Cycling in the United Kingdom/National Routes

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An international cycling map created from OSM data is available, provided by Andy Allan. The map rendering is still being improved, the data are updated every few days. It shows National Cycle Network cycle routes, other regional and local routes, and other cycling-specific features, such as:
  • dedicated cycle tracks and lanes
  • contours and hill colouring
  • bicycle parking
  • bike shops, toilets, drinking fountains, even pubs!
  • proposed bike routes (or numbering protocols), contrasted with the Lonvia map, below, which does not show proposed routes, but actual routes only

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1x: Eastern

Route Description Complete Route relation(s) Notes
NR1 Dover - Colchester 96% Superroute relation 1992599 Old notes moved to NR1 Ddixon 20:58, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Splitting into separate spans to fit within API 0.6's limit upon relation members. --Gregoryw 00:27, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Linked to Superroute instead. For "EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route" see relation 9476239 SomeoneElse (talk) 10:53, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

NR10 Reivers Cycle Route 15% relation 187014 Significant length around Bellingham done - currently tagged as RR10 but will become NR10.
NR11 Harlow - Cambridge - Ely - King's Lynn 60% relation 62824 Complete north of Ely. Much of Sawston-Cambridge-Ely also done (route incomplete awaiting new bridge over Cam!). --Richard 09:40, 26 October 2007 (BST)
NR12 (Grimsby - ) Spalding - Peterborough - Huntingdon - St. Neots - Sandy, Bedfordshire - Biddleswade - Letchworth Garden City - Stevenage - Welwyn Garden City - Hatfield - Hadley Wood 30% relation 32019 Tagged existing roads between Stevenage and Ayot Greenway (National 57) Gregoryw 18:35, 27 May 2007 (BST)

Surveyed / amended both routes through / round Letchworth Garden City --Gregoryw 17:27, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Cycled from Norman Cross, through Peterborough to Crowland. --Gregoryw 12:16, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Cycled Peterborough to Sandy. --Gregoryw 11:22, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Cycled Letchworth Garden City to Henlow. --Gregoryw 15:35, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

I saw the start of another portion of this route in Beelsby, near Grimsby, when I cycled my Three Corners ride last summer. I've mapped a small stub where it connects with NCR1. --Gregoryw 21:46, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

NR13 East Anglia ? relation 10582055 Small section North of Stanford-le-Hope on the map.

Mapped from Tower Bridge to Barking Creek. This section is not waymarked at all, except the last section, although it is shown as completed on the Sustrans GIS. Ollie 23:00, 8 November 2007 (UTC) Existing relation updated. Does NR13 really use the A13 trunk road? Ddixon 19:21, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Now linked to NCR1 on its northern end. --Gregoryw 07:35, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

NR14 South Shields - Gateshead - Consett - Durham - Hartlepool - Stockton ~90% relation 37391(Main route) relation 270495(Consett on-road braid) South Shields to Gateshead needs mapping; Gateshead to Hartlepool to Billingham looks near-complete; Billingham to Stockton needs mapping. --Ddixon 18:53, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
NR141 Keelman's Way: Wylam - NR14 at River Derwent ~50% relation 2295644 Relatively new NCN route, officially linking Wylam to the NCN14 along the existing Keelman's Way path. As of August 2012 only two signs exist on the ground so difficult to map fully. -- GrahamS 13:44, 18 August 2012 (BST)
NR15 East Midlands ? relation 913519 Castle Donnington to Grantham - only sections near Trent Bridge in relation, other bits to Grantham mapped
NR16 East Anglia ? relation 151858 Bishops Stortford to Braintree on the map.
NR17 Rochester - Maidstone - (Ashford - Hythe) (Proposed) 100% relation 21895 Cycled the route northbound on 28-Jul-2007, but needs checking in the reverse direction. Gregoryw 19:17, 31 July 2007 (BST)

Completed one-way portion in Rochester. --Gregoryw 13:02, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

NCN125 Dartford: River Thames to Brooklands Lake along the River Darent 100% Relation 3671295
NR172 Aldergate Bridge - Rye (Beside Royal Military Canal) 100% Proposed: relation 2598011 Proposed route on existing highways mapped. --Gregoryw 09:41, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
NR174 Sittingbourne - Isle of Sheppey ? relation 1846130 Link over to the Isle of Sheppey mapped. --Gregoryw 15:19, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
NR177 Ebbsfleet - Rochester (Following old A2) ? Proposed: relation 285321 Proposed route on existing cycleway mapped. --Gregoryw 15:19, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
NR178 Maidstone - Tonbridge (Following the river Medway) ? Proposed: relation 2648716 Proposed route on existing paths mapped. --Gregoryw 18:26, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
NR18 Royal Tunbridge Wells - Ashford - Canterbury 100% In place: relation 21897
Proposed: relation 2648756		 Mapped and tagged from Canterbury to Chartham. I also note that TimSC has recently mapped and tagged the section from Chartham to Ashford. Gregoryw 18:42, 27 May 2007 (BST)

