the Nidderdale Greenway and Trans Pennine Trail OSM Derby – Buxton – New Mills - Holmfirth – Settle – Appleby – Haltwhistle – Berwick-upon-Tweed The Pennine Cycleway running up the spine of England OSM 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 Barrow-in-Furness – Kendal – Kirkby Stephen – Barnard Castle – Durham – Sunderland W2W, Walney 2 Wear Map Northallerton – Appleby – Penrith – Whitehaven and Workington Western end of C2C OSM Kendal – Barrow-in-Furness – Whitehaven – Silloth – Carlisle – Tynemouth Kendal – Ravenglass Includes Hadrian's Cycleway OSM Newton Stewart – Stranraer and Lochranza – Kilmarnock OSM Gretna – Douglas (– Lesmahagow –) Larkhall – Hamilton – Uddingston OSM Portavadie – Dunoon – Gourock – Glasgow – Edinburgh – Leith OSM Berwick-upon-Tweed – Edinburgh – Stirling – Kirkcaldy - St Andrews Kirkcaldy - St Andrews The Round the Forth Route OSM Dundee – Pitlochry, via Perth OSM Campbeltown – Inverness Great Glens Cycle Route OSM Aberystwyth – Shrewsbury – Telford – Wolverhampton – Smethwick Known as Lon Cambria OSM Bangor – Capel Curig - Porthmadog – Dolgellau – Machynlleth (–) Ystrad Meurig – Fishguard OSM Rhyl – St Asaph (- Llangollen – Oswestry) OSM Chester – Wrexham - Trevor – Llangollen (- Corwen – Bala – Dolgellau) OSM Caerleon – Newport – Cardiff( – Bridgend) Map Armagh; Enniskillen Almost entirely scrapped on safety grounds in 2020; just a couple of short sections at Armagh & Enniskillen remain. Map Derry; Strabane Most of this route was scrapped in 2020 on safety grounds - 21 km remains at Derry and a short cross-border stretch between Lifford and Strabane Map Bangor & Belfast – Newtownabbey & Larne - Ballycastle - Coleraine - Limavady - DerryMost 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 Formerly a circuit of Lough Neagh; now just Antrim - Randalstown; Lagan Towpath near AghagallonMost of this route was de-designated on safety grounds in 2020, just 15 km remains. Map All of this route was de-designated on safety grounds in 2020. Map Ballymoney; ColeraineMost of this route was de-designated on safety grounds in 2020, less than 8 km remain Map Ballymena Most of this route was de-designated on safety grounds in 2020, less than 2 km remains, at the 'ECOS Centre' in Ballymena Map Belfast – Comber; NewcastleMost 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: 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