National Route 26 of the National Cycle Network will run from Portishead on the Somerset coast to Portland Bill on the Dorset coast via Wells, Castle Cary, Yeovil and Dorchester.
Open sections: The route is open and signed between Battery Point (Portishead) and the Avonmouth Bridge (near Pill) joining National Route 41 into Bristol or the Severn Bridge and Gloucester.
Clevedon to Cheddar is open mainly on the traffic-free Strawberry Line.
Between Wells and Glastonbury the route is open and currently follows National Route 3.
The route is then open and signed between Castle Cary and Dorchester, mainly on quiet roads, but with some traffic-free sections heading into Dorchester.
Maps and leaflets available for this route are below map.
Maps and leaflets:
Pill to Portishead and Clevedon to Axbridge are shown on the free North Somerset - A map for cyclists available from North Somerset Council, tel: 01934 634848 or download from Bristol City Council website. This map also shows Regional Route 10 (The Avon Cycleway) between Pill and Clevedon.
Yatton to Cheddar is shown on the free The Strawberry Line leaflet available from Sustrans, tel: 0845 0113 0065 or download.
Wells to Glastonbury is a part of the West Country Way cycle route.
Sherbourne to Dorchester is shown on the free Cycling in West Dorset - A guide to the National Cycle Network Route 26 in West Dorset available from West Dorset DC, tel: 01305 267992.