Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 80035

Cycleways

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 16 October 2025

Question

Alex Mayer

LabourDunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of the national cycle network are permissive routes.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
In England, approximately 2,720 miles of the National Cycling Network is on a permissive right of way. Of this, over 50% is on land owned by a Local Authority or other public body.