Extended to Tenterden. Gregoryw 02:11, 19 June 2007 (BST)

Appears to have been completed up to Royal Tunbridge Wells by somebody else. Gregoryw 03 Aug 2007

Re: Ashford to Tunbridge Wells, I got the route from paths and routes in NPE. I was planning cycle it to get better accuracy but I never got around to it (for various reasons.) --TimSC 17:21, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

I obtained tracks for the Ashford to Tenderden section in the summer, so the only section without tracks is from Tenderden to Royal Tunbridge Wells. I plan to cycle the route in the next few months to get the tracks. --Gregoryw 12:16, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

NR183 Faversham - Canterbury (via Church Wood) 100% Proposed: relation 2596739 Proposed route on existing highways mapped. --Gregoryw 17:20, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

2x: Southern England

Route Description Complete Route relation(s) Notes
NR2 Dover-Brighton-Southampton-Bournemouth-Bodmin 13% relation 1950688 I may cycle the Brighton - Southampton portion prior to the IoW workshop Mikel.
I have cycled the Hove to Shoreham portion, and uploaded TimSmall.

Cycled Brighton to Folkestone on 25-Aug-2007. GPS battery then ran out, so couldn't complete to Dover :-( Gregoryw 27-Aug-2007.

Cycled Folkestone to Dover on 13-Oct-2007. Gregoryw 15-Oct-2007.

Cycled Brighton to Worthing on 20-Oct-2007. Gregoryw 22-Oct-2007.

Cycled Chichester to Hayling Island on 03-Nov-2007. --Gregoryw 18:00, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

NR20 Crawley - Brighton 100% relation 12179 A section immediately North of Brighton has recently appeared on the map, but I'm unsure who added it. Gregoryw 18:23, 24 August 2007 (BST).

I've mapped the remaining parts today, except for within Crawley where signage is totally absent, and within Brighton, where the route is very difficult to follow (like all the looney cycle lanes in Brighton!) Daveemtb 20:41, 3 May 2008 (UTC) (UTC)

NR21 London - Redhill - Crawley - East Grinstead - Eridge - Heathfield - Polegate - Eastbourne 95% relation 21909 Heathfield-Polegate section (Cuckoo trail) completed 80n 17:25, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Crawley (three bridges) to Eridge section completed 80n 09:42, 7 April 2007 (BST)

Cycled route from Greenwich through to Eastbourne last Saturday. I had a little dropout near Mayfield and haven't yet pursued the route Eastward in Eastbourne. Almost finishing mapping and tagging the data I've collected. Gregoryw 16:29, 13 June 2007 (BST)

Route relation appears to have been deleted? Dobbyj 22:50, 8 September 2010 (BST)

Restored the route relation. --Gregoryw 08:00, 9 September 2010 (BST)

NR22 Wandsworth - Guildford - Isle of Wight ? relation 67578 Farnham to Guildford done, Wandsworth to Carshalton mostly done, but full route not constructed as of 11 March 2008, signed as NR24 through Carshalton, dropping out altogether as it nears Surrey.

Extended slightly between Epsom and Western edge of Dorking due to new signing on the ground. --Gregoryw 11:14, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Have also inserted proposed route through the borough of Reigate and Banstead (ie the section through Banstead) BlueSpecs 10:59, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

NR221 Farnborough - Woking - West Byfleet ? relation 160842
NR222 Guildford - Bramber 100% relation 16377 Formerly Surrey / West Sussex RR79.

