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

Number Route Major incomplete sections Notes Map
 1  Dover – Shetland, along the east coast, via London, Edinburgh, John o' Groats and Orkney Whitby - Staithes Map
 2  Dover – St Austell, along the south coast, when completed. Dawlish – Totnes; Plymouth – St Austell OSM
 3  Bristol – Land's End Incorporating the West Country Way and the Cornish Way, via St. Austell, Bude, Barnstaple, Taunton and Wells OSM
 4  Greenwich – Fishguard, in West Wales, via Reading, Bath, Bristol, Newport, Caerphilly, Pontypridd, Swansea, Carmarthen, Tenby, Haverfordwest and St. Davids Map
 5  Reading – Holyhead, via Birmingham, The Midlands and the North Wales coast Walsall – Stafford; diversions at Colwyn Bay. Map
 6  Windsor – Lake District, via Milton Keynes, Leicester, Derby, Nottingham, Sheffield, Manchester, Preston and Lancaster Castleton – Reddish, Blackburn – Preston OSM
 7  Sunderland – Inverness via Carlisle and Glasgow Eastern section of C2C. Incorporating the Clyde and Loch Lomond Cycleway OSM
 8  Cardiff – Holyhead, via Brecon, Builth Wells, Machynlleth, Porthmadog and Bangor, through the heart of Wales. Also known as Lôn Las Cymru OSM
 9  Belfast – Dublin, when completed, via Lisburn, Craigavon, Portadown and Scarva Slieve Gullion – Dublin Map

