The National Cycle Network is a network of cycle routes in the United Kingdom. The National Cycle Network was created by the charity Sustrans (Sustainable Transport), and aided by a £42.5 million National Lottery grant. In 2005 it was used for over 230 million trips.
The opening of the Bristol and Bath Railway Path (now part of National Route 4) in 1984, a 17-mile cycleway following a railway no longer in use, was the first part of the National Cycle Network.
Many routes hope to minimise contact with motor traffic, though 70% of them are on roads. In some cases the NCN uses pedestrian routes, disused railways, minor roads, canal towpaths, or traffic-calmed routes in towns and cities.
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