# The National Byway

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The **National Byway** is a 3,200-mile (5,100-kilometre) signposted cycling route round England and parts of Scotland and Wales.[1] It runs along quiet roads, rather than a mixture of roads and tracks like the [National Cycle Network](/source/National_Cycle_Network), making it more appropriate for road bikes. The route is managed by the registered charity "The National Byway", with Patron [Viscount Linley](/source/David_Armstrong-Jones,_Viscount_Linley) and President [Lord Foster of Thames Bank](/source/Norman_Foster,_Baron_Foster_of_Thames_Bank).[1] *Cycling Britain* describes the route as offering "over 4000 miles of safe and easy-to-follow signposted cycle routes around the UK."[2] Maps are available from the National Byway web site and [Sustrans](/source/Sustrans).[3][4]

The National Byway has received over one million pounds of funding for various projects from the [Landfill Tax Credit Scheme](/source/Landfill_Tax_Credit_Scheme).[5]

## References

1. ["The National Byway"](https://www.thenationalbyway.com/). *thenationalbyway.com*. Retrieved 2025-09-02.

1. Etain O'Carroll; Aaron Anderson; Marc Di Duca (2009). [*Cycling Britain*](https://books.google.com/books?id=j3utlbrmxcEC&pg=PA359). Lonely Planet. p. 359. ISBN 978-1-74104-042-5. Retrieved 13 November 2018.

1. ["The National Byway Shop"](https://www.thenationalbyway.com/shop/). *thenationalbyway.com/shop*. Retrieved 2025-09-02.

1. ["Sustrans Shop"](https://shop.sustrans.org.uk/). *shop.sustrans.org.uk*

1. Christopher Stephen Brown (2005). [*The Sustainable Enterprise: Profiting from Best Practice*](https://books.google.com/books?id=DNHcGEyBiVYC&pg=PA170). Kogan Page Publishers. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-7494-4220-0. Retrieved 13 November 2018.

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