National Cycle Route 7

National Cycle Route 7 (or NCR 7) is a route of the National Cycle Network, running from Sunderland to Inverness.

Route

Former railway bridge at Logierait

Cyclepath alongside A9 through Pass of Drumochter

For mapping purposes, the route is split at Glasgow into Lochs and Glens (south) ^[1] and (north) ^[2]

Sunderland to Carlisle

This route follows the Sea to Sea (C2C) cycle route for much of its length before the C2C departs to Whitehaven and NCN7 continues to Carlisle.

Carlisle to Glasgow

The route runs from Carlisle across the border to Dumfries; this section takes a long route at present, but may change following the construction of an "all-purpose route" alongside the M6 extension.^[3] In Scotland, the route then heads west to Dumfries and then Newton Stewart. At this point, it does not use the route of the abandoned Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway. It then splits into alternative on and off-road paths to run north through hilly country to meet the coast again at Ayr. After meeting the NCN 73 near Kilwinning, it follows back roads and an old railway, meets the NCN 75 west of Paisley, which run together into Glasgow, with 7 and 75 splitting outside the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre.

Glasgow to Pitlochry

From the point described above, the trail proceeds west along the north of the River Clyde, through Dumbarton to Loch Lomond at Balloch. Regional route 40 branches off here, while the route turns north east into the Trossachs. Passing through Drymen, Aberfoyle and Callander (where it planned to meet NCN 76) it then goes north through Strathyre and Glen Ogle to Killin. Much of this section of the route is off road, using the old trackbed of the former Callander and Oban Railway and Killin Railway . From Killin, the route runs along the south shore of Loch Tay, and then down the glen east, crossing the Tay on the former railway bridge at Logierait from where it turns north to Pitlochry, meeting the NCN 77.

Pitlochry to Inverness

The route north from Pitlochry roughly follows the route of the A9 road and Highland Main Line railway through the Grampian mountains via the Pass of Killiecrankie, Pass of Drumochter and Slochd Summit to the Moray Firth at Inverness.

References

↑ "Lochs and Glens (south)". Sustrans. Retrieved 11 April 2009.
↑ "Lochs and Glens (north)". Sustrans. Retrieved 11 April 2009.
↑ The M6 motorway extension project – Road Traffic Technology

Sustrans' National Cycle Network
List of routes
Main routes	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
National routes	10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 32 33 34 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 81 82 84 85 88 91 92 93 94 95 96
Regional routes	125 136 137 141 151 155 162 164 165 166 167 168 169 172 174 177 178 179 195 196 207 208 212 221 222 223 224 231 232 235 236 244 246 248 250 253 254 255 256 264 267 270 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 305 326 334 338 339 341 344 403 410 413 416 423 425 426 436 437 438 439 440 442 446 447 448 451 455 461 465 466 467 468 469 475 476 477 478 481 482 485 492 523 524 525 526 533 534 535 536 539 544 547 548 549 550 552 554 555 558 559 561 562 566 568 573 576 577 585 622 627 633 636 645 646 647 648 656 657 658 665 668 672 674 677 680 688 689 696 697 699 700 715 725 753 754 756 764 765 766 767 768 775 776 777 780 810 811 818 819 820 822 825 862 881 882 883 884 885 887
Named routes	C2C Celtic Trail Clyde to Forth Colliers Way Cornish Way Darent Valley Path Forth and Clyde Canal Pathway Hadrian's Cycleway Heron Trail Keelmans Way Lon Cambria Lôn Las Ogwen Pennine Cycleway Mercian Way The North West Trail Salmon Run cycle route Scunthorpe Ridgeway Sheerness Way Trans Pennine Trail Viking Coastal Trail Way of the Roses White Rose cycle route W2W Yorkshire Wolds cycle route

Transport in Glasgow

Bus
Bus stations	Buchanan bus station
Present	First Glasgow McGill's Stagecoach Glasgow Glasgow Citybus
Past	Kelvin Central Buses Glasgow Corporation Transport Arriva Scotland West Western Scottish Trolleybuses in Glasgow

