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National Cycle Network The National Cycle Network (NCN) is the national cycling route network of the United Kingdom, which was established to encourage cycling and walking throughout Britain, as well as for the purposes of bicycle touring. It was created by the cha ...
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 Cleethorpes () is a seaside town on the estuary of the Humber in North East Lincolnshire, England with a population of 38,372 in 2020. It has been permanently occupied since the 6th century, with fishing as its original industry, then develo ...
Beelsby, Lincolnshire Beelsby is a village in North East Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated approximately south-west from Grimsby. Beelsby population at the 2001 Census was 114, increasing to 119 at the 2011 census. The village is the source for the Ri ...
) linking Cleethorpes to NCR 1 at Beelsby * 122: ( Sandy
Gamlingay Gamlingay is a village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England about west southwest of the county town of Cambridge. The 2011 census gives the village's population as 3,247 and the civil parish's as 3,5 ...
Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cambridge bec ...
) * 123: (
Eaton Socon Eaton Socon is a community in south-west Cambridgeshire. Eaton Socon is a component of the town of St Neots, located on its south-west margin. Eaton Socon lies on the west side of the River Great Ouse, and is bounded on the west by the A1 ro ...
Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cambridge bec ...
) * 125: Darent Valley (
Dartford Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located south-east of Central London and is situated adjacent to the London Borough of Bexley to its west. To its north, across the Thames estuary, is Thurrock in ...
) – this follows the route of the long-distance path
Darent Valley Path The waymarked path Darent Valley Path is long, following the River Darent from the banks of the River Thames at Dartford through the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to the Greensand Hills above Sevenoaks. It runs through the villag ...
) * 136: Ingrebourne Valley
Connect2 Connect2 is a five-year project run by Sustrans beginning in 2006 to develop new walking and cycle routes in 79 communities around the UK. Project Connect2 is a five-year project run by Sustrans. It involves the creation of new cycle and wal ...
scheme * 137: Stifford Bridge and
Purfleet Purfleet-on-Thames is a town in the Thurrock unitary authority, Essex, England. It is bordered by the A13 road to the north and the River Thames to the south and is within the easternmost part of the M25 motorway but just outside the Greater Lond ...
, (following the route of the Mardyke Way (along the
Mardyke (river) The Mardyke (sometimes, but less frequently, Mar Dyke, occasionally Mardike) is a small river, mainly in Thurrock, that flows into the River Thames at Purfleet, close to the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge. In part, it forms the boundary between the ...
) * 141: Keelman's Way:
Wylam Wylam is a village and civil parish in the county of Northumberland. It is located about west of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is famous for the being the birthplace of George Stephenson, one of the early railway pioneers. George Stephenson's Birth ...
– NCN 14 (along south bank of
River Tyne The River Tyne is a river in North East England. Its length (excluding tributaries) is . It is formed by the North Tyne and the South Tyne, which converge at Warden Rock near Hexham in Northumberland at a place dubbed 'The Meeting of the Wate ...
) * 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 The Way of the Roses is the newest of Great Britain's coast-to-coast, long-distance cycle routes and is based on minor roads, disused railway lines and specially constructed cycle paths. It lies entirely within the counties of Lancashire and Yo ...
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 The Royal Military Canal is a canal running for between Seabrook near Folkestone and Cliff End near Hastings, following the old cliff line bordering Romney Marsh, which was constructed as a defence against the possible invasion of England du ...
* 174:
Isle of Sheppey The Isle of Sheppey is an island off the northern coast of Kent, England, neighbouring the Thames Estuary, centred from central London. It has an area of . The island forms part of the local government district of Swale. ''Sheppey'' is derived ...
– 'Sheerness Way' * 177:
Maidstone Maidstone is the largest Town status in the United Kingdom, town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town. Maidstone is historically important and lies 32 miles (51 km) east-south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the c ...
Ashford * 178:
Maidstone Maidstone is the largest Town status in the United Kingdom, town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town. Maidstone is historically important and lies 32 miles (51 km) east-south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the c ...
Tonbridge Tonbridge ( ) is a market town in Kent, England, on the River Medway, north of Royal Tunbridge Wells, south west of Maidstone and south east of London. In the administrative borough of Tonbridge and Malling, it had an estimated population ...
* 179: Around the
Hoo Peninsula The Hoo Peninsula is a peninsula in Kent, England, separating the estuaries of the rivers Thames and Medway. It is dominated by a line of chalk, clay and sand hills, surrounded by an extensive area of marshland composed of alluvial silt. The n ...
(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 Raynes Park is a residential suburb, railway station and local centre near Wimbledon, London, and is within the London Borough of Merton. It is situated southwest of Wimbledon Common, to the northwest of Wimbledon Chase and to the east of New M ...
Morden Morden is a district and town in south London, England, within the London Borough of Merton, in the ceremonial county of Greater London. It adjoins Merton Park and Wimbledon to the north, Mitcham to the east, Sutton to the south and Worcester Pa ...
* 212: (
Beddington Park Beddington is a suburban settlement in the London Borough of Sutton on the boundary with the London Borough of Croydon. Beddington is formed from a village of the same name which until early the 20th century still included land which became t ...
