The Cycle Map is based on data from the OpenStreetMap project. At low zoom levels it is intended for overviews of the National Cycle Network; at higher zoom levels it should help with planning which streets to cycle on, where you can park your bike and so on.

The map is updated every week (on a Thursday or Friday, normally) with the latest data from OpenStreetMap. News about the cycle map can be found in the OpenStreetMap archives on this site.

Key

		National Cycle Route
		Regional Cycle Route
		Local Cycle Network
		Cycleway
		Cycle Parking
		Toilets
		Toucan Crossings
		Other Crossings

Tagging Guide (for OSM Contributors)

The main guide for cycle routes lives at Cycle Routes on the OSM wiki. The following is a summary:

Concept	Tags	UK notes
National cycle network	ncn_ref = “XX” or ncn = “yes”	Sustrans’ National Cycle Routes
Regional cycle network	rcn_ref = “YY” or rcn = “yes”	Sustrans’ Regional cycle routes
Local cycle network	lcn_ref = “ZZ” or lcn = “yes”	Various, including London Cycle Network
Dedicated Cycleways	highway = “cycleway”
Cycle Crossings	crossing = “toucan”	Toucan crossings
Other crossings	crossing = “anything”

The tagging guide here is biased towards the UK definitions, but the map is fully international. Other countries have their own national, regional and local networks which use the same tags, but are decided on a country-by-country basis.

Notes

• There’s no need to add *cn = “yes” tags if there’s a *_ref tag already
• Un-numbered cycle routes are rendered too
• Contents of *_ref tags are rendered as if they are route references. Please keep them short!
• If you like, lcn can also stand for “London Cycle Network”!
• If you are mapping a proposed route, use “proposed” instead of “yes” and it will render as dotted
• See also the NCN page on OSM wiki