Rail

Present

Stations	Alexandra Parade Anderston Anniesland Argyle Street Ashfield Baillieston Barnhill Bellgrove Bridgeton Cardonald Carmyle Carntyne Cathcart Charing Cross Corkerhill Croftfoot Crookston Crosshill Crossmyloof Dalmarnock Drumchapel Drumry Duke Street Dumbreck Easterhouse Exhibition Centre Garrowhill Garscadden Gilshochill Glasgow Central High Street Hillington East Hillington West Hyndland Jordanhill Kelvindale Kennishead King's Park Langside Maryhill Maxwell Park Mosspark Mount Florida Mount Vernon Muirend Nitshill Partick Pollokshaws East Pollokshaws West Pollokshields East Pollokshields West Possilpark & Parkhouse Priesthill & Darnley Queens Park Queen Street Robroyston Scotstounhill Shawlands Shettleston Springburn Summerston
Commuter lines	Argyle Ayrshire Coast Cathcart Circle Croy Cumbernauld Inverclyde Maryhill Motherwell–Cumbernauld North Clyde Paisley Canal Shotts South Western Whifflet
Main lines	CrossCountry network East Coast Main Line Glasgow–Aberdeen line Glasgow–Edinburgh via Carstairs line Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk line Highland Main Line TransPennine North West West Coast Main Line West Highland Line
Operations	Avanti West Coast Caledonian Sleeper London North Eastern Railway ScotRail TransPennine Express

Past

Stations	Bellahouston Bellahouston Park Halt Botanic Gardens Bridge Street Bridgeton Central Buchanan Street (mainline) College Crow Road Cumberland Street Dunlop Street Eglinton Street Finnieston Gallowgate Gallowgate Central Glasgow Cross Glasgow Green Gorbals Govan Hyndland Ibrox Kelvinbridge Kelvinside Kirklee Main Street Maryhill Central Merkland Street Mount Vernon North Parkhead Stadium (GCR) Parkhead North (NBR) Partick Central (aka Kelvin Hall) Partickhill Partick West Pollokshields Possil Shields Shields Road Southside St Enoch (mainline) Strathbungo Tollcross Whiteinch Victoria Park
Lines	Cathcart District Railway City Union Line Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Glasgow City and District Railway Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway Glasgow Central Railway Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway Glasgow and Renfrew District Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway Polloc and Govan Railway Stobcross Railway
Operations	Caledonian Railway Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Glasgow and South Western Railway North British Railway LMS LNER Scottish Region of British Railways ScotRail

Future

GARL
Crossrail Glasgow (Proposed)

Subway
Stations	Bridge Street Buchanan Street Cessnock Cowcaddens Govan Hillhead Ibrox Kelvinbridge Kelvinhall Kinning Park Partick Shields Road St Enoch St George's Cross West Street

Roads
Motorways	M8 M73 M74 M77 M80
A roads	A8 / European route E5 A74 A77 A726 A727 A728 A730 A736 A739 A749 A761 A763 A80 A81 A82 A89 A803 A804 A814 A879
Streets / Junctions	Argyle Street Broomielaw Buchanan Street Byres Road Candleriggs Charing Cross Clydeside Expressway Cochrane Street Dalmarnock Road Duke Street Dunlop Street Edinburgh Road Gallowgate George Square Glasgow Cross Glassford Street Great Western Road High Street Ingram Street London Road Maryhill Road Millbrae Crescent North Street Paisley Road West Partick Cross Queen Street Rottenrow Saltmarket Sauchiehall Street Shettleston Road Springburn Road St. Andrew's Cross St. George's Cross St. Vincent Street Trongate Wilson Street

Tram
Past	Glasgow Corporation Tramways

Other
Air	Glasgow Airport Glasgow Prestwick Airport Glasgow Seaplane Terminal
Water	SPT Ferry Services Forth and Clyde Canal
Cycling	National Cycle Route 7 National Cycle Route 75 National Cycle Route 754 National Cycle Route 756

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