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 ...

(NCN) Route 648 is a

Sustrans Sustrans is a United Kingdom-based walking, wheeling and cycling charity, and the custodian of the National Cycle Network. Its flagship project is the National Cycle Network, which has created of signed cycle routes throughout the United K ...

National Route that connects Bakewell to

Sherwood Forest Sherwood Forest is a royal forest in Nottinghamshire, England, famous because of its historic association with the legend of Robin Hood. The area has been wooded since the end of the Last Glacial Period (as attested by pollen sampling cor ...

. The route has opened between Sherwood Forest and

Shirebrook Shirebrook is a town in the Bolsover district in Derbyshire, England. Close to the boundaries with the districts of Mansfield and Bassetlaw of Nottinghamshire,OS Explorer Map 270: Sherwood Forest: (1:25 000): it had a population of 13,300 in ...

and is in length and is signed in both directions.

Route

Route 648 will connect Route 680 near Bakewell to Route 6 at Sherwood Forest. As of 2018, the only 5 miles between Shirebrook railway station and Route 6 is open. The route is a mixture of traffic free sections and roadside cycle paths. Route 648 meets the following routes: * 6 at Sherwood Forest

References

External links

Route 648 on the Sustrans web siteRoute 648 on OSM
{{NCN , state=collapsed Cycleways in England National Cycle Routes Sherwood Forest Transport in Nottinghamshire