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About our cycle routes

Looking for great cycle routes to ride solo or with friends?

Explore our collection of brilliant bike routes from across the UK – all accredited by British Cycling.

  • Over 1,000 free cycle routes
  • Lots of safe, traffic-free rides
  • Free to download
  • Upload routes to your cycle computer or app
  • Chosen and risk-assessed by British Cycling

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Featured routes

Some of our favourite cycle routes from around the country

Bristol to Bitton to see The Avon Valley Railway

  • Bristol
  • 16.3 miles
  • 167 metres climb
  • Risk assessed route
  • (73 reviews)
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4 Parks, 3 Woods and a River - 12 Mile Bike Ride

  • Manchester
  • 12.3 miles
  • 27 metres climb
  • Risk assessed route
  • (0 reviews)
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Horseguards and the Royal Parks

  • Kensington
  • 7.8 miles
  • 25 metres climb
  • Risk assessed route
  • (201 reviews)
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Cheshire Ring Exploration

  • Manchester
  • 16.1 miles
  • 129 metres climb
  • Risk assessed route
  • (569 reviews)
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Top rated routes

The cycle routes with the best rider ratings

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Best places to ride

Our ideas and recommendations for the perfect cycle routes

Going on a bike ride? Our best tips before you set off

We've got some great tips on where to go, how to check your bike, and what to take with you. All that's left is for you to peddle.

Discover the best places to ride

You’ve got your bike and are ready to ride, but might need a bit of help finding cycling routes. Together with local experts we have put together some of the safest cycling routes around so that you can focus on enjoying them.

The joys of traffic-free cycling

Cycling doesn’t just take place on the road; there are loads of places you can get out for a spin to build fitness, gain confidence and have fun.