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National Cycle Route 6 (or NCR 6) is a route of the National Cycle Network, running from London to the Lake District.
Contents
- Map of National Cycle Rte 6 United Kingdom
- Route
- London to Derby
- Milton Keynes
- Derby to Castleton
- Castleton to Reddish
- Reddish to Bury
- Bury to Keswick
- References
Map of National Cycle Rte 6, United Kingdom
Route
Parts of the route are currently incomplete and some sections follow other routes.
London to Derby
Uxbridge | Watford | St Albans | Harpenden | Milton Keynes | Luton | Northampton | Market Harborough | Leicester | Loughborough | Derby
The proposed route is to begin in central London, running from Charing Cross via Paddington railway station to the Grand Union Canal. The towpath alongside the canal between Paddington and Northolt is already designated as a local cycle path, and will eventually form part of Route 6 when the route is completed. The canal continues to Uxbridge where the National Cycle Route 6 joins National Cycle Route 61 at Cowley, near Brunel University, sharing the same path until the two routes diverge at St Albans. The route continues along the Grand Union Canal and the Colne Valley on mainly traffic-free routes. At Rickmansworth it joins the Ebury Way, a rail trail which runs along a former line of the Watford and Rickmansworth Railway. Entering central Watford, the route continues north via St Albans with some on-road sections to Harpenden, where it intersects with National Cycle Route 57 and the Chiltern Cycleway. It then progresses along the River Lea via Luton, along the Sewell Greenway before joining the road network to reach Leighton Buzzard. At this point is re-joins the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Branch) to reach Bletchley, and then continues on mostly traffic-free paths to Milton Keynes.
Milton Keynes
Route 6 enters Milton Keynes from the south following the Grand Union Canal in southern Bletchley. After a loop through central Bletchley close to Bletchley railway station and Bletchley Park, it resumes its track northwards via Fenny Stratford along the valley of the River Ouzel (near The Open University and the Milton Keynes University Hospital) to Campbell Park (where it intersects National Cycle Route 51 heading west to Central Milton Keynes and Milton Keynes Central railway station). At Great Linford, NCR6 heads west along the former Wolverton to Newport Pagnell Line (now a rail trail). At Old Wolverton (near Wolverton railway station), the route crosses the River Great Ouse to leave the Milton Keynes Urban Area for the rural villages of Castlethorpe and Hanslope before crossing into Northamptonshire.
Derby to Castleton
Derby | Nottingham | Worksop | Sheffield | Castleton
Castleton to Reddish
The route between Caslteton as Reddish has yet to be decided.
Reddish to Bury
Reddish | Fallowfield | Whalley Range | Manchester | Bury
From Reddish, National Route 6 enters Manchester via the Fallowfield Loop. Passing through Whalley Range and Manchester city centre it then follows part of the Irwell Sculpture Trail as it runs through Drinkwater Park and north towards Bury.