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.

The Stover Trail

The Stover Trail cycle route overall rating: (Colour explanation: blue = good, yellow indicates some warning, and red indicates issues to be aware of) The Stover Trail gets its name from the Stover canal, and it runs alongside the canal for a significant part. This route guide starts at Newton...
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New traffic-free cycling route guides?

Isn’t  WillCycle  all  about  cycle  touring? WillCycle has a strong focus on cycle camping and cycle touring, but the site isn’t limited to just those two subjects. Many posts deal with related topics, such as navigation, while others deal with climate change. Traffic-free  cycling  is  blissful  cycling I’ve cycled on...
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South Tyne Trail cycle route

South Tyne Trail cycle route overall rating: (Colour explanation: blue = good, yellow indicates some warning, and red indicates issues to be aware of) Let me start this guide with an important notice: overall, the South Tyne Trail is not a family-friendly, easy route, though parts of it (notably between...
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Cambridge Guided Busway

Cambridge Guided Busway Cycle Route Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ The Cambridge Guided Busway was originally built as a service road for the busway. Sadly, when it floods (as it does from time to time) the local authority refuses to do anything about it, claiming it’s a service road. However, when talking...
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Brunel Trail

Brunel Trail overall route rating: (Colour explanation: blue = good, yellow indicates some warning, and red indicates issues to be aware of) Brunel Trail is a 9-mile, almost entirely traffic-free cycle route. The route links Neyland with Haverfordwest, mostly via a disused railway line. The full route includes sections on...
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Latest from the blog

  • TransAm, by Paul K W Dunt
    in 1976, the TransAmerica coast-to-coast cycling trail was launched, as part of the USA’s bicentennial, and since then, many thousands of cyclists, from around the world, have cycled the route. One such cyclist is the ever-amazing Juliana Buhring (who makes a cameo appearance in this book). However, the most remarkable stories about the TransAm comes … Read more
  • Central Park
    No, not that Central Park. This route runs through Central Park, in Plymouth. The land that forms Central Park is held in trust, and may only be used for leisure facilities, for the people of Plymouth. Started in 1928, and formally opened in 1931, despite what the local legend says, Plymouth’s Central Park isn’t older … Read more
  • Fairy Trails
    Do you ever go cycling, or walking, with young kids? What if I told you that you could easily add a bit of magic to those outings? How? By doing Fairy Trails! Fairy Trails are being embedded into more and more of the traffic-free cycle routes listed on WillCycle. To play, simply visit the route … Read more
  • Treasure Hunt: A Cycling Adventure You Can’t Plan For
    Somewhere along some of WillCycle’s traffic-free routes, there are stickers hidden. Those were been placed there deliberately, in a spot that requires effort to reach. It won’t appear on any map. Nobody is going to tell you where it is. And the first WillCycler to find it and send proof will have their first name … Read more