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

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

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 Way	OSM
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 Tracey Newton Abbot – Tontes Yealmpton – 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 – Cinderford Parkend – 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 - 21km remains at Derry and a short cross-border stretch between Lifford and Strabane	Map
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
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
		All of this route was de-designated on safety grounds in 2020.	Map
Ballymoney; Coleraine		Most 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 2km remains, at the 'ECOS Centre' in Ballymena	Map
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: 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