Cycling and walking route NCN5 near Kennington has had a vegetation trim.
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August 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Cycling and walking route NCN5 near Kennington has had a vegetation trim.
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NCN5 path being cleared, hope the rest gets done.
February 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
NCN5 path being cleared, hope the rest gets done.
🚲 Big win for Abingdon! £1.5m secured to fix the missing NCN5 link + boost walking & cycling
Plans include a new two-way contraflow on East St Helen St, Dutch entrance kerbs, continuous footways + better crossings
Have your say by 28 Oct – letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/east-st-hele...
Plans include a new two-way contraflow on East St Helen St, Dutch entrance kerbs, continuous footways + better crossings
Have your say by 28 Oct – letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/east-st-hele...
September 30, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🚲 Big win for Abingdon! £1.5m secured to fix the missing NCN5 link + boost walking & cycling
Plans include a new two-way contraflow on East St Helen St, Dutch entrance kerbs, continuous footways + better crossings
Have your say by 28 Oct – letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/east-st-hele...
Plans include a new two-way contraflow on East St Helen St, Dutch entrance kerbs, continuous footways + better crossings
Have your say by 28 Oct – letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/east-st-hele...
Ever since I found the NCN5 went from Reading to Anglesey, I have wanted to do this. And now it is done. Anyone planning Anglesey note the difference between NCN5 (blue arrow) & NCN8 (red).
Reckon that’s about half the distance done. For the next 4 days cycling I shall largely be riding the Lôn Las
Reckon that’s about half the distance done. For the next 4 days cycling I shall largely be riding the Lôn Las
July 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Ever since I found the NCN5 went from Reading to Anglesey, I have wanted to do this. And now it is done. Anyone planning Anglesey note the difference between NCN5 (blue arrow) & NCN8 (red).
Reckon that’s about half the distance done. For the next 4 days cycling I shall largely be riding the Lôn Las
Reckon that’s about half the distance done. For the next 4 days cycling I shall largely be riding the Lôn Las
Overslept today; needed to make ground. The NCN5. From Reading to Anglesey; every km is a place of Delight and Discovery
August 23, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Overslept today; needed to make ground. The NCN5. From Reading to Anglesey; every km is a place of Delight and Discovery
Pleased to see overwhelming opinion IN FAVOUR of the NCN5 cycle and walking improvements to our town centre, including contraflow lane
In Abingdon we don't mess around or sit on the fence
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In Abingdon we don't mess around or sit on the fence
www.facebook.com/share/p/18EX...
April 19, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Pleased to see overwhelming opinion IN FAVOUR of the NCN5 cycle and walking improvements to our town centre, including contraflow lane
In Abingdon we don't mess around or sit on the fence
www.facebook.com/share/p/18EX...
In Abingdon we don't mess around or sit on the fence
www.facebook.com/share/p/18EX...
Excited for the only safe bike route to Oxford to soon be blocked for a couple of months by flooding, as happens every single year without fail! #bikesky
December 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Excited for the only safe bike route to Oxford to soon be blocked for a couple of months by flooding, as happens every single year without fail! #bikesky
Well this morning seems as good a time as any to get out on ncn5 and the Cheshire cycleway to go grab a cuppa up in Delamere forest
April 13, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Well this morning seems as good a time as any to get out on ncn5 and the Cheshire cycleway to go grab a cuppa up in Delamere forest
Enjoyed a cycle into Brum’s Moor Street Station this morning along a new bit of cycle path to Cannon Hill Park - which I believe to be the latest addition to the ‘wonky’ NCN5. Thoughts 🤔
And I’m now on the Chiltern to Marylebone with @lauralaker.bsky.social ‘s brilliant Potholes and Pavements 🚲💚
And I’m now on the Chiltern to Marylebone with @lauralaker.bsky.social ‘s brilliant Potholes and Pavements 🚲💚
November 27, 2024 at 10:33 AM
Enjoyed a cycle into Brum’s Moor Street Station this morning along a new bit of cycle path to Cannon Hill Park - which I believe to be the latest addition to the ‘wonky’ NCN5. Thoughts 🤔
And I’m now on the Chiltern to Marylebone with @lauralaker.bsky.social ‘s brilliant Potholes and Pavements 🚲💚
And I’m now on the Chiltern to Marylebone with @lauralaker.bsky.social ‘s brilliant Potholes and Pavements 🚲💚
Great question from Abingdon Lib Dem Councillor about the famous NCN Bollard which keeps disappearing (/4)
March 24, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Great question from Abingdon Lib Dem Councillor about the famous NCN Bollard which keeps disappearing (/4)
We have a bit of NCN5 here you can't legally cycle down - @nathanley.com is on the case
May 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM
We have a bit of NCN5 here you can't legally cycle down - @nathanley.com is on the case
Love these new stencils all along National Cycle Route 5! It's great to be constantly reminded that cyclists are barely tolerated on one of the *only* non-main-road routes into Oxford, A Cycling City 🥰🫠
June 30, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Love these new stencils all along National Cycle Route 5! It's great to be constantly reminded that cyclists are barely tolerated on one of the *only* non-main-road routes into Oxford, A Cycling City 🥰🫠
Is that the NCN5?