Tagged existing section to near Horsham. Gregoryw 18:38, 27 May 2007 (BST) Unable to cycle a small section due to a closed bridge (Therefore I couldn't upload tracks for this part.). The data for this section was already mapped, though. Cycled to Northern extent. Gregoryw 22-Oct-2007

NR223 Chertsey - Guildford ? relation 18272
NR23 Reading - Basingstoke - Winchester (-Southampton) - Isle of Wight 95% relation 192009 Mapped to New Alresford. --Richard 10:55, 28 August 2007 (BST)

Isle of Wight Section now complete except for short sections within Newport - done from combination of aerial views and experience. --CunningPlan 22:18, 1 April 2008 (BST)

The branch to Alton is partially done, but unfortunately the signs are unclear on the last section. The Ox Drove Way optional element is also missing --Ndm 11:52, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Relation created. Ddixon 20:06, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Cycled newly-signed section from Alresford to Easton Lane (just outside Winchester), updated map accordingly. Monxton 11:21, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Cycled from Otterbourne to Southampton, updated map. Still incomplete/unsigned in Swaythling from Wide Lane to Riverside Park. Monxton 02:12, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Cycled the IoW section, now signed through Newport. Monxton 11:45, 9 May 2012 (BST)

NR236 Southampton to Lyndhurst ? relation 2296656 TBD Monxton 12:51, 9 May 2012 (BST)
NR24 Bath - Frome - Salisbury - Southampton? 85% relation 192467 Bath - Frome looks mostly mapped. Salisbury city centre mostly done (route not complete). A couple of sections just North of Southampton are also on the map.

Relation created. Ddixon 20:24, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Cycled from Mottisfont to Sutton Veney end of June 2010, mapped additional signed sections. Still incomplete around Wilton, also at Petersfinger (E. of Salisbury). --Monxton 11:31, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Cycled E. of Longleat. Short section through and E. of Warminster still needs mapping. --Corshamjim 10:36, 20 October 2010 (BST)

NR246 Kintbury (NR4) to Southampton ? relation 1020946
relation proposed		 Signed through Andover. Currently being developed from Stockbridge to Romsey. Monxton 12:35, 9 May 2012 (BST)
NR25 Longleat - Poole - Bournemouth? ? relation 165979 Poole to Merley is on the map. Also a section in Bournemouth. Sections near Shillingstone and Gillingham.
NR254 Wiltshire Cycleway 100% relation 138421 Formerly RR20. I believe now complete. Cycled remaining section near Wootton Bassett today. --Corshamjim 15:04, 23 October 2010 (BST)
NR255 Corsham-Calne 100% relation 1114052 Cycled 7/8/2010 Will need to rename/re-tag in OSM when/if properly signposted NCN255 (currently named "Wiltshire Cycleway, Pewsey Vale"). Still not signed yet. --Corshamjim 12:39, 2 September 2010 (BST)
NR26 Clevedon - Wells - Yeovil - Dorchester ? relation 76755 Clevedon area to Cheddar on the map.

Cycled Cattistock to East Coker. --Gregoryw 14:03, 27 May 2008 (UTC) Converted Clevedon to Cheddar to Relation UniEagle 21:42, 11 February 2009 (UTC) Added remainer of current route (through Sherbourne) to the existing relation. UniEagle 13:16, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

NR27 Devon Coast-to-Coast: Ilfracombe - Okehampton - Tavistock - Plymouth 80% relation 101440 Cycled Okehampton - Hatherleigh whilst on holiday on 16 Aug 07, adding and tagging roads, paths. Trace uploaded with tag NCR27 Thomas Wood 12:55, 25 August 2007 (BST) Converted Barnstaple to Ilfracombe to relation.. and Okehampton to Plymouth, still gaps and quiet confusing around Tavistock.
NR270 Tavistock 100% relation 2858832 Tavistock braid of NCN27; likely to be extended alongside railway line when it's reopened.
NR274 Devon Coast-to-Coast eastern braid 100% relation 2858779 Formerly part of NCN27.
NR28 South Devon ? relation 2913887

3x: South-West England

Route Description Complete Route relation(s) Notes
NR3 Cornish Way/West Country Way: Land's End - Bristol 100% relation 72568 Complete. (Relation may need checking west of Bodmin.)
NR32 Bodmin - Wadebridge - Padstow - St. Columb Major - Newquay - Truro 100% relation 167055 Cycled entire route as part of my Three Corners trip. --Gregoryw 08:23, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
NR33 relation 76059 Small section near Flax Bourton on the map. Created a relation for the stretch from Chard to Bridgwater, and for part of route between Weston Super Mare and Flax Bourton remainder to be done. UniEagle 20:21, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

