THE NATIONAL BYWAY: Britain's Heritage Cycling Route
The National Byway is a 4,500-mile (7,240 km.) sign-posted cycling route round England and parts of Scotland and Wales. The project was developed out of the desire to make a contribution towards a lasting change in the quality of U.K. life through the integration of the social, environmental, health, economic and educational benefits to be derived by the community from bicycling. It is currently 80% complete and 70% funded.
The National Byway journeys 4,500 miles through the natural environment, providing discreet sign-posted direction along some of the most attractive and peaceful rural lanes, which carry traffic at only 2% of the national average level. In addition to the main route, there are 50 circular Loop rides. The Byway passes through 42 counties: it meanders through the countryside, visits 150 market towns, hundreds of rural communities and more than 1,000 places of interest along the way including 8 World Heritage Sites, all providing a reason to ride. Route details and information about places of interest can be found on the informative Byway maps.
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Each map below is available for £4.50.
National Byway map for Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, linking Gainsborough, Barton on Humber, Bridlington, Malton, Knaresborough, Ripon, Richmond and Barnard Castle
National Byway map for the Midlands, linking Cirencester, Tewkesbury, Leominster, Ludlow, Shrewsbury, Telford, and Chester
National Byway map for the East Midlands, linking Oundle, Stamford, Grantham, Newark, Gainsborough and Barton on Humber
National Byway map for South West Scotland, linking Langholm, Lockerbie, Dumfries, Newton Stewart, Girvan, and Ayr
National Byway map for South West England, with a route linking Winchester, Salisbury, Shaftesbury and Fordingbridge
National Byway map for North East England linking Durham, Bishop Aukland, Barnard Castle, Stanhope, Hexham and Kielder
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