National Cycle Route 5

National Cycle Route 5 (or NCR 5) is a route of the National Cycle Network, running from Reading to Holyhead.

Didcot | Abingdon-on-Thames | Radley | Oxford | Banbury | Stratford upon Avon | Redditch | Bromsgrove

Lower Quinton | Stoke on Trent

The route has a junction with National Cycle Route 56 north of Chester Zoo.

Chester | Conwy | Bangor | Menai Bridge | Holyhead

The track leaves Chester (and England) on the Northern bank of the River Dee. Crossing into Wales, the high quality track crosses the Dee at the side of Hawarden Bridge and then enters the town of Shotton. At this stage the National Cycle Route heads inland and follows a series of quiet roads. Unfortunately the road surfaces are sometimes poor and gradients steep. There are plans to create a better quality route following the coast.

At Talacre the coastal route improves again. It passes through a large caravan site and golf course en route to Prestatyn. From Prestatyn westwards the route hugs the coast and in many places one is just a few metres from the sea.

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