4x: South Wales, Marches, Cotswolds

Route Description Complete Route relation(s) Notes
NR4 Celtic Trail/Severn & Thames: Fishguard - Bristol - Reading - London 99% relation 1318930 west of Pontypridd

relation 1318928 Pontypridd-Newbury

relation 1318929 Newbury-London

relation 2531380 Weybridge/Chertsey braid

relation 1318931 Super-relation

The trail east of Blackmill has been rerouted away from the A4093 since the original survey and needs redoing.
NR403 Semington-Great Bedwyn 100% relation 224326 Formerly northern braid of NR4 via Avebury/Calne/Chippenham. Complete, but could add detail on how to negotiate Bath Road roundabout in Chippenham off-road. Need to confirm whether diverted section is ever likely to be reinstated. --Corshamjim 19:19, 21 August 2010 (BST)
NR41 Bristol - Gloucester - Cheltenham - Evesham - Honeybourne - Stratford - Warwick - Rugby 65% relation 52310 Complete Bristol-Cheltenham, Beckford-Evesham, and Stratford-Rugby (with two small gaps in Stratford and Warwick). Cheltenham-Stratford section largely not open yet. --Richard
NR42 Glasbury/Hay-on-Wye - Abergavenny - Chepstow (- Gloucester? ) 50% relation 33951 Done around Hay-on-Wye; down the valley past Capel-y-Ffin; Abergavenny-Chepstow. Continuation not yet open. Recently rerouted in Chepstow, needs some work. --Richard
NR43 Swansea - Builth Wells relation 115694 Short section at Swansea is showing on the map.

Added a little more on a recent visit to Wales. Created relation. --Gregoryw 12:36, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

NR44 (Cinderford) - (Hereford) - Leominster - Craven Arms - Shrewsbury relation 232052 (extant) / relation 223629 (proposed) Mapped from Leominster to Shrewsbury (some parts not signposted as NCN 44 but shared with the National Byway). --Richard

Connect2 section south of Hereford marked.

NR442 Worcester - Evesham - (Moreton-in-Marsh) - (Charlbury) - (Oxford) 100% relation 1970073 (extant) / relation 65903 (proposed) Complete. --Richard
NR45 Ancient Stones Cycle Route / Mercian Way: Salisbury - Stonehenge - Swindon - Gloucester - Worcester - Severn valley - Whitchurch - Chester 75% relation 22602
  • Salisbury-Amesbury: mapped.
  • Amesbury-Honeystreet: largely unmapped (much not open).
  • Honeystreet-Swindon-Gloucester-Lower Lode: mapped.
  • Lower Lode-Kinnersley (south of Worcester): route not open.
  • Kinnersley-Worcester-Droitwich-Hartlebury: mapped.
  • Hartlebury-Stourport: route not open; proposed route mapped.
  • Stourport-Bridgnorth-Ironbridge-Shrewsbury-Chester: mapped.
NR451 Crewe-Nantwich greenway relation 2996849
NR46 Heads of the Valleys - Abergavenny - Hereford - (Malvern) - Worcester - Droitwich 30% Proposed: relation 18775; In place: relation 173236 Done Brynmawr-Abergavenny-Hereford; and Worcester-Droitwich. --Richard

Malvern --srbrook 24 April 2010

Glynneath-Clyne and proposed route to Tonna --Richengland August 2010

NR47 Celtic Trail (High-Level Route) 99% relation 22696 Mapped Fishguard-Carmarthen. --Richard

Much of Carmarthen-Llanelli done (missing section from Llanarthney to Tumble). Very little mapped east of Llanelli.

I'm planning to complete the mapping of NCR47 at Easter time, instead of using NCR4 for this portion as I previously announced (Now that Richard has essentially completed NCR4. --Gregoryw 11:04, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Mapped Aberdulais to Briton Ferry --Farrpau 14:14, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Cycled the whole route over Easter. The only portions that I wasn't able to cover were:

  • Ynysddu to Cwmfelinfach. Path closed due to a landslide. Mapped the signed diversion and marked route relation members with role diversion.
  • Around Newport University area of construction. Path closed here. I've mapped the logical diversion and marked as such in the route relation, though this isn't a signed diversion on the ground.

--Gregoryw 10:01, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

NR48 Fosse 2 15% relation 1566504 - signed sections (East Midlands)
relation 1086463 - proposed sections		 Mapped Northleach-Cirencester; Moreton in Marsh-Shipston on Stour-Southam; Wreake Valley/north Leicestershire. --Richard
NR482 Chiseldon-Marlborough Railway Path 100% Complete. Although the signage is a bit schizophrenic. --Richard
NR49 roughly along Mon & Brec Canal? 10% relation 2561761 Mapped Newport-Goytre Wharf. --Richard
NR492 Cwmbran-Blaenavon-NR46 50% relation 300123 Mapped Cwmbran-Blaenavon (formerly NR46). --Richard

5x: Midlands/North Wales

Route Description Complete Route relation(s) Notes
NR5 Reading - Oxford - Stratford - Birmingham - Lichfield - Stafford - Stone - Stoke - Chester - Holyhead 50% relation 123318 relation 359098 (Welsh section) Mapped Reading-Lichfield.

