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
Dover – Shetland, along the east coast, via London, Edinburgh, John o' Groats and OrkneyWhitby - Staithes
Dover – St Austell, along the south coast, when completed.Dawlish – Totnes; Plymouth – St Austell
Bristol – Land's EndIncorporating the West Country Way and the Cornish Way, via St. Austell, Bude, Barnstaple, Taunton and Wells
Greenwich – Fishguard, in West Wales, via Reading, Bath, Bristol, Newport, Caerphilly, Pontypridd, Swansea, Carmarthen, Tenby, Haverfordwest and St. Davids
Reading – Holyhead, via Birmingham, The Midlands and the North Wales coastWalsall – Stafford; diversions at Colwyn Bay.
Windsor – Lake District, via Milton Keynes, Leicester, Derby, Nottingham, Sheffield, Manchester, Preston and LancasterCastleton – Reddish, Blackburn – Preston
Sunderland – Inverness via Carlisle and GlasgowEastern section of C2C. Incorporating the Clyde and Loch Lomond Cycleway
Cardiff – Holyhead, via Brecon, Builth Wells, Machynlleth, Porthmadog and Bangor, through the heart of Wales.Also known as Lôn Las Cymru
Belfast – Dublin, when completed, via Lisburn, Craigavon, Portadown and ScarvaSlieve Gullion – Dublin

Three Digit Regional Routes

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  • 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

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