National Cycle Network
Reading is the junction of Route 4, Route 5 and Route 23
of the National Cycle Network. These offer quiet and
pleasant alternatives for cyclists wishing to travel to and from
Reading. For more information about the National Network visit the
Sustrans website below.
Visit the GPS Cycle and Walking Routes website for over 600
routes covering the National Cycle network
NCN 4
National Route
4 of
the National Cycle Network is a long distance route between London
and Fishguard via Reading, Bath, Bristol, Newport, Swansea,
Carmarthen, Tenby, Haverfordwest and St. Davids. The route is fully
open and signed, although the route has not been finalised in
central London between Greenwich and Putney Bridge.
The route follows, roughly, the course of the River Thames
from London to Reading then from Reading follows the River Kennet
to Bath through Newbury and Hungerford.
NCN 5
National Route 5 of the
National Cycle Network is a long distance route which connects
Reading and Holyhead via Oxford, Banbury, Stratford-upon-Avon,
Redditch, Bromsgrove, Birmingham, Walsall, Stafford,
Stoke-on-Trent, Chester, Colwyn Bay and Bangor. However, the
section between Walsall and Stafford is still under
development.
National Route 5 begins in Reading and
follows the northern half of the Thames Valley
cycle route crossing the Chiltern Hills and passing through
Wallingford, Didcot and Abingdon.
NCN 23
National Route 23 of the National
Cycle Network runs south
from Reading to Southampton via
Basingstoke, Alresford, Winchester and Eastleigh with
a spur to Alton.
The route continues on the Isle of Wight
from Cowes and Sandown via Newport with
a ferry running between Southampton and Cowes.
External Links
Sustrans National Cycle Network The sustrans site provides detail of all the National Cycle routes along with maps to download.