Cheshire
Free Cycle maps are listed at bottom of page.
Open routes
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National Route 5 |
National Route 5 of the National Cycle Network is open and signed in Cheshire between Kidsgrove and Connah's Quay via Northwich, Runcorn and Chester.
Download Chester to Kidsgrove Cycle Route Plan and Guide from Cheshire West and Chester Council website.
Download leaflet for Chester to Connahs's Quay (pdf).
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National Route 45 |
National Route 45 is open and signed in Cheshire between Chester and Whitchurch, Shropshire and is the most northern section of the Mercian Way which when complete will link Chester with Salisbury.
Download Whitchurch to Chester Cycle Route Plan and Guide from Cheshire West and Chester Council website.
For an online guide to the route visit the Mercian Way website.
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National Route 55 |
National Route 55 is open and signed in Cheshire between Congleton and Marple via Macclesfield and includes the traffic-free Middlewood Way.
Download Congleton to Marple Cycle Route Plan and Guide from Cheshire East Council website.
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National Route 56 |
National Route 56 is open and signed in Cheshire between Chester and Neston. The route continues up the Wirral into Merseyside to Liverpool via Wallasey.
Download Chester to Neston Cycle Route Plan and Guide from Cheshire West and Chester Council website.
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The Cheshire Cycleway |
The Cheshire Cycleway (Regional Route 70) is a 176 mile circular journey through some of Cheshire's finest scenery from Chester to Chester via Neston, Acton Bridge, Bollington, Macclesfield Forest, Shavington and Malpas and can be ridden in both directions.
Download Cheshire Cycle Way Route Plan and Guide from Cheshire West and Chester Council website.
For an online guide to the route visit the Cheshire Cycleway website.
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Regional Route 71 |
Regional Route 71 crosses Cheshire east - west in 62 miles from Tegg's Nose (near Macclesfield) to Parkgate (near Neston) via Winsford passing through several country parks.
Download Tegg's Nost to Parkgate Cycle Route Plan and Guide from Cheshire West and Chester Council website.
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Regional Route 73 |
Regional Route 73 is an 18 mile route between Congleton and Davenham linking National Route 55 and National Route 5.
Download Congleton to Davenham Cycle Route Map from Cheshire East Council website.
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Regional Route 74 |
Regional Route 74 is a 15 mile route between Wrenbury and Sandbach via Crewe.
Download Wrenbury to Sandbach Cycle Route Plan and Guide from Cheshire East Council website.
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Regional Route 75 |
Regional Route 75 runs between Winsford and Audlem in Cheshire and continues south to Market Drayton and Newport in Shropshire.
Download Audlem to Winsford Cycle Route Plan and Guide from Cheshire East Council website.
Download Regional Route 75 Nantwich, Market Drayton and Newport leaflet from Shropshire CC.
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Regional Route 89 - Chester Riverside Path |
Regional Route 89 is currently open between Chester and Hawarden Bridge alongside the River Dee.
Download Traffic-Free Routes: Riverside Path from Cheshire West and Chester Council website.
Route development
The Chester Greenway
Mickle Trafford Extension
The path is now extended to the village of Mickle Trafford, the new section opened in October 2009 and has proved to be very popular. It features several pieces of unique public art, and some beautiful rural cycling.
Blacon Old Station
The Chester Greenway has also benefited from the recent opening of the Blacon Old Station project, aspects of the former station at Blacon have been recreated to provide an attractive community space in the heart of Blacon for everyone to enjoy. The site features wood sculptures, new footpaths and steps, benches, information boards and picket fences and signals reflecting the railway heritage. The final element; a mosaic created by local school children, will be installed in 2010.
The £94,000 project involves Cheshire West and Chester Council, Sustrans and Blacon Community Trust. It includes £50,000 from the Big Lottery Community Spaces Fund managed through Groundwork UK and £35,000 from WREN, a not for profit business that awards grants to community projects across the UK on behalf of Waste Recycling Group.
Free cycle maps for Cheshire
For National Cycle Network route maps in Cheshire visit the Cycle Routes in Cheshire website where printable OS based maps can be downloaded.
Cycle Cheshire - from Cheshire CC, tel: 01244 603617 or download
Chester to Connah's Quay - out of print, available to download (pdf)
Crewe and Nantwich - from Sustrans, tel: 0845 113 0065 or download (pdf)
Cheshire Cycleway - from Cheshire CC, tel: 01244 603617
Middlewood Way - from Macclesfield BC, tel: 01625 504114
Congleton Cycle Map - download from Congleton Cycle Campaign
Thornton-le-Moors to Frodsham Greenway- from Cheshire CC, tel: 01244 603617
Cycle Wirral! - from Wirral, tel: 0151 6062369
(Cycle Wirral! shows National Route 56 between Neston and New Brighton)
A guide to Cycling in Warrington - from Warrington BC, tel: 01925 443249 or download from Warrington Borough Council website.