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Riding through Lorton Vale on the edge of the Lakeland fells

‘Terris Novalis’ is among the most impressive sculptures on the C2C route

The NCN was created and developed by Sustrans as part of its work to promote walking and cycling, both for local everyday journeys, and for longerdistance leisure rides. From the 17-mile Bristol and Bath Railway Path where it all began, to the latest new flagship route – the 170-mile Way of the Roses through Lancashire and Yorkshire – the Network scales mountains, crosses divides, races through cities and takes leisurely ambles through the countryside.

The Sea-to-Sea (C2C) route is perhaps the best known and most iconic of all Sustrans routes, and when you look through the pages of this book, it’s easy to see why. It was originally created by Sustrans as the first long-distance cycle route in the country, as well as the first fully coast-to-coast route. It came about after Sustrans built local routes at either end of the ride, and then decided to develop a route linking them together, using substantial sections of traffic-free paths, It is now the UK’s most popular ‘challenge’ cycle route, passing through the northern Lake District before climbing the Pennines, ‘the roof of England’, and then descending to the railway paths of County Durham.