Staffordshire: Route not yet open Lichfield-Stafford. Mapped from central Stafford through Stone to Trentham. Much is mapped in Stoke (braided route) but needs attention - not all sections joined up.

Cheshire: Mostly complete; Frodsham/Helsby needs some attention.

North Wales: Generally complete, but with a gap at Flint.

Relation is incomplete - sections tagged ncn_ref could usefully be added to it.

NR50 Maidenhead-Aylesbury-near Rugby 80% relation 1228858 Small section near Maidenhead mapped. From Buckinghamshire northwards, incorporates former RR70 (Great Central Cycle Route).
NR51 Oxford - Sandy - Cambridge - Felixstowe 60% relation 15020 Marked between Oxford (Richard 27 Oct 07) to outskirts of Milton Keynes --Thewinch 21:05, 5 August 2007 (BST)

Further on, complete Bedford-Sandy, Huntingdon-Newmarket, Bury-Felixstowe.

Working on the Ipswich through to Felixstowe (Harwich Ferry) section 07 May 2007 PeterIto

Mapped the part that comes down west of Wivenhoe near Colchester and then up through Wivenhoe. Intend to map it through the rest of Colchester soon. Mart 20:24, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

NR52 Warwick - Coventry - Nuneaton - north-west Leicestershire 80% relation 116590 Mostly mapped but needs some attention in Coalville and south of Coventry. Route not fully open from Bedworth to Hawkesbury, and at several points south of Coventry. --Richard
NR53 Peterborough - Lichfield 1% relation 61995 Cycled from start, where the route joins N63, to hamlet of Haddon. --Gregoryw 12:16, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
NR535 Birmingham to Lichfield 50% relation 109596 Blackadder is currently the Sustrans volunteer for this route. Takes in the North Birmingham Cycle/Walk route. Route north of Sutton Park via Shenstone not currently decided. Signing in progress. (Formerly RR62.)
NR536 Banbury-Towcester-Northampton-Oundle 0% Banbury-Towcester to be signed 2009? Will be added to map when signed. (Formerly RR81.)
NR54 Stourport - Dudley; also Lichfield - Burton - Etwall - Derby; and 'White Peak Loop' Etwall - Uttoxeter - Peak District 40% relation 37545 Lichfield to Fradley done, blackadder 14:24, 14 May 2008 (UTC).

Stourport-Kidderminster, Fradley-Burton, Burton-Derby done --Richard 10:07, 3 August 2007 (BST)

Manifold Track section of White Peak Loop also done.

NR549 Etwall-Uttoxeter 100% relation 1276879 Open section mapped (previously NR54).
NR55 Ironbridge - Stafford; also Stoke-on-Trent - Stockport - Preston 20% relation 37734 Done section from Congleton to Macclesfield, and from Macclesfield to Bollington. Bollington to Marple & Congleton to Stoke section traced from NPE. It's not clear on the ground how the route gets across Macclesfield Richard B 13:13, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
NR56 Chester - Liverpool relation 156406 Mostly done but not all relationised yet.
NR562 Runcorn 100% Connects NR5 and NR62 through Runcorn.
NR57 Northleach - Witney - (break) - Oxford - Thame - Princes Risborough - Chesham - (break) - Hemel Hempstead - Harpenden - Wheathampstead - near Welwyn Garden City 40% relation 92889
relation 937230 (proposed)		 Main route not fully relationed yet.

Tagged existing Ayot Greenway and Nickey Line Gregoryw 19:30, 27 May 2007 (BST)

Tagged existing Phoenix Trail 00:02 Gregoryw 04 Aug 2007

Cycled and mapped Oxford-Chesham --Richard 21:43, 6 October 2007 (BST)

Proposed route Witney-Oxford marked. Route west of Witney will follow current RR47, to be re-signed 2012. --Richard 12:48, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

6x: Midlands and North

Route Description Complete Route relation(s) Notes
NR6 London - Northampton - Leicester - Derby - Nottingham - Manchester - Preston - Lancaster 85% relation 12461

Section between Market Harborough and Northampton marked from aerial photography along the disused railway (the Brampton Valley Way). This has two rather long (unlit) tunnels, and there is also a signed route avoiding these that needs doing.

