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View from Low Wood looking west over Windermere to the Langdale Pikes

Skelwith Fold looking west to Langdale Pikes

Junction of Alban Way and path into industrial park looking west

Woods Ave path at crossing of Sycamore Ave.

Woods Ave new cycle route showing crossing of Chantry Lane. This really should be a raise crossing over the entry to this cul-de-sac road.

Bishops Rise looking north at the start of the 2018 built route along Woods Ave. This turns gets cyclists off the road ahead of the roundabout.

Woods Ave looking west up the new cycle route completed May 2018. Shows the initial section which splits round the trees

Lismore ferry to Oban arriving at the landing stage

Glenshellach Road looking north from entrance to Roseview Campsite.

View from the Ganavan Road which is the cycle route north out of Oban to Dunbeg.

Dunbeg cycle path looking west in direction of Oban. The hill up to this point is surprisingly steep.

Note that this section of NCN78 does not join up with the route at Connel and is now officially abandonned in favour of an easterly route out of Oban. All NCN78 signs on this section have been removed.

Invisible left turn off A1 cycleway into Blanche Lane, which enables rider to reach NCN12 at South Mimms without cycling round A1(M) junction 1/M25 junction 23. The left turn is level with the line in the tarmac in the foreground.

Horse and cycle bridge over A1 at Galley Lane aka Trotters Bottom, looking east. #80887 shows same location looking north.

Ramp on west side of horse and cycle bridge over A1 at Galley Lane aka Trotters Bottom #80889 shows same location looking east over the bridge.

Brickett Wood looking west along NCN6/61 towards Watford

Bridge at White Moss Common, between Rydal Water and Grasmere.

Rydal Water looking north showing National Cycle Route 6 along west shore.

Surface is crushed slate gravel with some steep slopes so may not suite tourers.

Green line painted in car park to guide cyclists from Gresley Close to College Way, Welwyn Garden City. Very useful when the car park is full.

Unsigned junction at Mundells, Welwyn Garden City looking north: Turn left to continue on the cycleway on Bessemer Road. Straight ahead is a route off the road for southbound cyclists and is a dead end if followed north as in the picture.
Better signs needed.

Cycleway at Mundells, Welwyn Garden City, showing route via subway to follow if heading for the cycleway along Bessemer Road in both directions.

Cycle path from Mill Green to Gypsy Lane alongside the A414, looking east at Mill Green.

Start of link through from Mill Green to NCN12/61 via bridleway (see map).

Ths path was used by Beatrix Potter when staying locally at Bush Hall with her parents.

Start of cycle path alongside A414 at end of Gypsy Lane, Welwyn Garden City. Note abuse of cycle path by cars coming off the road over the verge.

A414 cycle path at junction with Gypsy Lane, Welwyn Garden City. There is no cycle path along the A414 east of this point.

Cole Green Way, Welwyn Garden City: The start of the old railway cycle path to Hertford. Watch out for the anti-motorbike device at the gate.

Junction, unsigned, where NCN61 goes left and the cycle path along Black Fan Road to Mundells and Welwyn Garden City town centre carries straight on.

The signs are rather unhelpfully at the far left of the photo on the other arm of the triangular junction.

Entrance to obscure bridleway linking NCN12/61 to Mill Green Museum and then the cycle path along the side of the A414.

Beatrix Potter walked along this route when staying at Bush Hall and then going to paint the mill, now Mill Green Museum.

Signal at Nast Hyde Halt, Ellenbrook, Hatfield.

The signal has a short history of the railway and was erected as part of the 150th anniversary celebrations in 2015 by a local resident who has been restoring the station and keeping the cycle route in immaculate condition. See the station sign in #74089 and also look out for the clock and other signs.

Nast Hyde Halt, Alban Way, NCN61, Hatfield.

Restored 2015 as part of the 150th anniversay celebrations. There is also a station clock, signal (see #74090 ) and information on the history. This is a project by a local resident who is keeping this section of the Alban Way in immaculate condition.

Alban Way, NCN61 passing under the Midland main line railway, seen looking north east.

View of the zig-zag cycle path up the hill to St Albans City station, Alban Way, NCN61 and also part of the St Albans Green Ring.

Alban Way NCN61 at London Road station showing route up to London Road.

At this point the Alban Way is also the south side of the St Albans Green Ring.

Cottonmill Lane level crossing, St Albans.

Just off NCN6 and NCN61, where the Green Ring heads off towards Verulamium Park.

Alban Way NCN61 subway under Cavendish Way, Hatfield. Subway avoids a crossing of a dual carriage way.

St Albans Abbey from the St Albans Green Ring at Wesminster Lodge. The Green Ring is a circular cycle route on quiet roads and off-road paths around the suburbs of the town. This section runs across Verulamium Park, site of the Roman city.

Peggy's Path upgraded to cycle route to link Smallford village with NCN61 Alban Way

Sign misdirecting cyclist and pedestrians to go north from Hatfield station to get to the town centre.

The town centre is 0.6 miles by walking or cycling in the opposite direction, yet this is only signed South Hatfield!

Subway from Batterdale linking to French Horn Lane cycleroute.

This could be used as a better route for NCN12 avoiding the roundabout in #74069 but not allowed as subway is deemed too low. View from other end is in #74068.

Note this is footway not cyclepath so cannot be cycled.

Shared use pavement extending cycle route past Hatfield station and then on to NCN61 at the Red Lion junction, see #74067 and #74075.

Red Lion junction Hatfield showing crossing to the cycle route south from NCN61 to the station, opened November 2015 see #74067.

Despite lobbying by local cyclists the island has been constructed to pedestrian only standards requiring cyclists to dismount and creating an unnecessarily difficult crossing for tricycles and tandems.

