Route 3
National Route 3 of the National Cycle Network connects Land's End in Cornwall to Bristol via St. Austell, Bude, Barnstaple, Taunton and Wells. The route is fully open and signed, though improvements are still planned to create more traffic-free route options along the route.
National Route 3: Land's End to Bristol
The route is described here from Land's End to Bristol but the can be ridden and is signed in both directions.
Land's End to Bude
National Route 3 in Cornwall is known as The Cornish Way. Starting or finishing at Land's End the route passes through Penzance, Hayle, Cambourne and Redruth. Near Truro the Cornish Way splits and National Route 3 forms the southern option crossing the River Fal on the King Harry Ferry and taking in Mevagissey, St. Austell, The Eden Project and Bodmin where the route options rejoin. Heading north the route passes Camelford and the edge of Bodmin Moor on the way to Bude.
Map: NN3B The Cornish Way
Bude to Bristol
National Route 3 continues out of Cornwall towards Bristol as The West Country Way. Taking in large parts of the traffic-free Tarka Trail to Barnstaple the route crosses Exmoor with an optional detour via Tiverton to Taunton. Following canal tow-paths to Bridgwater the route crosses the Somerset Levels, Mendip Hills and the Chew Valley on country roads to Bristol passing through Street, Glastonbury, Wells and Chew Magna.