National Cycle Route 75

National Cycle Route 75 runs from

Kintyre peninsula, via Glasgow

. It is often known as the Clyde to Forth cycle route.

Route 75 includes two ferry crossings from

Kintyre peninsula

.

Route

Route 75 Map^[1]^[2]

Edinburgh to Bathgate

The route begins in Leith, Edinburgh at the north-eastern terminus of the Water of Leith until Warriston, then runs southward in Edinburgh City Centre before joining with the eastern terminus of the Union Canal at Fountainbridge. Just after the viaduct at Slateford, the route returns to the Water of Leith until its south-western terminus at Balerno. Thereafter it passes through Kirknewton, East Calder, Almondell and Calderwood Country Park, Mid Calder, Livingston and Bathgate.

Edinburgh | Kirknewton | Livingston | Bathgate

Bathgate to Glasgow

Between

Clyde walkway

.

Glasgow to Gourock

The route runs along the north of the Clyde to the SECC, where it joins

NCR 7 through Paisley to Johnstone. It then branches west, following a disused railway track through Bridge of Weir and Kilmacolm to Port Glasgow. After a short residential section, it rejoins the disused railway in an industrial estate, which it follows to Greenock. It then leads to the sea front, and along to Gourock

.

A 14-mile (23 km) section of the route between Airdrie and Bathgate closed in October 2008 as part of a £300 million project to reopen the railway. Network Rail built a replacement cycle path.^[3]

Glasgow | Paisley | Kilmacolm | Greenock | Gourock

Dunoon to Portavadie

After catching the ferry from Gourock to cross the upper

Kintyre peninsula at Tarbert. On the Kintyre peninsula you can join the National Cycle Route 78 (The Caledonia Way).^[4]

References

^ "Route 75 - Map". Sustrans. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
^ "NCN 75 – Edinburgh–Glasgow–Kintyre | cycle.travel". cycle.travel.
^ "Summer cyclists reminded to avoid closed route between Airdrie and Bathgate". British Cycling. 28 July 2009. Archived from the original on 2 August 2009.
^ "National Cycle Network routes in Argyll & Bute and Highland". Sustrans.

[1] "Route 75 - Map". Sustrans. Retrieved 17 March 2014.

[2] "NCN 75 – Edinburgh–Glasgow–Kintyre | cycle.travel". cycle.travel.

[3] "Summer cyclists reminded to avoid closed route between Airdrie and Bathgate". British Cycling. 28 July 2009. Archived from the original on 2 August 2009.

[4] "National Cycle Network routes in Argyll & Bute and Highland". Sustrans.

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List of routes
Main routes	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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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 Lôn 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