Find your perfect cycling route, create your own bike trails, and discover the most stunning cycling destinations. From south queensferry to the city youre largely using estate tracks, quiet pavements, paths and the union canal towpath. The construction of the borders railway, now under way between edinburgh and tweedbank in the scottish borders, has meant the permanent rerouting of route 1 of the national cycle network in the dalkeith area of midlothian construction of the railway line and the building of a new station at eskbank began in early 20. Sustrans and the edinburgh bicycle cooperative are better options for online purchasing. It follows the towpath of these two major canals and is traffic free for the duration so it is also suitable for walkers. Edinburgh proudly boasts over 75km of offstreet paths, many of which were once railway lines, for use by both cyclist and pedestrians. A wooden ramp at the side of the steps helps with pushing bikes up and down. Look out for new routes to walk, cycle, and ride near you as we extend and improve the national walking and cycling network nwcn. Edinburgh cycling guide with maps and routes cycle. Any comments on the document should be sent to the following. Find the perfect place to walk, cycle and enjoy the outdoors. Incorporating the west country way and the cornish way, via st. The map itself is a stylised version of the cycle paths based on the london tube map, and was the brain child of mark sydenham, manager of edinburgh bicycle recycling charity the bike station. The route will be part of edinburghs quiet routes network.
Bikemap is the worlds biggest bike route collection. The route will form part of the national cycle network ncn route 1. Putting our customers first and looking after edinburgh. Covering over 2,300 miles, the national cycle network in scotland is a fantastic way to immerse yourself in our amazing landscapes, history and heritage, and see scotland from a new perspective. If you need help with detailed routeplanning, i recommend that you pick up a copy of the excellent spokes edinburgh cycle map see side panel.
Workshop run during ilw 2015 by the department for social responsibility and sustainability to help students understand sustainable electronic. Edinburgh airport is 1km to the north of the local cycle path network, linked by eastfield road. Getting around edinburgh edinburghs public transport system. Edinburgh boasts an extensive network of pedestrian and cycle paths utilising old railway trackbed built in the victorian era by the caledonian railway and its rival line the north british. The freecycle network is a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving and getting stuff for free in their own towns. Weve made it easy for you to filter our routes by region, distance and whether theyre trafficfree. Bikeshops directory with link to map square numbers council and sustrans info car club info join the 100s of edinburgh people who have ditched their car with all its ownership hassles and now walk and bike, using the car club when a motor vehicle is needed. Cycling and walking projects the city of edinburgh council.
Use the map below to plan rewarding cycling day trips or epic multiday adventures from the saddle. This aptly names cycle route extends for 192 miles between newcastle and edinburgh of which 85 miles follow or lie close to the magnificent northumberland coastline so richly blessed with fine scenery and heritage links. Links with national cycle route 2, regional route 16, and regional route 17 in dover. National cycle network cycling and the borders railway. Proposed old dalkeith road cycle and pedestrian crossing. Description edinburgh, stirling, the forth sustrans cycle map 40. A ukwide network of signed paths and routes for walking, cycling, wheeling and exploring outdoors. Proposed roseburn to union canal cycle route edinburgh. Edinburgh engineers without borders built a cyclepowered cinema to facilitate the carbon neutral screening of films. Cyclists should note that there is a large, but negotiable, flight of steps, where the water of leith walkway joins the union canal. Signposted with blue cycle route signs with red number patches. Maximise your enjoyment of cycling by spending some time planning your cycle route. Cycling by design 2010 revision 1, june 2011 cycling by design 2010 revision 1, june 2011 comments cycling by design will be updated regularly to take account of project experience and changes to the legal or design environment. National walking and cycling network scotland schematic map of the nwcn snh august 2016 national cycling network key nwcn project potential route.
An open source map and journey planner is available from cyclestreets. Number route major incomplete sections notes map 1. At the meetings stakeholders were invited to sort the actions in terms of the degree of effort required to implement them and the potential impact. The data describes the cycle route geometry and a variety of features on cycle paths and roads, such as. View cycle routes using city connects interactive map or use the cycle journey planner to plan your route step by step. National cycle route 1 or ncr 1 is a route of the national cycle network, running from dover to shetland. We know that heavy or fast traffic is the most significant barrier. Map of proposed roseburn to union canal cycle route.
