Northumberland
Free cycle maps listed at bottom of page.
Open routes
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National Route 1 |
The Coast and Castles cycle route (National route 1) starts at Tynemouth and goes up the coast to Berwick-on-Tweed and on into Scotland.
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National Route 68 |
The Pennine Cycleway (National Route 68) from Cumbria goes to Berwick-on-Tweed via Haltwhistle, Bellingham and Wooler.
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National Route 72 |
The Hadrian's Cycleway (National Route 72) is open from Ravenglass to South Shields via the Cumbrian Coast, Carlisle and Hexham.
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Regional Route 20 |
The Walney to Wear (W2W) cycle route (Regional Route 20) is now open from Barrow-in-Furness to Sunderland via Barnard Castle and Bishop Auckland.
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Regional Route 10 |
The Reivers Cycle Route (Regional Route 10) is a signed 170 mile 'coast to coast' route between Tynemouth and Whitehaven via Kielder Forest and Carlisle.
Free cycle maps available for Northumberland
Cycle North East England - Vist North East England, tel: 0870 1601 781
Belford Area Map - Sustrans, tel: 0845 113 0065
Cycling Hadrian's Wall Country (5 day rides on each leaflet)
- All available from Hadrian's Wall Information Line, tel: 01434 322002
- South Shields and Chollerford
- Chollerford and Gilsland
- Gilsland and Carlisle (in Cumbria)
- Carlisle and Ravenglass (in Cumbria)
Cycling in the North Pennines (4 routes on each leaflet)
- All available from North Pennines AONB, tel: 01388 528801
- Stanhope
- Allendale Town
- Alston
- Middleton




