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Cycle Routes in Argyll & Bute
OpenCycleMap.org map of the Argyll & Bute area
National Cycle Network
Within Argyll & Bute, National Cycle Network Routes 75 and 78, and Regional Cycle Network Routes 40, 41 and 42 can be found.
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Route 75: Portavadie - Dunoon - Gourock - Kilmacolm - Paisley - Glasgow - Uddingston - Airdrie - Livingston - Edinburgh - Leith This coast-to-coast route starts at the ferry-port of Portavadie and crosses the Cowal Peninsula to Dunoon for the ferry to Gourock. Next it follows the waterfront from Gourock to Greenock, then joins a former railway line through to Paisley. NCN 7 is joined between Paisley and Glasgow, from where this route follows the River Clyde to Uddingston. After there is heads north to Coatbridge and joins various railway lines to continue through Airdrie to Bathgate. Paths and minor roads take the route to Livingston and at Balerno the route joins the Water of Leith Way and then the Union Canal for the journey into Edinburgh. The final section to Leith is along another former railway line. |
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Route 78: Campbeltown - Ardrishaig - Taynuilt - Oban - Fort William - Inverness This long distance route runs along the west coast of Scotland from the Kintyre Peninsula to Fort William, before heading through the Great Glen to Inverness. The section north of Oban is under development, with work currently being undertaken between Oban and Fort William. Much of the route is on-road, but there are also sections on the Crinan and Caledonian Canal towpaths. |
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Regional Route 40: Balloch - Luss - Tarbet The West Loch Lomond cycle path follows the western shore of Loch Lomond mostly on paths and sections of quiet and closed-off roads, parallel to the A82 road. |
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Regional Route 41: Arden - Helensburgh A route mainly on roadside paths leaving the Balloch to Tarbet Regional Route 40 at Arden, next to Loch Lomond, and linking over the hill to Helensburgh. |
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Regional Route 42: Helensburgh - Rhu - Garelochhead A route partly on roadside paths and partly on-road from Helensburgh, through Rhu, then along the Gare Loch to Garelochhead, following the A814 road. |
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The National Cycle Network routes around Glasgow can be found in this Sustrans leaflet.
Country Parks
The following sites have details of the various country parks in Argyll & Bute, including suggestions on routes to cycle within those parks.
Key to symbols:
 | Dedicated cycle track: Segregated cycle route between main road and footway |
| Cycle lanes: On-road cycle lanes on main road |
 | Suburban route: On-road cycle route on residential streets and paths |
 | Line-segregated route: Cycle route along footway with line-segregation |
| Shared use route: Cycle route on footway of main road, shared with pedestrians |
| Country lanes route: On-road cycle route on minor roads in the countryside |
| Path route: Cycle route on country, parkland, river or canal paths, shared with pedestrians |
| Railway path route: Cycle route on path along former railway alignment, shared with pedestrians |
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