Route through Market Harborough marked. Gap between Harborough and Foxton, where it goes along the Grand Union towpath.

Foxton-Leicester-Mountsorrel-Loughborough-Derby-Lenton (Nottingham) done. Short gaps in Blaby, Worthington and Derby city centre. -Richard Filled in Blaby Gap --Lanternerouge 11:42, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Short sections around Preston being ridden over the next couple of weeks. Longwayround 11:02, 3 January 2008 (UTC) 11:01, 3 Jan 2008 (UTC)

South from Kendal done for a short way. --Richard 17:55, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

I’m working on completing Reddish-Manchester (the section following the Fallowfield Loop appears to have been done from NPE maps).—Sward 10:30, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Near Garstang to Conder Green --AntonyW 22:34, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Relation recovered, and extended to replace ncn_ref=6 ways. ddixon 22:03, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

NR60 Debdale - Manchester - (Heaton Park?) ? relation 9936 Done the Debdale to Manchester stretch going along the Ashton Canal. It is proposed that this route will continue to Heaton Park.—Sward 10:59, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
NR61 Maidenhead - Slough - Grand Union Canal - Watford - St. Albans - Hatfield - Welwyn Garden City - Hertford - Ware - Hoddesdon (Meets NCR1) 90% relation 31640 Tagged existing Alban Way and Cole Green Way Gregoryw 19:11, 27 May 2007 (BST)

Surveyed and tagged from junction with NR1 at Hoddesdon through Ware and Hertford to the Cole Green Way TomH 17:39, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Filled in some missing gaps along Grand Union Canal. --Gregoryw 20:55, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Added spur to Heathrow Airport. Now all in route relation 21758. --Gregoryw 07:40, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

NR62 Glasson Dock - Fleetwood - Blackpool - Preston then joins Trans-Pennine Trail - Southport - Liverpool - Stockport - Doncaster - Selby 90% relation 12763 Complete Southport-Selby. Preston-Southport not yet done.
NR622 Preston Guild Wheel - Leisure orbital route of the city ? relation 2401425
NR63 Burton on Trent - Leicester - Oakham - Stamford - Peterborough - Wisbech 95% relation 61713 All done except:
  • Development off William Nadin Way, Swadlincote (route not open)
  • Stamford area (some parts of route not open)
NR64 Harborough - Melton Mowbray - Lincoln 75% relation 61899 Done from Market Harborough railway station to Melton.

Added section between Lincoln and the village of Eagle (and slightly beyond). --Gregoryw 23:52, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

NR645 Near Farnsfield ? relation 5723844 Part of Southwell trail near Farnsfield is signed as 645. --SomeoneElse (talk) 09:24, 7 December 2015 (UTC)


NR647 Clumber Park - Harby 100% relation 1854718 Complete.

Mapped complete route and removed proposed sections as route now complete. --Mattturner 13:23, 20 November 2011 (GMT)

NR648 Sherwood Forest relation 2681722 In progress.

Added first part west of NR6. -- SomeoneElse 00:44, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

NR65 Hornsea - Middlesborough via Hull and York 99% relation 9487 Cycled a little of the route in York and the section with the scale model of the solar system along its length. --Gregoryw 12:16, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Added a section from Hull to Broomfleet, with the section through the villages rather than along the Humber bank. Chillly 12:12, 11 April 2008 (BST)

Added a section west of Howden to the river Derwent. Chillly 11:10, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Added a section from Humber bridge to N. Ferriby along the bank of the River Humber on a track. Used relation 9487. Chillly 14:56, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Joined up the route through Hull to the Hornsea Rail Trail. Yet to check the Hornsea end. Chillly 17:45, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Cycled Middlesborough to Thirsk(branches off to Thirsk?). There are some parts I couldn't say if I was still on NCN65 or not, and some questionable signs that perhaps led me astray. The route is called "The White Rose", but I forgot to change the relation name. -LastGrape/Gregory 00:52, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Completed the last part of the route in East Yorkshire. Chillly 17:14, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Added the missing section between Skelton to Alne, but that area is badly mapped so needs revisiting anyway. We're close to completing this route now. --Kaerast 10:54, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Filled in the gap near Osmotherley, which I cycled on my Three Corners trip last summer. --Gregoryw 21:43, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Assuming it finishes at the same place as the Trans Pennine Trail, then I have been able to map it in where it ends on Hornsea sea-front at a funky artwork pole at the end of Sands Lane and where it enters Sands Lane from the route of the old Hull & Hornsea railway line. I was able to trace it back using Bing imagery, (i.e. *not* ground-truthed), to the Rolston Road B1241 roundabout. However, that overlaps slightly with existing mapping along Trinity Road ... needs checking which is right. MikeCollinson 17:02, 19 September 2011 (BST)

NR656 Yorkshire Dales 100%

'Braid' of NR65, appears to be fully mapped.

