National Cycle Route 20 is part of the

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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 ...

and follows the

Wandle Trail The Wandle Trail is a walking and cycling trail that follows the River Wandle from Croydon to Wandsworth in south-west London Background The Wandle Trail was established by the Wandle Group in association with the Wandle Industrial Museum in ...

in London. It is the

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Brighton Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...

cycle route which starts alongside the

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heading south along a mixture of roads and cycle paths to the southern side of the M25, here it combines with

National Cycle Route 21 National Cycle Route 21 (or NCR 21) is part of the United Kingdom's National Cycle Network. It runs from Greenwich in South-East London south to Crawley, then east to Groombridge and south to Eastbourne, with a short final loop northwards again ...

as far as

Crawley Crawley () is a large town and borough in West Sussex, England. It is south of London, north of Brighton and Hove, and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Crawley covers an area of and had a population of 106,597 at the time of th ...

. In July 2020, the route between Crawley and

Pyecombe Pyecombe is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. The name 'Pyecombe' may derive from the Saxons, Saxon "pic" meaning point or pike, in which case it may mean "valley marked by a projecting hill". Pyeco ...

was removed from that national cycle network due to being of insufficient quality, as a result a small section remains in Crawley after Route 21 heads off East. The old route here still exists physically and is mostly made up of a dedicated cycle path beside the A23 dual carriageway, however parts use the B2118 and B2114 which can have fast moving traffic. At Pyecombe the official route returns using a cycle path beside the A23, once south of the A27 Brighton bypass the route mostly uses on road cycle lanes on the A23 all the way to the seafront where it meets

National Cycle Route 2 When complete, the route will be long. Route The route has several sections. # Dover to Hastings. The route follows the Chalk and Channel Way along the cliff tops to Folkestone and crosses Romney Marsh to Lydd. From Rye it follows the coast ...

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at Brighton, the end of the route. *

National Cycle Route 4 Between these, the route runs through Reading, Bath, Bristol, Newport, Swansea and St David's. Within Wales, sections of the route follow branches of the Celtic Trail cycle route. Route The total length of the path is 443.6 miles and takes ...

at Wandsworth, the start of the route. *

at Redhill and at Crawley. *

National Cycle Route 22 National Cycle Route 22 (NCR22) runs from Banstead to Brockenhurst in the New Forest via Dorking, Guildford, Farnham, Petersfield, Havant, Portsmouth, Ryde, Yarmouth and Lymington. Due to the route going over the Isle of Wight, ferry connections ...

at Banstead.

References

{{coord missing, West Sussex Transport in West Sussex Transport in East Sussex National Cycle Routes