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Discover the UK’s best traffic-free cycle routes

Below are some of the most recent route guides, but be sure to visit the UK-wide map, showing all the route guides. All routes have a custom WillCycle map, from which you can download the GPX for the route, and where you can see the route profile in detail.

The route guides include an up-to-date weather forecast, and lots of information about the route. It even tells how how long it would take to cycle, at your preferred speed.

Featured routes

These are just some of the stunning routes I have highly-detailed guides for. Refresh the page to see more routes.

Traffic-free Cycling Route Guide Ratings Explained

Star-rated traffic-free cycle routes As you may have noticed, I started grading the route guides I publish, using a star grading system. This grading system is to give an indication of family-friendliness of a route, which is a grading that will also help new adult cyclists, as well as less...

Deerness Valley Railway Path cycle route

Deerness Valley Railway Path overall cycle route rating: (Colour explanation: blue = good, yellow indicates some warning, and red indicates issues to be aware of) The Deerness Valley Railway Path is another old railway line in County Durham that was repurposed as a traffic-free cycling and walking trail, after the railway...

Port Talbot to Kidwelly Cycle Route

Port Talbot to Kidwelly Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Part of the Celtic Trail, the 34 miles of mostly traffic-free cycling between Port Talbot and Kidwelly is cycling bliss. Just be aware from the outset that it isn’t a continuous traffic-free ride – there are segments on shared pavements, short sections on...

Longendale Trail

The Longendale Trail is located in the Peak District National Park. It follows the track bed of the old Great Central Railway, starting in Hadfield, to finish almost 9 miles later in Salter’s Brook. From the start, the trail starts heading uphill, but it’s a gentle incline. However, after 7...

Derwent Walk Cycleway

Derwent Walk Cycleway Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ The Derwent Walk cycleway is a linear cycling and walking path which runs from the river Tyne in Gateshead to Consett in County Durham. It is signed as NCN14 for the whole way, and is approximately 12 miles long. The route forms part of...

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Basingstoke to Benidorm, by Craig Killick
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Police Failure
For a long time now, I stopped using WillCycle to do direct cycling advocacy, but something happened recently that forced my hand, hence this post. Devon and Cornwall Police and I have a bit of a history. When I originally started making complaints about bad driving, with supporting video, I was laughed off. An Inspector … Read more
The future’s so bright
I haven’t posted anything new on WillCycle for what feels like an eternity. I haven’t been slacking though. No, I’ve been extremely busy on the back-end of the site. New features WillCycle now has what I can honestly describe as a superb mapping system. It started off as an idea, quite some time ago, to … Read more
Bicycle Counter – the beginning
In London, on some kerb-protected cycle lanes, they have large, digital, real-time bicycle counters. Those work really well, and people can see the counter increment. Superb as they may be, those counters costs many thousands of Pounds to install, and requires planning permission. Unless you’re filthy stinking rich, and can afford to finance all that … Read more