National Cycle Network - Route 21 - Pool Linear Park, Catford, London, UK
N 51° 26.373 W 000° 01.574
30U E 706669 N 5702901
This is a marker on National Cycle Route 21 in the Pool Linear Park in Catford, south London. This route extends from Greenwich to Eastbourne.
Waymark Code: WMF643
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/29/2012
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Te Sustrans webiste [visit
link] tells us about Route 21:
"National Route 21 of The National Cycle Network runs
south from Greenwich out of London through Lewisham (the Waterlink Way) to
Crawley, and then via East Grinstead and Eridge to Heathfield and
Eastbourne.
Open Sections: The route is open and signed as the Downs
and Weald cycle route and is also part of the proposed Avenue Verte Greenway
linking London and Paris via the Newhaven to Dieppe ferry. Visit the Franco
British Cycle Plan website for further information on this
route."
This type of mile marker is one of four types designed for
the millennium. This one is by John Mills and the Sustrans website [visit
link] tells us:
"There are four different types of Millennium Mileposts.
The first post to be commissioned was designed by John Mills, and his piece was
entitled The Fossil Tree. The post takes the form of an abstract tree with
relief imagery of fossils depicting the passage of time from early primitive
creatures to the ultimate demise of fossil fuel driven
technology."
The Sustrans website [visit
link] also tells us about the numbering system:
"The National Cycle Network is signed using a system
modelled on the Danish Cycle Network and adopted by the Department for
Transport, the Scottish Government, the Welsh Assembly and the Northern Ireland
Executive. The same system is now being adopted by a number of other European
countries.
The signs show the number of the route that is being
followed: National Route numbers are shown against a red patch and Regional
Route numbers are shown against a blue patch."