NCN12 where it joins NCN61 at the north end of Old Hatfield. NCN12 turns right to head north to Welwyn Garden City.

Island crossing of road enabling each lane to be crossed separately with clear signs.

View going south can be seen in #74073.

Junction where NCN12 leaves NCN61 and goes south via Old Hatfield. Central island big enough for bikes with clear signs.

View in other direction on NCN12 in #74074

Hatfield station toucan crossing which allows all ways crossing for pedestrians but not for cyclists, who have to go round the sides following the square in two phases rather than one. An opportunity missed?

New cycle parking at Hatfield station intalled November 2015

Double decker cycle parking installed at Hatfield station November 2015.

NCN12 leaves Old Hatfield via this busy roundabout on the Great North Road.

A much better route would be via the subway from Batterdale see #74068 and #74077.

Subway under Great North Road Hatfield.

This could be used to divert NCN12 away from a busy roundabout, but rulled out because the subway is too low to be legally acceptable. Hertfordshire County Council should take the view this is still safer than the roundabout shown in #74069. View from east end #74077.

Note that the subway is only a footway, not shared use, hence the white line to define the cycle route.

Shared use pavement completed November 2015 at Hatfield Station. Creates link to NCN61 and thence NCN12 at the Red Lion see #74025.

French Horn Lane Hatfield where NCN12 turns south. Note NCN12 goes onto the road to the left despite the wide island. Cyclists should use the waiting area on road not the island.

Alban Way bridge over Wellfield Road which also has a cycle route. A rare double decker cycle route.

See #45254 for bridge from below.

Fore Street and the Eight Bells Pub on NCN12. Old Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Fans of Oliver Twist should note this is believed to be the pub Bill Sykes hides out in after Nancy is murdered.

View from the Humber Bridge looking east.

Windermere ferry which links Bowness with the cycle route along the west side of the lake.

Langdale Pikes seen from Regional Route 37, Elterwater, Cumbria.

Windermere Bike Boat which links the National Park Visitor Centre, Brockhole with the west side of the lake cycle path which is traffic free

Broken cycle stands outside public library in Hatfield. Over complex design which did not last and impossible to use with small wheeled bikes.

New pavement next to exit from cycle lane. Using this crossing then leads to the new cycleway on the opposite side of the road shown in #74054

Queensway Hatfield new cycle way approaching town centre #74054

Queensway, Hatfield, shared use path looking south. Now open and usable, February 2016.

Left turn in Skelwith Fold, following route 37

Right turn in Skelwith Fold, route 37.

Brathay bridge, on NCN6 and RR37, near Clappersgate.

Left turn off B5343 west of Clappersgate, Cumbria when following NCN6 or RR37.

Start of off road section of route 37 at Skelwith Bridge

Cycle path in Pull Woods

Pull Woods road crossing looking south.

Cycle path crossing road in Pull Woods. Not obvious going north that you cross the road. Can turn left and rejoin the cycle path later.

Unsigned left turn on cycle route towards Wray Castle. More obvious coming the other way.

Start of Pull Wyke woods cycle route. Note the surface is crushed slate and there are some steep sections, so if you are on a road bike or heavily loaded, you may prefer to keep to the road.

Start of Lake shore path on West side of Windermere

Start of lake shore cycle path signed as part of NCN6, on west side of Windermere.

Bridge on cycle path at Pull Wyke

Start of cycle path parallel to B5286. Off the road but poor quality crushed slate path, so no good for racing bikes or others with thin tyres.

End of cycle path at Troutbeck Bridge. No cycle path or lanes south of here to Windermere, along a steep and busy road.

Start of NCN6 section from Troutbeck Bridge to Langdale Chase via Brockhole

Alban Way, Sutton Road, Fleetville, St Albans. Cycle path ahead has pinch point round tree. Also show signs for At Albans Green Ring, currently under contruction.

Alban Way at Hill End Lane, St Albans. Watch for traffic.

Alban Way crossing of Hill End Road, St Albans. Watch out for traffic.

Alban Way at Ellenbrook Lane, Hatfield

Alban Way at Ellenbrook Lane, Hatfield, a former railway level crossing.

Alban Way at Lemsford Road Hatfield. Route to left leads to steps, route to right is towards St Albans.

Alban Way at Ground Lane looking south west

Alban Way at Ground Lane

Spiral bridge on NCN12 over South Way, Hatfield. This was originally built to serve a School, now closed.

Gate at south end of Oxley Park, NCN12. Impassable for tricycles and disabled buggies. Difficult for tandems.

Gate on National Cycle Route 12 to stop misuse by motorbikes but which blocks the route for tricycles and disabled buggies. Located at north end of Oxley Wood, Hatfield.

Toucan crossing where Woods Ave cycle path west side starts

Start of cycle path on Wood Close leading to route on Woods Ave, Hatfield

Junction between NCN12, turning right, and cycle route to central Hatfield, straight on

Link to Lark Rise which is a quiet road to Hill Top and the University residences

Start of cycle path along east side of Woods Ave, Hatfield.

Cycle lane on Queensway Hatfield where it crosses the entrance to ASDA.

Oxlease roundabout approaching from the north

Oxlease roundabout looking north at end Travellers Lane

Toucan crossing of Queensway

Alban Way where the path has been widened round the tree behind Morrisons

Stupid anti bike gates on the Luton Dunstable busway. There are lots in many locations along this 3m wide cycle path.

One of the several really annoying anti bike gates on the busway cycle path. How is someone meant to get through these. Fortunately possible but not easy.

NCN6 as seen from the busway cycle path heading north west. There are no signs at this location so easy to miss.

Junction NCN6 and busway cycle route and bridge. Sadly no signs at this location so easily missed when looking for NCN6.