Cycle Routes
The best cycle and mountain bike routes in the England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Europe and the rest of the World
![11 tarka trail](/images/cycle-routes/introimages/11-tarka-trail.webp)
This popular trail along one of the longest railway paths on the National Cycle Network crosses unspoilt North Devon...
![gospel pass](/images/cycle-routes/introimages/gospel-pass.webp)
Jack Thurston plots a cycling route around the Black Hill: Up Wales's highest road to the idyllic Vale of Ewyas,...
![15 st marys lighthouse](/images/cycle-routes/introimages/15-st-marys-lighthouse.webp)
Two fine lighthouses keeping a dignified watch over the North Sea bookend this ride along the North and South Tyneside...
![1 monmouthshire and brecon canal](/images/cycle-routes/introimages/1-monmouthshire-and-brecon-canal.webp)
This long and meandering ride follows one of Britain’s prettiest towpath routes through the rural Vale of Usk, with...
![14 dove valley](/images/cycle-routes/introimages/14-dove-valley.webp)
This little section of the popular long distance Trans Pennine Trail crosses the nature-rich washlands of the Dearne...
![8 fort william to fort augustus](/images/cycle-routes/introimages/8-fort-william-to-fort-augustus.webp)
Mountains and lochs make a stunning backdrop to this beautiful ride through the Great Glen in the Highlands. It leads...
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Jack Thurston pedals a circular route from the port of Fishguard on the west coast of Wales, into the wild Preseli...
![wye valley](/images/cycle-routes/introimages/wye-valley.webp)
Cycling author Jack Thurston rides a route out and back from Chepstow past the historic ruins of South Wales' Wye Valley
![millenium coast path](/images/cycle-routes/introimages/millenium-coast-path.webp)
Jack Thurston rides a traffic-free, family friendly route through South Wales' Millennium Coastal Park - a post...
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Jack Thurston plots a cycling route into the Green Desert - Wales's vast, rural emptiness - for a ride along the Elan...
![pembrokeshire cycle route](/images/cycle-routes/introimages/pembrokeshire-cycle-route.webp)
On this coastal cycling route out and back from St Davids in Pembrokeshire, Jack Thurston discovers Britain's smallest...