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This is a list of routes on Sustrans's National Cycle Network within the United Kingdom. This transport-related list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( August 2016 )
Sustrans (/ ˈ s u s t r æ n s / SUS-trans) is a United Kingdom-based walking, wheeling and cycling charity, and the custodian of the National Cycle Network. Its flagship project is the National Cycle Network , which has created 12,763 miles (20,540 kilometres) [ 2 ] of signed cycle routes throughout the United Kingdom, including 5,273 mi ...
It is part of the National Cycle Network (NCN). Sustrans founder John Grimshaw calls it 'the best National Cycle Network route of the lot'. [2] The majority of the route follows NCN 68. It also makes use of several other NCN routes including 6, 54, 62, [3] 70, [4] 7, 72 and 1. [5] It has a total length of about 327 miles (526 km).
Sustrans state that it is the UK's most popular challenge cycle route, [1] it is designed for the whole range of cyclists, from families to cycling club riders. Although a challenge with some hard climbs—the highest point being over 609 m (1,998 ft) [ 1 ] —the C2C is completed by an average of between 12,800 and 15,000 cyclists every year.
Route 6 between Milton Keynes and Derby is the core section of the Sustrans route of the South Midlands. [3] After passing through Northampton the route follows the Brampton Valley Way for 14 miles (23 km) to Market Harborough, first opened in 1993 it is one of the longest railway paths in the country [4] and uses two long tunnels. [5]
National Cycle Network (NCN) Route 66 is a Sustrans National Route that runs from Kingston upon Hull to Manchester via Beverley, York and Leeds. Between Pocklington and York it forms part of the Way of the Roses challenge route. In 1998 the section of route 66 between Hull and York was branded The White Rose cycle route. [1]
This is a list of cycle routes in London that have been waymarked with formal route signage include 'Cycleways' (including 'Cycle Superhighways' and 'Quietways) and the older London Cycle Network, all designated by the local government body Transport for London (TfL), National Cycle Network routes designated by the sustainable transport charity Sustrans, and miscellaneous 'Greenways' created ...
National Cycle Network (NCN) Route 76 is a Sustrans National Route that runs from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Kirkcaldy. The route is 168 miles (270 km) in length and is fully open and signed in both directions. Between Dunbar and Kirkcaldy the route is known as the Round the Forth. [1]