551 - Newcastle Greenway - Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, UK
N 53° 00.933 W 002° 13.567
30U E 551916 N 5874280
A 551 cycle route sign located on Hempstalls Lane at the corner of Brampton Sidings in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Waymark Code: WM16F3R
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/18/2022
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The 551 cycle route sign is located on Hempstalls Lane at the corner of Brampton Sidings in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Route 551 is a National Cycle Network cycleway that runs between Newcastle, Nantwich and Winsford: a 26 km / 16 mile ride from the Potteries via Nantwich to route 5 at Winsford. Source: (
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"National Cycle Route 551 is entirely contained within the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. It runs between the western extremity of Silverdale eastwards through Newcastle, terminating on the A52 east of the town centre. For the whole of its length the route runs along the former trackbed of the Newcastle-Market Drayton railway line."
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The organisation called SUSTRANS was set up in Bristol in 1977. They had a vision to improve conditions for people walking and cycling.
By the 1990s cycling and walking routes had been built all over the country, mainly using disused railway paths and canal towpaths. In 1995, they campaigned and won the first ever grant from the Millennium Commission for £42.5 million to create a UK-wide network that linked the routes to provide high-quality, convenient routes for walking and cycling. The Network that exists today involves hundreds of partners. Source: (
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