National Cycle Route 12

National Cycle Route 12 - from Enfield (London) to Grimsby (Lincolnshire)

Route

Enfield to Hatfield

The route starts at Enfield Lock at the junction with National Cycle Route 1. The route is open and signed through Enfield to Chase Farm where it ends at the A1005. The extension on to Hadley Wood is due for construction by the end of 2017, according to Enfield Council. (Their web page is out of date.) ^[2] For now, there is an unsigned route via Oak Ave, Hadley Road and Ferny Hill, but this road is steep and can be busy.

At Hadley Wood, route 12 starts again as The Great North Way and is continuous from Hadley Wood station on the railway line from London to north of Letchworth at the Hertfordshire county boundary. There is a short cut cycle route direct from the station to Waggon Road.

Cycle service station at South Mimms

At South Mimms the route has an entrance to South Mimms Services, the service station on the M25 Motorway. The section from Hadley Wood to South Mimms is mostly on road. North of South Mimms the route is mostly on segregated path to Hatfield.

Hatfield to Huntingdon

In Hatfield there is a spiral bridge and a scenic off road section through Steamwoods. However this has two gates which block use by tricycles and tandems. It can be avoided by following the cycle path along Travellers Lane. The route passes through Old Hatfield and near to Mill Green Museum (watermill), the off road section here continuing into Welwyn Garden City. The cycle route then winds through the streets of the Handside part of Welwyn Garden City to reach more off road path (unsurfaced) through Sherrardspark Wood.

North west of Welwyn Garden City NCR12 follows quiet country lanes but with some very steep hills near Codicote. It passes Knebworth House and then descends to join the off road cycle path network through Stevenage and Old Stevenage. Another rural section, mostly off road and some unsurfaced leads to Letchworth where there is a choice of either a route to the east between Baldock and Letchworth or via the centre of Letchworth Garden City. This latter route takes in the world's first roundabout. North of the county boundary the route can be followed to Arlesey station.

Thereafter the route is incomplete until the southern edge of Biggleswade. It continues, signed, via Sandy to St Neots and then via Grafham Water to Huntingdon.

Huntingdon to Grimsby

Huntingdon | Peterborough | Spalding | Boston | Grimsby

North of Huntingdon route 12 takes a slightly roundabout rural route to Peterborough to avoid the A1(M) before continuing north east to Spalding via Crowland, with its remarkable three way medieval Trinity bridge.

Trinity Bridge Crowland

In due course the route will extend north from Spalding to meet National Cycle Network route 1 at Fossdyke.

References

↑ Sustrans
↑ "Enfield Enfield Island Village to Hadley Wood Greenway - Cycle Enfield". Retrieved 11 April 2016.

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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