Double Digit National Routes

Number Route Major incomplete sections Notes Map
 10  Cockermouth – North Shields, via Carlisle, Kielder Forest, and Bellingham Forms the majority of the Reivers Cycle Route OSM
 11  Harlow – Wiggenhall St Germans (south of King's Lynn), via Cambridge and Ely Harlow – Stanstead Mountfitchet; Waterbeach – Wicken; link to Saffron Walden; Shadoxhurst (joins Route 18) to Lydd (joins Route 2) OSM
 12  Enfield – Spalding, via Potters Bar, Hatfield, Stevenage, St Neots, Peterborough Enfield Lock – Hadley Wood; intermittent sections Stotfold – Sandy Also known as the Great North Way OSM
 13  Tower Bridge – Barking – Grays – Chelmsford – Colchester – Bury St Edmunds – Thetford – Fakenham Sections around Grays Joins route 1 between Chelmsford and Colchester OSM
 14  Darlington – Stockton-on-Tees – Hartlepool – Durham – Consett – South Shields Also known as the Three Rivers Cycle Route OSM
 15  (Nottingham – Grantham – Sleaford) Connect route 6 in Belton, near Shepshed Leicestershire with route 1 in Lincolnshire near Coningsb OSM
 16  (Basildon – Shoeburyness) OSM
 17  Rochester – ( spur to Maidstone) – Ashford (proposed) to Newchurch, Kent joining Route 2 OSM
 18  Canterbury – Ashford – Tenterden – Tunbridge Wells OSM
 20  Wandsworth – Redhill – Crawley – Brighton Joins route 21 between Redhill and Crawley OSM
 21  Greenwich – Lewisham – Crawley – East Grinstead – Heathfield – Eastbourne Several sections are not suitable for road bikes. OSM
 22  Banstead – Dorking – Guildford – Farnham – Petersfield – Havant – Portsmouth – (by ferry to Isle of Wight) – Ryde – Yarmouth – (by ferry to New Forest) – Lymington – Brockenhurst ferry connections are required from Portsmouth to Ryde, and again from Yarmouth to Lymington OSM
 23  Reading – Basingstoke – Winchester – Eastleigh – Southampton – Cowes – Sandown OSM
 24  Bath – Radstock – Frome – Longleat – Warminster – Salisbury – Romsey – Eastleigh Also known as the Colliers Way OSM
 25  Longleat – Gillingham – Blandford Forum – Poole – Bournemouth OSM
 26  Portishead – Clevedon – Cheddar – Wells – Glastonbury – Yeovil – Dorchester – Weymouth – Portland Bill Portishead – Clevedon
Cheddar – Glastonbury		 Also known as The Strawberry Line OSM
 27  Ilfracombe – Barnstaple – Okehampton – Tavistock – Plymouth Also known as the Devon Coast to Coast cycle route OSM
 28  Okehampton – Bovey Tracey – Newton Abbot – Totnes – Salcombe – Yealmpton – Plymouth Okehampton – Bovey Tracey
Newton Abbot – Tontes
Yealmpton – Plymouth		 OSM
 32  Bodmin – Padstow – Newquay – Truro Part of the Cornish Way cycle route OSM
 33  Bristol – Nailsea – Weston-super-Mare – Bridgwater – Taunton – Ilminster – Chard – Axminster – Seaton Nailsea – Weston-super-Mare Also known as the Wessex Cycleway OSM
 34  Exeter St Davids – Exeter – Bridge Road Joins route 2 at Bridge Road Map
 41  Bristol – Gloucester – Cheltenham – Tewkesbury – Evesham – Stratford-upon-Avon – Royal Leamington Spa – Rugby Cheltenham – Tewkesbury
Evesham – Stratford-upon-Avon		 OSM
 42  Gloucester – Cinderford – Parkend – Chepstow – Abergavenny – Hay-on-Wye – Glasbury Gloucester – Cinderford
Parkend – Chepstow		 OSM
 43  Swansea – Caehopkin – Llanwrtyd Wells – Builth Wells Caehopkin – Llanwrtyd Wells OSM
 44  Shrewsbury – Bishop's Castle – Bromfield – Ludlow – Hereford – Cinderford Ludlow – Cinderford OSM
 45  Chester – Shrewsbury – Kidderminster – Worcester – Gloucester – Swindon – Salisbury OSM
 46  Bromsgrove – Droitwich – Worcester – Hereford – Abergavenny – Merthyr Tydfil – Neath Worcester – Hereford OSM
 47  Newport – Neath – Swansea – Llanelli – Carmarthen – Fishguard Neath – Llanelli OSM
 48  Lincoln – Leicester – Cirencester – Bath – Exeter Cirencester – Exeter OSM
 49  Abergavenny – Pontypool – Cwmbran – Newport OSM
 50  (Maidenhead – Winslow) OSM
 51  Colchester – Harwich – Ipswich- Felixstowe – Cambridge – Bedford – Milton Keynes – Oxford OSM
 52  (Stratford-upon-Avon – Loughborough) OSM
 53  (Peterborough – Lichfield) OSM
 54  (Stourport-on-Severn – Kidderminster – Dudley) – Lichfield – Derby OSM
 55  (Ironbridge – Preston) OSM
 56  Chester – Liverpool, via Wallasey OSM
 57  Northleach – Witney (-) Oxford – Thame – Princes Risborough – Chesham (–) Hemel Hempstead – Harpenden (– Welwyn Garden City) OSM
 60  Manchester – Prestwich Cheetham Hill – Prestwich OSM
 61  Maidenhead – Uxbridge – Rickmansworth – Hatfield – Ware OSM
 62  Fleetwood – Blackpool – Preston – Southport – Liverpool – Warrington – Manchester – Doncaster – Selby Hutton – Southport The Trans Pennine Trail OSM
 63  Burton upon Trent – Leicester – Oakham (–) Peterborough – Wisbech OSM
 64  Market Harborough – Melton Mowbray (–) Collingham – Lincoln OSM
 65  Hornsea – Hull – Selby – York – Middlesbrough Also known as the White Rose cycle route OSM
 66  Spurn Head – Hull – Beverley – York – Leeds – Bradford – Hebden Bridge – Rochdale – Manchester Spurn – Hull; Tadcaster – Branham; Mirfield – Brighouse; Castleton – Failsworth OSM
 67  Long Eaton – Heanor – Chesterfield – Leeds –Northallerton Includes the Nidderdale Greenway and Trans Pennine Trail OSM
 68  Derby – Buxton – New Mills - Holmfirth – Settle – Appleby – Haltwhistle – Berwick-upon-Tweed The Pennine Cycleway running up the spine of England OSM
 69  Morecambe – Settle – Skipton – Cullingworth – Huddersfield – Horbury – Pontefract – Althorpe – Caistor – Grimsby Other than the long section forming a part of the Way of the Roses, Route 69 comprises a number of discontinuous, short traffic free sections throughout Yorkshire Is western end of the Way of the Roses OSM
 70  Barrow-in-Furness – Kendal – Kirkby Stephen – Barnard Castle – Durham – Sunderland W2W, Walney 2 Wear Map
 71  Northallerton – Appleby – Penrith – Whitehaven and Workington Western end of C2C OSM
 72  Kendal – Barrow-in-Furness – Whitehaven – Silloth – Carlisle – Tynemouth Kendal – Ravenglass Includes Hadrian's Cycleway OSM
 73  Newton Stewart – Stranraer and Lochranza – Kilmarnock OSM
 74  Gretna – Douglas (– Lesmahagow –) Larkhall – Hamilton – Uddingston OSM
 75  Portavadie – Dunoon – Gourock – Glasgow – Edinburgh – Leith OSM
 76  Berwick-upon-Tweed – Edinburgh – Stirling – Kirkcaldy - St Andrews Kirkcaldy - St Andrews The Round the Forth Route OSM
 77  Dundee – Pitlochry, via Perth OSM
 78  Campbeltown – Inverness Great Glens Cycle Route OSM
 81  Aberystwyth – Shrewsbury – Telford – Wolverhampton – Smethwick Known as Lon Cambria OSM
 82  Bangor – Capel Curig - Porthmadog – Dolgellau – Machynlleth (–) Ystrad Meurig – Fishguard OSM
 84  Rhyl – St Asaph (- Llangollen – Oswestry) OSM
 85  Chester – Wrexham - Trevor – Llangollen (- Corwen – Bala – Dolgellau) OSM
 88  Caerleon – Newport – Cardiff( – Bridgend) Map
 91  Armagh; Enniskillen Almost entirely scrapped on safety grounds in 2020; just a couple of short sections at Armagh & Enniskillen remain. Map
 92  Derry; Strabane Most of this route was scrapped in 2020 on safety grounds - 21km remains at Derry and a short cross-border stretch between Lifford and Strabane Map
 93  Bangor & Belfast – Newtownabbey & Larne - Ballycastle - Coleraine - Limavady - Derry Most of this coastal route was de-designated on safety grounds in 2020; other than sections along Belfast Lough shore, only a few vestigial segments remain. Map
 94  Formerly a circuit of Lough Neagh; now just Antrim - Randalstown; Lagan Towpath near

