Cycling strategy

Strategic cycling routes: the tube map

1. Our Strategic Cycle Routes, shown on the ‘tube map’ opposite: these will be the most direct and convenient routes for everyday cycling between destinations. 
    
2. These will be supported by a grid of local routes made suitable for cycling, including traffic-calmed streets and traffic-free routes, with the aim that everyone is within 250m of a cycle route. We may link these routes to form Quietways: convenient, direct routes for cycling through residential areas away from motor traffic. 
    
3. Links in town centres will make it convenient to cycle into and around our town centres and make them welcoming places for residents and visitors arriving by cycle. This will support the local economy by encouraging everyday cycling to local shops and businesses. 
    
4. We will seek to add some of our Strategic Cycle Routes to the National Cycling Network (NCN), working with Sustrans, who manage the network. North Tyneside is served by three existing NCN routes:

• NCN 1 – North Sea Cycle Route – this international route runs along our coastline from Whitley Bay to North Shields Fish Quay and the Shields Ferry.
• NCN 10 – Reivers Cycle Route – starting from Tynemouth Priory, this route follows the historic Waggonways network via Cobalt and Killingworth and on into Northumberland.
• NCN 72 – Hadrian’s Cycle Route – entering North Tyneside via the Shields Ferry, the route heads west, passing the international ferry port, the Tyne Cycle and Pedestrian Tunnel and Segedunum Roman Fort, to Newcastle Quayside. 
   

5. The Shields Ferry, which carries bikes on board, and the Tyne Pedestrian and Cyclist Tunnels are important cross-river links in our cycling network. 

Strategic cycle routes - The tube map

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