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

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

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.

Glasgow | Dumbarton | Balloch | Drymen | Aberfoyle | Callander | Balquhidder | Killin | Kenmore | Pitlochry

Pitlochry to Inverness

The route north from Pitlochry roughly follows the route of the

Pitlochry | Blair Atholl | Newtonmore | Kingussie | Aviemore | Culloden | Inverness

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