National Cycle Network The National Cycle Network (NCN) was established to encourage cycling and walking throughout the United Kingdom, as well as for the purposes of bicycle touring. It was created by the charity Sustrans who were aided by a £42.5 million N ...

(NCN) Route 141 is a

Sustrans Sustrans ( ) is a United Kingdom-based walking, wheeling and cycling charity, and the custodian of the National Cycle Network. Its flagship project is the National Cycle Network, which has created of signed cycle routes throughout the United ...

Regional Route. It is long. It provides a connection between Route 14 and Route 72 along the south bank of the

River Tyne The River Tyne is a river in North East England. Its length (excluding tributaries) is . It is formed by the North Tyne and the South Tyne, which converge at Warden, Northumberland, Warden near Hexham in Northumberland at a place dubbed 'The ...

through

Gateshead Gateshead () is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. The town's attractions include the twenty metre tall Angel of the North sculpture on the town's southern outskirts, ...

. The full length of the route is part of the Keelmans Way. It is fully signed and open after the section between

Wylam Wylam is a village and civil parish in the county of Northumberland, England. It is located about west of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is famous for the being the birthplace of George Stephenson, one of the early railway pioneers. George Stephen ...

and Ryton Golf Course recently reopened after repairs following a landslip.

Route

NCN 141 starts at

National Cycle Route 72 National Route 72 of the National Cycle Network, in Northern England is also called "Hadrian's Cycleway". It starts at Kendal and makes its way around the Cumbria, Cumbrian coast via Barrow-in-Furness and Whitehaven to Silloth, and then across ...

, in

on the north bank of the River Tyne. It crosses the river on Wylam Bridge before heading east via an off-road route along the south bank of the Tyne. It passes Tyneside Golf Club, Ryton Willows and Blaydon before reaching its eastern trailhead at Derwenthaugh (in

Swalwell Swalwell is a village in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, in the United Kingdom. History On 27 August 1640, an encampment of soldiers was gathered in the fields north of Whickham church on the slope down to Swalwell. This was part of the Royal ...

) where it meets

National Cycle Route 14 National Cycle Route 14 forms part of the National Cycle Network in North East England. It connects Darlington in County Durham with South Shields on the River Tyne. The route has currently (2016) a length of . Much of it uses paths along disused ...

. The eastern end of the route was opened in 2012 so cyclists could avoid having to cross the busy Newburn Bridge to reach route 72. There are public artworks as the route passes the site of the Blaydon racecourse.

2021 Closure

The route was closed between

and Ryton due to a landslip that occurred in February 2021. A diversion route was in place during this time.

Related NCN Routes

Route 141 meets the following routes: * Route 141 is part of the Keelmans Way along with Route 14

References

External links

* {{NCN , state=collapsed Cycleways in England National Cycle Routes