NR657 Yorkshire - Easingwold/Thirsk area 100%

'Braid' of NR65, appears to be fully mapped.

NR66 Rochdale Canal - Spofforth - Wetherby - Hull North Sea Ferry terminal relation 17883 I cycled a short section entering Wetherby. MikeCollinson 21:28, 28 April 2007 (BST)

Cycled a tiny amount in York. --Gregoryw 12:16, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Tagged the section from Hull Ferry terminal through the city (mostly off road cycle tracks) to Cottingham. Used relation 17883. Chillly 19:37, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Added a short section from Cottingham to Beverley to fill a short gap. Shared with NCN 1. Chillly 20:40, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Sorted out most of the sections around Bradford. Needs a little tidying up but any missing sections in this area are now the job of Sustrans to complete or signpost. --Kaerast 12:35, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Rochdale Canal towpath section (Sowerby Bridge-Manchester) complete. It's not 100% clear on the ground which sections are open, and which aren't, between Failsworth and Littleborough (pending Connect2 towpath works). --Richard 10:06, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Brighouse - Sowerby Bridge. --CompactDstrxion 16:51, 28 March 2012 (BST)

Access points for Spen Valley Greenway. --CompactDstrxion 19:11, 28 March 2012 (BST)

NR67 Northallerton-Trent Lock 80% relation 357215

Numerous sections showing on map.

NR672 Derby-Ilkeston (NR67) 100%

Proposed route fully shown.

NR68 Pennine Cycleway: Etwall - Buxton - Holmfirth - Hebden Bridge - Settle - Kendal - Haltwhistle - Berwick 100% relation 11237

Complete.

NR680 Monsal Trail 100% relation 7534000 Small bit mapped in Matlock
NR681 Pennine Cycleway alternative braid: Hebden Bridge-Colne 100% relation 2425699
NR686 Pennine Cycleway alternative braid 100%

New number for proposed western braid Bellingham-Alwinton (via MoD estate and Coquetdale).

NR688 Way of the Roses: Settle - Ripon - NR65 100% relation 1191478
NR69 Morecambe - Skipton - Huddersfield - Selby - Grimsby 20% relation 37540

Section at Huddersfield showing on map which joins up to route 66.

Section near Skipton showing on map which also joins up to route 66. Needs lots more work.

Salterhebble - Halifax. --CompactDstrxion 17:47, 28 March 2012 (BST)

Scout Hill - Dewsbury. --CompactDstrxion 19:11, 28 March 2012 (BST)

NR696 Aire Valley Greenway relation 3557000

Leeds & Liverpool Canal towpath, Riddlesden-Keighley: exact start/end not clear.

7x: Scotland and Northern England

Route Description Complete Route relation(s) Notes
NR7 Sunderland - Consett - Penrith - Carlisle - Ayr - Glasgow - Pitlochry - Inverness 80% relation 11017 (main route); relation 898750 (Stanhope on-road braid) Dumfries-Kircudbright; Creetown-Newton Stewart; Glentrool-Drymen; Killin-Boat of Garten.
NR71 Northallerton - Appleby - Penrith - Whitehaven - Workington (including part of the C2C) 16% relation 162996 The eastern half of the section in the Lake District is done. Ben 03:52, 11 July 2007 (BST)

Workington and a short way east done. --Richard

NR72 Hadrian's Cycleway: Tynemouth - Newcastle - Carlisle - Silloth - Workington - Whitehaven - Ravenglass - Glannaventa 95% relation 152157 A very short section south of Egremont has been added and tagged. Almost the entire route is yet to complete. --Daveemtb

Haltwhistle-Once Brewed done (shared with route 68). --Richard 17:53, 25 April 2008 (UTC)


