The National Byway

The National Byway is a 3,200-mile (5,100-kilometre) signposted cycling route round England and parts of Scotland and Wales.^[1] It runs along quiet roads, rather than a mixture of roads and tracks like the National Cycle Network, making it more appropriate for road bikes. The route is managed by the registered charity "The National Byway", with Patron Viscount Linley and President Lord Foster of Thames Bank.^[1] Cycling Britain describes the route as offering "over 4000 miles of safe and easy-to-follow signposted cycle routes around the UK."^[2] Maps are available from the National Byway web site and Sustrans.^[3][4]

An example National Byway signpost

National Byway sign at a road junction

The National Byway has received over one million pounds of funding for various projects from the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme.^[5]

National Byway signpost

References

1. "Welcome To The National Byway". thenationalbyway.org. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
2. Etain O'Carroll; Aaron Anderson; Marc Di Duca (2009). Cycling Britain. Lonely Planet. p. 359. ISBN 978-1-74104-042-5. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
3. "The National Byway Shop". thenationalbyway.org/shop. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
4. "Sustrans Shop". shop.sustrans.org.uk.
5. Christopher Stephen Brown (2005). The Sustainable Enterprise: Profiting from Best Practice. Kogan Page Publishers. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-7494-4220-0. Retrieved 13 November 2018.