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Sutton Sutton (''south settlement'' or ''south town'' in Old English) may refer to: Places United Kingdom England In alphabetical order by county: * Sutton, Bedfordshire * Sutton, Berkshire, a List of United Kingdom locations: Stu-Sz#Su, location * S ...
South Norwood Country Park South Norwood Country Park is a park in South Norwood, close to Elmers End and Birkbeck train stations. The historic Kent-Surrey border runs through the site, and since 1965 it has been located wholly in the London Borough of Croydon. It is a 47 ...
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Croydon Croydon is a large town in south London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London. It is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensi ...
) * 221: Basingstoke Canal * 222: Sussex Downs Link * 223: Guildford – Chertsey * 224: Farnham – Medstead * 231: Isle of Wight * 232: (
Mitcham Common Mitcham Common is 182 hectares (460 acres) of common land situated in south London. It is predominantly in the London borough of Merton, with parts straddling the borders of Croydon and Sutton. It is designated a Site of Metropolita ...
, MertonLloyd Park,
Croydon Croydon is a large town in south London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London. It is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensi ...
) * 235: Isle of Wight * 236: Portsmouth – Lyndhurst *
244 __NOTOC__ Year 244 (Roman numerals, CCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Tiberius Pollenius Armenius Peregrinus, Arm ...
: 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 Bridgwater is a large historic market town and civil parish in Somerset, England. Its population currently stands at around 41,276 as of 2022. Bridgwater is at the edge of the Somerset Levels, in level and well-wooded country. The town lies alon ...
Langport Langport is a small town and civil parish in Somerset, England, west of Somerton in the South Somerset district. The parish, which covers only part of the town, has a population of 1,081. Langport is contiguous with Huish Episcopi, a separate ...
Ilminster Ilminster is a minster town and civil parish in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England, with a population of 5,808. Bypassed in 1988, the town now lies just east of the junction of the A303 (London to Exeter) and the A358 (Taunton to ...
* 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 *
442 442 may refer to: * 442 (number) * AD 442, a year in the 5th century of the Gregorian calendar * 442 BC, a year in the pre-Julian Roman calendar *Area code 442 * 4-4-2, a football formation Astronomy * 442 Eichsfeldia, a large asteroid Media ...
: Cotswold Line Cycle Route: Worcester – Evesham – Oxford * 446: Carmarthen – Llandysul * 447: Cardiganshire to Newcastle Emlyn * 448: Crymych – Cardigan *
451 __NOTOC__ Year 451 ( CDLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marcianus and Adelfius (or, less frequently, year 1204 '' ...
: 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 __NOTOC__ Year 468 ( CDLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Anthemius without colleague (or, less frequently, year ...
: (Trethomas -) Pengam – Abertysswyg (-) Rhymney – Bute Town * 469: Bargoed – (Fochriw – Rhymney) * 475: Caerphilly – Senghenydd * 476: Trelewis – Taff Bargoed *
477 __NOTOC__ Year 477 (Roman numerals, CDLXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year after the Consulship of Basiliscus and Armatus (or, less f ...
: Edwardsville – Merthyr Tydfil *
478 Year 478 (Roman numerals, CDLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Illus without colleague (or, less frequently, yea ...
: Abercynon – Llwydcoed * 481: Salisbury Plain NCN45 braid *
482 Year 482 (Roman numerals, CDLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severinus and Illus (or, less frequently, year 123 ...
: 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 __NOTOC__ Year 535 ( DXXXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Belisarius without colleague (or, less frequently, year 12 ...
: Birmingham – Sutton Coldfield * 536: Banbury – Towcester – Northampton – Thrapston *
539 Year 539 ( DXXXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Strategius without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1292 ' ...
: Northampton Norbital * 544: Didcot – Wantage (former Regional Route 44) * 547: south-east Peak District *
548 Year 548 (Roman numerals, DXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 548 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calend ...
: Hartington – High Peak Trail *
549 __NOTOC__ Year 549 (Roman numerals, DXLIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 549 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domi ...
: Etwall – Uttoxeter – Maniford Trail *
550 __NOTOC__ Year 550 ( DL) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 550 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era ...
:
Caldon Canal Caldon Canal is a branch of the Trent and Mersey Canal which opened in 1779. It runs from Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, to Froghall, Staffordshire. The canal has 17 locks and the Froghall Tunnel. History The first plans by the proprietors of the ...
towpath * 551:
Newcastle-under-Lyme Newcastle-under-Lyme ( RP: , ) is a market town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. The 2011 census population of the town was 75,082, whilst the wider borough had a population of 1 ...
Silverdale * 552: Newport – Market Drayton (former RR75) * 554: Lichfield – Hednesford link * 555: Stoke – Kidsgrove via
Trent & Mersey Canal The Trent and Mersey Canal is a canal in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire in north-central England. It is a "narrow canal" for the vast majority of its length, but at the extremities to the east of Burton upon Trent and north of Midd ...
towpath * 558: South Manchester *
559 Year 559 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 559 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevale ...
: 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 *National Cycle Route 577, 577: Witney – Carterton – Cricklade *National Cycle Route 585, 585: former RR55 Redditch – Birmingham, and canal towpath to city centre