Find cycle parking using city connects interactive map. Edinburgh to haddington loop 147km cycle route near. Dover shetland, along the east coast, via london, edinburgh, john o groats and orkney. This is the complete route from glasgow to edinburgh along the forth and clyde canal and the union canal. To help users make sense of this, the edinburgh and lothians greenspace trust elgt helped to create the innertube map. We know that heavy or fast traffic is the most significant barrier preventing people who want to cycle from doing so. National walking and cycling network scottish natural. Edinburghs hidden cycle paths tom allan environment. By continuing to use our site you are agreeing to our use of cookies accept and close. Cyclists heading towards edinburgh are advised to follow the road under the a8 and join the cycle path on the south side of the a8. Maybury drive improved safety and accessibility through the introduction of new crossings, footway and cycleway. Sustrans cycle routes in scotland map visitscotland.
Make a saving on bikes and equipment with evans cycles ridetowork scheme. The roseburn to union canal project is a multimillion pound scheme which will transform the quality of walking and cycling connections from the north edinburgh path network nepn and quietroutes 8 and 9 west edinburgh to the union canal, and onwards to the meadows and southside, as well as southwest edinburgh and national cycle network route 75. The citys best known, edinburgh bicycle cooperative, is at alvanley terrace. Despite its hilly city centre, cycling in edinburgh is popular and the city is served by a good selection of shops. The council is developing a network of cycle routes across the city, called the quietroutes network. To address this, the quietroutes are designed so that people can cycle without having to travel in heavy or fast traffic. Dover st austell, along the south coast, when completed dawlish totnes. The nwcn builds on existing path and trail networks such as scotlands great trails, the national cycle network and canal towpaths. This useful tool shows cycle parking, cycle shops and other places of interest. Plan your cycle route along the most beautiful tracks of the united kingdom. If you wish to design your own map or app, opendata is available. In may 2010 the scottish public health network scotphn, at the request of the government, convened a series of meetings to allow stakeholders from all sectors to discuss the obesity route map. Open cycle map details the location of cycle parking in edinburgh. Posts on the edinburgh group the freecycle network.
A 2nd edition sustrans map on stronger, more waterresistant paper. The best place to buy a spokes map is at a bike shop in the edinburgh area. There is a network of on and off road cycle routes in edinburgh and throughout scotland. The route follows national cycle network routes 7, 75 and 754 so is well signed throughout. The aim is to provide a cycle route which is designed for less confident cyclists and those who may be concerned about cycling in busy traffic. The main cycle route proposed will be called quietroute 50, and it will provide major new links in edinburghs cycle network, known as the quietroutes network.
Quietroute 20 is an important part of edinburghs network of routes for walking and. City bike map, safe crosstown routes, news and weekend rides. Spokes the lothian cycle campaign, provide some of the most detailed and up to date maps of the whole of the lothians. Thanks to the many railway lines that once crossed the area, the north of edinburgh has the citys highest concentration of offroad bike tracks. View printable cycle routes map pdf format local and national cycle network. Proposed cycle and pedestrian improvements, between. A digital geographical description of the cycle path network that was created for the transport direct cycle journey planner. Onward rail connections are available towards edinburgh and aberdeen. Photomap has 93,996 photos of cycling infrastructure. Trafficfree cycling and walking routes, including routes through parks and on canal.
Incredibly scenic and relativley easy going route along the northumberland coast. Microsoft word tourist map of edinburgh city centre. The 1,695milelong 2,728 km cyclepath is located in the united kingdom. To plan a bike route, click the start and end points, or type placenames above to alter the route, just drag anywhere on the route a new marker will appear to see photos ukireland, click on the route, and choose find photos to remove a point, click the point, and choose remove via point to find places to stay, click find hotels, then look for the. This section of national cycle network route 1 includes three short, quiet onroad sections at broughty ferry esplanade. The spokes edinburgh cycle map is the essential guide to cycling in edinburgh over 100,000 of these fantastic maps have been sold since the first edition in 1987 roads and paths are marked according to suitability for cycling, and the latest edition includes the.
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