Aghagallon

 Most of this route was de-designated on safety grounds in 2020, just 15km remains. Map
 95  All of this route was de-designated on safety grounds in 2020. Map
 96  Ballymoney; Coleraine Most of this route was de-designated on safety grounds in 2020, less than 8 km remain Map
 97  Ballymena Most of this route was de-designated on safety grounds in 2020, less than 2km remains, at the 'ECOS Centre' in Ballymena Map
 99  Belfast – Comber; Newcastle Most of this route was de-designated on safety grounds in 2020, only remaining sections are the 'Comber Greenway' and a small section in Newcastle. Map

Three Digit Regional Routes

Zone 1

Zone 2

  • 207: Devon: South Brent – Dartington
  • 208: South London: Raynes Park – Morden
  • 212: (Beddington Park, Sutton – South Norwood Country Park, Croydon)
  • 221: Basingstoke Canal
  • 222: Sussex Downs Link
  • 223: Guildford – Chertsey
  • 224: Farnham – Medstead
  • 231: Isle of Wight
  • 232: (Mitcham Common, Merton – Lloyd Park, Croydon)
  • 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 (RR41)
  • 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 (Peter Tavy to Clearbrook)
  • 275: North Devon coast (former RR)
  • 276: North Devon coast (former RR)
  • 277: North Devon coast (former RR)
  • 278: Devon Coast-to-Coast Woolacombe braid

Zone 3

  • 305: Bugle, Cornwall
  • 326: NCN3 inland braid to Truro
  • 327: Launceston to Tavistock
  • 334: south from Bristol
  • 338: north from Taunton
  • 339: Bridgwater – Langport – Ilminster
  • 341: Exeter – Crediton
  • 344: NCN3 alternate braid to Bampton

Zone 4

  • 403: North Wiltshire NCN4 braid
  • 410: Avon Cycleway (Bristol Ring)
  • 413: Evesham – Cheltenham NCN45 cut-off
  • 416: Bristol – Yate
  • 423: Cwmbran – Monmouth – Ross (former RR30 and Peregrine Path)
  • 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 (former RR31)
  • 461: Slough / Eton Dorney
  • 465: Pontypool – Hafodyrynys (- Crumlin); (Aberbeeg -) Cwm – Beaufort
  • 466: Valleys
  • 467: Valleys
  • 468: (Trethomas -) Pengam – Abertysswyg (-) Rhymney – Bute Town
  • 469: Bargoed – (Fochriw – Rhymney)
  • 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 (W) and Coventry link
  • 526: North Warwickshire Cycleway (E)
  • 533: Birmingham & Fazeley Canal
  • 534: Sutton Coldfield Connect2 – Sutton Park to Castle Vale
  • 535: Birmingham – Sutton Coldfield
  • 536: Banbury – Towcester – Northampton – Thrapston
  • 539: Northampton Norbital
  • 544: Didcot – Wantage (former Regional Route 44)
  • 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: Newport – Market Drayton (former RR75)
  • 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 (former Regional Route 89)
  • 573: Congleton – Northwich (former Regional Route 73)
  • 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 (circular route)
  • 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: Easingwold – Upsall. 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 (Roundhay Park)
  • 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 (former Regional Route 81) (out-of-zone number)
  • 811: Valleys – Porth-Pontypridd (Rhondda Fach)
  • 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 (Liverpool)
  • 881: Valleys (Rhondda Valley / Pontypridd – Maerdy)
  • 882: Valleys (Rhondda Valley / Treorchy)
  • 883: Valleys (Ogmore Valley)
  • 884: Valleys (Garw Valley)
  • 885: Bridgend – Maesteg – Afan Forest Park
  • 887: Port Talbot – Pontrhydyfen – Afan Forest Park

See also

  • The National Byway: A non-Sustrans route, South West Scotland to South West England, 7,200 km (4,500 mi) in total.

References

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