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If you rely solely on signs to navigate, one missing sign (or even one that’s momentarily hidden by a double-decker bus) can throw you right off, and by the time you realise you may have scant idea where you are or how to get back on route. It’s wiser to maintain a running check against the text and maps in this book. GPS navigation is another great standby.

Several stretches are shared with other National Cycle Network routes and the proliferation of blue signs could be confusing. The Northern Loop of the Cycleway is NCN route 90 and the Southern Loop is route 91. Other NCN routes you’ll encounter include National Route 6 (London–Cumbria), Route 55 (Ironbridge–Preston), the Way of the Roses (Route 69, Morecambe–Bridlington), and the Bay Cycleway (Route 700), unveiled in 2015, which runs from Walney Island to Glasson Dock.

Are there enough signs here?

Maps, apps and timings

Combined with the detailed route descriptions, the maps in this book should be more than adequate for navigation, but you may want to consider carrying Ordnance Survey maps as well as they give a much wider view of where you are and what you can see. As they show every road and track, you can also use them to plan alternative routes and links for future exploration of Lancashire. The 1:50,000 Landranger series is an ideal scale for cycling. To cover the entire Cycleway you’ll need six of them: