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 71 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 Kin ...

National Route that runs from

Whitehaven Whitehaven is a town and port on the English north west coast and near to the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it lies by road south-west of Carlisle and to the north of Barrow-in-Furness. It is th ...

and

Workington Workington is a coastal town and civil parish at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England. The town was historically in Cumberland. At the 2011 census it had a population of 25,207. Loca ...

on the Cumbrian coast to

Kirby Knowle Kirby Knowle is a village and civil parish in Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England, on the border of the North Yorkshire Moors and near Upsall, about 4 miles north-east of Thirsk. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, ...

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to join NCN Route 65. The route is fully open and signed in both directions.

Route

The route is discontinuous and is made up of three sections. Originally it was signed as Route 71 continuously from western trailhead to eastern trailhead. The creation of the

Pennine Cycleway The Pennine Cycleway is a Sustrans-sponsored route in the Pennines range in northern England, an area often called the "backbone of England". The route passes through the counties of Derbyshire, West Yorkshire, Lancashire, North Yorkshire, Cumb ...

(Route 68) and Route 70 ( W2W) resulted in sections of Route 71 being renumbered to those routes.

Workington or Moor Row to Penrith

Route 71 has two strands at its western end. The northern strand trailhead is in Workington and heads east via Cockermouth. The southern strand trailhead is on Route 72 in Moor Row. It heads east to meet the northern strand in Thornthwaite. Passing through the heart of the Lake District at Keswick the route continues east to Little Blencow where this western section of the route ends. Route 7 links to the middle section in nearby Penrith.

Penrith to Tan Hill

The middle section of Route 71 leaves Route 7 at Penrith through the beautiful Eden Valley via Great Strickland and Kings Meaburn to Appleby where it meets Route 68. To reach the east section, Route 68 can be followed through Great Asby and then Route 70 hence to Kirkby Stephen, Barras and Tan Hill.

Tan Hill to Kirby Knowle

The eastern section of Route 71 starts at the northern edge of the Yorkshire Dales. Descending into Swaledale to Reeth. It shares the Route of the Tour de France from Grinton over into Wensleydale and Leyburn and Bedale. It continues via Northallerton to the eastern trailhead at Kirby Knowle where it meets National Route 65.

Related NCN routes

The western section of the route is part of the popular coast to coast cycle route the Sea to Sea (C2C). Route 71 meets the following routes: * Route 72 at Whitehaven and Moor Row * Route 6 at Threlkeld * Route 7 at Little Blencow and Penrith * Route 68 at Appleby in Westmoorland * Route 70 at Tan Hill * Route 657 at

Upsall Upsall is a hamlet in and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately four miles north-east of Thirsk. Upsall is part of the Upsall and Roxby estates owned by the Turton family. The populat ...

* Route 65 at

References

External links

Route 71 on the Sustrans website
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