Added section between Fenton and a little NE of Carlisle (B6264 / A689 junction). Shared with Cumbria Cycleway (RCR30) --Gregoryw 09:12, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Cycled Bowness to Newcastle this weekend and added a GPS trace. Have added relations to all sections from Bowness to Wylam, but have not added the (optional?) ncn tags. Followed signposting all the way which is complete from Bowness to Tynemouth, with only two or three ambiguous markings. The Carlisle passage is complete. Note that the trail is slightly different from the Bikely track that seems to be the one referenced most at the moment. Just the bit from West to Bowness seems to be missing and my GPS track matches the rest (aside from a bed for the night) IanMSpencer 18:36, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

NR73 Northern Section: Kilmarnock - Ardrossan - Brodick - Lochranza - Claonaig relation 11361 Kilwinning-Stevenston; Brodick-Lochranza; Claonaig-NR78
NR73 Southern section: Newton Stewart - Wigtown - Glenluce - Stranraer relation 1328554 Completely signed and mapped from Newton Stewart to Glenluce.

Glenluce to Stranraer is supposedly not completely constructed but is partly signed, I have split this into a separate relation: relation 8301675.

NR74 Gretna to Glasgow 20% relation 184965 Dave_a_f 19:00, 23 June 2007 (BST)
NR75 Clyde - Forth, Gourock via Glasgow and Edinburgh to Leith 70% relation 11025 Small sections within Edinburgh Dave_a_f 19:00, 23 June 2007 (BST)

I've cycled and got tracks from West Edinburgh through to the centre of Glasgow. Mapped most of it, though it still needs to be made more accurate using local knowledge especially for where the route uses the main roads. Smsm1 01:57, 1 July 2007 (BST)

I've tagged the section from the Scottish Executive to the Medows in Edinburgh Smsm1 20:28, 8 July 2007 (BST)

Paisley-Greenock complete Sciuro

NR753
NR754
NR755 Kirkintilloch to Strathblane relation 3646385
NR756 East Kilbride to Kelvindale relation 342604
NR76 Round the Forth: Berwick-upon-Tweed - Edinburgh - Stirling - Kirkcaldy ? relation 2519639 Most of it from South Queensferry to Grangemouth now complete. There is a little blip in the West of Boness. Smsm1 23:13, 7 August 2007 (BST)
NR764 Dunfermline to Clackmannan ? relation 106188
NR765 Stirling to Doune ? relation 252970
NR766 Kirkcaldy to Milldeans Wood ? relation 81885
NR767 Devon Way: Alloa to Dollar ? relation 2886020
NR768 ? relation 2104453
NR77 Dundee to Pitlochry ? relation 16513 Sections within Perth and north to Almondbank.

I've now added the full route from Dundee Road Bridge to Perth davidmam 26 March 2009

NR775 Perth to Kinross ? relation 4101058 relation 242794 Mostly complete, Nov2014
NR776 ? relation 105443
NR777 ? relation 105441
NR78 Campbelltown to Inverness 30% relation 31004 Campbelltown to Ardrishaig complete. There are some errors in the way this is mapped currently between Oban and Fort William, and an issue because this route (Oban-Fort William) is currently under construction. The section between Fort William and Inverness is also a proposed section of the network and is not currently signed (but is marked on OSM as route 78).
NR78 Hebridean Way: Vatersay to the Butt of Lewis 10% relation 3789377 Section through South Harris signed on the ground and added, not sure about other islands yet. Route through Stornaway needs to be checked Drnoble 17:21, 1 June 2014 (UTC) AT Nov 2014 route between Oban and Fort William has seen some recent development and map requires update.

8x: Wales

Route Description Complete Route relation(s) Notes
NR8 Lon Las Cymru: Cardiff - Brecon - Builth Wells - Llanidloes - Machynlleth - Criccieth - Caernarfon - Bangor - Holyhead 100% relation 5487294 Complete. --Richard
NR81 Birmingham - Wolverhampton - Telford - (Lon Cambria) Shrewsbury - Welshpool - Newtown - Llangurig - Rhayader - Aberystwyth 90% relation 90999 Complete except for Telford-Bilbrook.
NR818 Llangurig - Cwmystwyth relation 900996 Complete. (Opened April 2010.)
NR82 Bangor - Llyn Ogwen - (gap) - Porthmadog - Coed-y-Brenin - Dolgellau - Tywyn - Machynlleth - (Lon Teifi) Aberystwyth - Cardigan - Fishguard - Goodwick 100% relation 116667 All open sections mapped.
NR84 Rhyl-St Asaph-(Wrexham) Open: relation 3306583 Proposed: relation 2012352
NR85 Llangollen-Chirk relation 2513018
NR887 Afan Valley relation 2894908

9x: Northern Ireland

See United Kingdom National Cycle Network/Northern Ireland.

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