List of National Cycle Network routes


This is a list of routes on Sustrans's National Cycle Network 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

NumberRouteMajor incomplete sectionsNotesMap
DoverShetland, along the east coast, via London, Edinburgh, John o' Groats and OrkneyWhitby - Staithes
DoverSt Austell, along the south coast, when completed.DawlishTotnes; PlymouthSt Austell
BristolLand's EndIncorporating the West Country Way and the Cornish Way, via St. Austell, Bude, Barnstaple, Taunton and Wells
GreenwichFishguard, in West Wales, via Reading, Bath, Bristol, Newport, Caerphilly, Pontypridd, Swansea, Carmarthen, Tenby, Haverfordwest and St. Davids
ReadingHolyhead, via Birmingham, The Midlands and the North Wales coastWalsallStafford; diversions at Colwyn Bay.
WindsorLake District, via Milton Keynes, Leicester, Derby, Nottingham, Sheffield, Manchester, Preston and LancasterCastletonReddish, BlackburnPreston
SunderlandInverness via Carlisle and GlasgowEastern section of C2C. Incorporating the Clyde and Loch Lomond Cycleway
CardiffHolyhead, via Brecon, Builth Wells, Machynlleth, Porthmadog and Bangor, through the heart of Wales.Also known as Lôn Las Cymru
BelfastDublin, when completed, via Lisburn, Craigavon, Portadown and ScarvaSlieve GullionDublin

Three Digit Regional Routes

Zone 1

Zone 2

  • 207: Devon: South Brent – Dartington
  • 208: South London: Sutton CommonWimbledon
  • 212: - de-designated
  • 221: Basingstoke Canal
  • 222: Sussex Downs Link
  • 223: Guildford – Chertsey
  • 224: Farnham – Medstead
  • 231: Isle of Wight
  • 232: - de-designated
  • 235: Isle of Wight
  • 236: Portsmouth – Lyndhurst
  • 244: Two Tunnels Greenway, Bath
  • 246: Totton – Romsey – Andover – Stockbridge – Kintbury
  • 248: Honiton – Sidmouth
  • 250: North Dorset Trailway
  • 253: South Somerset Cycleway
  • 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
  • 275: North Devon coast
  • 276: North Devon coast
  • 277: North Devon coast
  • 278: Devon Coast-to-Coast Woolacombe braid

Zone 3

Zone 4

  • 403: North Wiltshire NCN4 braid
  • 410: Avon Cycleway
  • 413: Evesham – Cheltenham NCN45 cut-off
  • 416: Bristol – Yate
  • 423: Cwmbran – Monmouth – Ross
  • 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: Cotswold Line Cycle Route: Worcester – Evesham – Oxford
  • 446: Carmarthen – Llandysul
  • 447: Cardiganshire to Newcastle Emlyn
  • 448: Crymych – Cardigan
  • 451: Nantwich – Crewe – Sandbach
  • 455: Oswestry – Ellesmere – Whitchurch
  • 461: Slough / Eton Dorney
  • 465: Pontypool – Hafodyrynys ; Cwm – Beaufort
  • 466: Valleys
  • 467: Valleys
  • 468: Pengam – Abertysswyg Rhymney – Bute Town
  • 469: Bargoed –
  • 475: Caerphilly – Senghenydd
  • 476: Trelewis – Taff Bargoed
  • 477: Edwardsville – Merthyr Tydfil
  • 478: Abercynon – Llwydcoed
  • 481: Salisbury Plain NCN45 braid
  • 482: 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 and Coventry link
  • 526: North Warwickshire Cycleway
  • 533: Birmingham & Fazeley Canal
  • 534: Sutton Coldfield Connect2Sutton Park to Castle Vale
  • 535: Birmingham – Sutton Coldfield
  • 536: Banbury – Towcester – Northampton – Thrapston
  • 539: Northampton Norbital
  • 544: Didcot – Wantage
  • 547: south-east Peak District
  • 548: Hartington – High Peak Trail
  • 549: Etwall – Uttoxeter – Maniford Trail
  • 550: Caldon Canal towpath
  • 551: Newcastle-under-Lyme – Silverdale
  • 552: NewportMarket Drayton
  • 554: Lichfield – Hednesford link
  • 555: Stoke – Kidsgrove via Trent & Mersey Canal towpath
  • 558: South Manchester
  • 559: 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
  • 573: Congleton – Northwich
  • 574: Sewell - Berkhamsted - Chesham
  • 576: Rickmansworth – Chesham – Wendover
  • 577: Witney – Carterton – Cricklade
  • 585: former RR55 Redditch – Birmingham, and canal towpath to city centre

Zone 6

  • 622: Preston Guild Wheel
  • 627: Sheffield – Penistone – Kirkburton
  • 633: Worthington – Ashby – Moira
  • 636: Harrogate – Knaresborough, also known as the Beryl Burton cycleway
  • 645: Sherwood Forest – Southwell
  • 646: Carlton-le-Moorland, Lincolnshire
  • 647: Lincoln – Worksop
  • 648: Bakewell – Sherwood Forest
  • 656: Coxwold – Osmotherly. The High Level Option of the White Rose route.
  • 657: EasingwoldUpsall. Thirsk area loop
  • 658: York northern city route
  • 665: Wetherby – Tadcaster – York
  • 668: north Leeds
  • 672: Derby – Ilkeston greenway
  • 674: Bluebell Way: Thurcroft – Woodsetts, link to Doncaster and Worksop
  • 677: north Leeds
  • 680: Monsall Trail
  • 688: Winterburn – Linton-on-Ouse. Way of the Roses central section
  • 689: Huddersfield – Meltham
  • 696: Airedale Greenway: Leeds and Liverpool Canal towpath Keighley – Shipley
  • 697: Linesway Greenway: Castleford – Garforth
  • 699: Huddersfield Narrow Canal east, and east from Dewsbury

Zone 7

Zone 8

  • 810: Liverpool – Ainsdale
  • 811: Valleys – Porth-Pontypridd
  • 818: Llangurig NCN81 high level braid
  • 819: Rhayader-Strata Florida southern braid
  • 820: Llanwrtyd Wells – Strata Florida/NCN81
  • 822: Aberaeron – Lampeter
  • 825: Radnor Ring
  • 862: Gellings Greenway: Kirkby – Knowsley
  • 881: Valleys
  • 882: Valleys
  • 883: Valleys
  • 884: Valleys
  • 885: BridgendMaestegAfan Forest Park
  • 887: Port TalbotPontrhydyfenAfan Forest Park