National Cycle Route 11

NCN Route 11 is a Sustrans National Cycle Route connecting Harlow in Essex to King's Lynn in Norfolk.

Route

Harlow to Cambridge

NCR 11 near Great Shelford, showing a double helix and a small part of the BRCA2 gene.

Harlow | Bishop Stortford | Hinxton | Sawston | Cambridge

Intersects with NCR 51 in Cambridge.

A section of path, about two kilometres long, from Great Shelford to Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge, is decorated with over 10,000 lines of four colours representing the nucleotide sequence of the BRCA2 gene. This gene, implicated in early-onset breast cancer, was discovered in 1994; the discoverers included scientists from nearby Addenbrookes Hospital and The Sanger Centre, Hinxton.

This section of path also includes and commemorates the 10,000th mile of the National Cycle Network.

Cambridge to King's Lynn

Intersects with National Cycle Route 1 near King's Lynn

Proposed development

Wicken Fen Vision Spine Route

Main article: Wicken Fen § Lodes Way

Route 11 between Cambridge and Ely had a gap in the route, due to the difficulties of crossing the many waterways of the Cambridgeshire Fens. In 2011, the new bridge over Swaffham Bulbeck Lode, and surfacing of several sections of cycle path enables complete use of the route. This section of route 11 had been called the Wicken Fen Vision Spine Route, but in 2011 was named the Lodes Way. The project involves the construction of 18 km of cycleway and of a number of bridges over the man-made waterways known as lodes.^[1] The Lodes Way still has a foot bridge over Burwell Lode with restricted use. A new bridge is scheduled for completion in 2013.^[1] The project has received funding of £600,000 from the Sustrans Connect2 scheme.^[2]

References

1 2 "The Wicken Vision - Spine Route". National Trust. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
↑ "Cambridge to Wicken Fen walking and cycling network – now a step closer". Sustrans. 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2009-07-14.

Sustrans' National Cycle Network

Main routes	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

National routes	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 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 81 82 84 85 88 91 92 93 94 95 96

Regional routes	125 136 137 141 151 155 162 164 165 166 167 168 169 172 174 177 178 179 195 196 207 208 212 221 222 223 224 231 232 235 236 244 246 248 250 253 254 255 256 264 267 270 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 305 326 334 338 339 341 344 403 410 413 416 423 425 426 436 437 438 439 440 442 446 447 448 451 455 461 465 466 467 468 469 475 476 477 478 481 482 485 492 523 524 525 526 533 534 535 536 539 544 547 548 549 550 552 554 555 558 559 561 562 566 568 573 576 577 585 622 627 633 636 638 646 647 648 656 657 658 665 668 672 674 676 677 680 681 686 688 689 696 697 699 715 725 753 754 756 764 765 766 767 768 775 776 777 780 810 811 818 819 820 822 825 862 881 882 883 884 885 887

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