Zone 6

*National Cycle Route 622, 622: Preston Guild Wheel (circular route) *National Cycle Route 627, 627: Sheffield – Penistone – Kirkburton *National Cycle Route 633, 633: Worthington – Ashby – Moira *National Cycle Route 636, 636: Harrogate – Knaresborough, also known as the Beryl Burton cycleway *National Cycle Route 645, 645: Sherwood Forest – Southwell *National Cycle Route 646, 646: Carlton-le-Moorland, Lincolnshire *National Cycle Route 647, 647: Lincoln – Worksop *National Cycle Route 648, 648: Bakewell – Sherwood Forest *National Cycle Route 656, 656: Coxwold – Osmotherly. The High Level Option of the White Rose route. *National Cycle Route 657, 657: Easingwold – Upsall. Thirsk area loop *National Cycle Route 658, 658: York northern city route *National Cycle Route 665, 665: Wetherby – Tadcaster – York *National Cycle Route 668, 668: north Leeds *National Cycle Route 672, 672: Derby – Ilkeston greenway *National Cycle Route 674, 674: Bluebell Way: Thurcroft – Woodsetts, link to Doncaster and Worksop *National Cycle Route 677, 677: north Leeds (Roundhay Park) *National Cycle Route 680, 680: Monsall Trail *National Cycle Route 688, 688: Winterburn – Linton-on-Ouse.
Way of the Roses The Way of the Roses is the newest of Great Britain's coast-to-coast, long-distance cycle routes and is based on minor roads, disused railway lines and specially constructed cycle paths. It lies entirely within the counties of Lancashire and Yo ...
central section *National Cycle Route 689, 689: Huddersfield – Meltham *National Cycle Route 696, 696: Airedale Greenway: Leeds and Liverpool Canal towpath Keighley – Shipley *National Cycle Route 697, 697: Linesway Greenway: Castleford – Garforth *National Cycle Route 699, 699: Huddersfield Narrow Canal east, and east from Dewsbury


Zone 7

*National Cycle Route 700, 700: Bay Cycle Way: Glasson Dock – Walney Island *National Cycle Route 715, 715: Barnard Castle – Bishop Auckland (Walney 2 Wear alternative) *National Cycle Route 725, 725: Great North Cycleway: Darlington – Newcastle – Blyth *National Cycle Route 753, 753: West Kilbride – Largs – Gourock *National Cycle Route 754, 754: Bowling, West Dunbartonshire, Bowling – Clydebank – Kirkintilloch – Falkirk – Linlithgow – Edinburgh (Forth and Clyde Canal & Union Canal (Scotland), Union Canal) *National Cycle Route 756, 756: East Kilbride – Rutherglen – Glasgow – Kelvindale (- Bishopbriggs) *National Cycle Route 764, 764: Clackmannan – Dunfermline *National Cycle Route 765, 765: Stirling – Bridge of Allan *National Cycle Route 766, 766: Star of Markinch – Glenrothes – Kirkcaldy *National Cycle Route 767, 767: Alloa – Tillicoultry – Dollar *National Cycle Route 768, 768: Tullibody – Alva (- Tillicoultry) *National Cycle Route 775, 775: Milnathort – Perth – Lochearnhead *National Cycle Route 776, 776: Newburgh – Auchtermuchty – Falkland *National Cycle Route 777, 777: Newburgh – Newport-on-Tay *National Cycle Route 780, 780: Hebridean Way: Vatersay – Barra – Eriskay – Uist – Berneray (North Uist), Berneray – Lewis and Harris


Zone 8

*National Cycle Route 810, 810: Liverpool – Ainsdale (former Regional Route 81) (out-of-zone number) *National Cycle Route 811, 811: Valleys – Porth-Pontypridd (Rhondda Fach) *National Cycle Route 818, 818: Llangurig NCN81 high level braid *National Cycle Route 819, 819: Rhayader-Strata Florida southern braid *National Cycle Route 820, 820: Llanwrtyd Wells – Strata Florida/NCN81 *National Cycle Route 822, 822: Aberaeron – Lampeter *National Cycle Route 825, 825: Radnor Ring *National Cycle Route 862, 862: Gellings Greenway: Kirkby – Knowsley (Liverpool) *National Cycle Route 881, 881: Valleys (Rhondda Valley / Pontypridd – Maerdy) *National Cycle Route 882, 882: Valleys (Rhondda Valley / Treorchy) *National Cycle Route 883, 883: Valleys (Ogmore Valley) *National Cycle Route 884, 884: Valleys (Garw Valley) *National Cycle Route 885, 885: Bridgend – Maesteg – Afan Forest Park *National Cycle Route 887, 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 listSustrans national mapSustrans – list of National Routes
{{NCN National Cycle Network, National Cycle Routes, Lists of bicycle routes, National Cycle Network routes United Kingdom transport-related lists, National Cycle Network routes