National Route 45 of the National Cycle Network will connect Salisbury in Wiltshire with Chester in Cheshire, via Swindon, Cirencester, Gloucester, Worcester and Whitchurch.
Between Saul and Gloucester the route follows National Route 41.
Open Sections: The route is almost complete between Salisbury and Gloucester with optional routes between Amesbury and Swindon. There are still gaps awaiting development, so the route isn't signed continuously between Salisbury and Gloucester.
Loosely following the River Severn the route is open between Gloucester and Lower Lode (just west of Tewkesbury), Worcester and Droitwich and Stourport-on-Severn and Bridgnorth.
The route is then open and signed between Ironbridge and Chester via Whitchurch.
Maps and leaflets available for this route are detailed below the map:
Maps and leaflets:
Swindon to Lower Lode near Tewkesbury is shown on the Ordnance Survey ROS08 OS Tour 8 The Cotswolds & Gloucestershire map.
Nailsworth to Saul via Stroud is mapped on the Stroud District Cycling Map.
Saul to Gloucester is a part of the Severn and Thames Cycle Route.
Worcester to Droitwich is mapped on the free Droitwich to Worcester Cycle Routes Map. Download from Worcestershire County Council.
Stourport-on-Severn to Bewdley is mapped on the free Wyre Forest District Cycle map. Download from Worcestershire County Council.
Bewdley to Bridgnorth, Ironbridge to Upton Magna, and Upton Magna to Whitchurch are all mapped on three free Mercian Way Cycle Maps. Download from Shropshire County Council.
Whitchurch to Chester can be downloaded from Cheshire County Council.