January 24, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Is that the NCN5?
Penis stones on the NCN5
June 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Penis stones on the NCN5
Both of us separately have a day a week where we cycle back from Oxford to Abingdon at around 10pm via the towpath and NCN5. Much prefer it then to the stress of it being filled with pedestrians in the daytime, frankly.
October 1, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Both of us separately have a day a week where we cycle back from Oxford to Abingdon at around 10pm via the towpath and NCN5. Much prefer it then to the stress of it being filled with pedestrians in the daytime, frankly.
A snowy and sleety November Oxford NCN5 path
Beautiful pylons, River Thames, and Cowley branch line shown in the distance
Beautiful pylons, River Thames, and Cowley branch line shown in the distance
November 19, 2024 at 9:07 AM
A snowy and sleety November Oxford NCN5 path
Beautiful pylons, River Thames, and Cowley branch line shown in the distance
Beautiful pylons, River Thames, and Cowley branch line shown in the distance
Good to see siding out in progress (?) on the #NCN5 path between Sandford & #Oxford. Surprised just how wide the cleared path is, in the area south of the Southern bypass. Still some areas where it's narrow - Kennington footbridge woods. #OxfordshireCountyCouncil @sustrans.bsky.social
November 23, 2024 at 8:34 AM
Good to see siding out in progress (?) on the #NCN5 path between Sandford & #Oxford. Surprised just how wide the cleared path is, in the area south of the Southern bypass. Still some areas where it's narrow - Kennington footbridge woods. #OxfordshireCountyCouncil @sustrans.bsky.social
The idea in the first instance is to do the NCN5. Almost. Taken the first diversion. Coz it is nicer and shorter. Local knowledge and all that
June 28, 2025 at 4:58 AM
The idea in the first instance is to do the NCN5. Almost. Taken the first diversion. Coz it is nicer and shorter. Local knowledge and all that
A new cycle track? I did a local off-road circuit today. Went along the bridleway east of #HaddenHill golf course and found a bunch of guys and machines creating what looks like a new wide path on the alignment below. Looks like it could link #Didcot to NCN5, by-passing #LongWittenham.
#Cycling
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April 14, 2026 at 8:32 PM
A new cycle track? I did a local off-road circuit today. Went along the bridleway east of #HaddenHill golf course and found a bunch of guys and machines creating what looks like a new wide path on the alignment below. Looks like it could link #Didcot to NCN5, by-passing #LongWittenham.
#Cycling
#Cycling
It joins NCN5. @diminutivefox.bsky.social maybe passed by here recently!
July 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
It joins NCN5. @diminutivefox.bsky.social maybe passed by here recently!
A lifetime in a year; and a year in a moment.
What a year! Even in bike, alone. The big one being cycling the Caergybi via the NCN5; something I’d wanted to do for years and a life defining experience. And getting bitten by a snake
What a year! Even in bike, alone. The big one being cycling the Caergybi via the NCN5; something I’d wanted to do for years and a life defining experience. And getting bitten by a snake
December 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM
A lifetime in a year; and a year in a moment.
What a year! Even in bike, alone. The big one being cycling the Caergybi via the NCN5; something I’d wanted to do for years and a life defining experience. And getting bitten by a snake
What a year! Even in bike, alone. The big one being cycling the Caergybi via the NCN5; something I’d wanted to do for years and a life defining experience. And getting bitten by a snake
I made a detailed explainer video (with Q&A) for the proposed new junction in Abingdon to prioritise walking, cycling, wheeling, and generally make it a more pleasant town centre
It won't work on the hardcore antis but I couldn't bear the lies going around!
youtu.be/9k4VjunZhqQ?...
It won't work on the hardcore antis but I couldn't bear the lies going around!
youtu.be/9k4VjunZhqQ?...
Abingdon Town Centre Junction: A Redesign to Prioritise Cycling, Walking, and Active Travel (NCN5)
YouTube video by Cllr Nathan Ley
youtu.be
October 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I made a detailed explainer video (with Q&A) for the proposed new junction in Abingdon to prioritise walking, cycling, wheeling, and generally make it a more pleasant town centre
It won't work on the hardcore antis but I couldn't bear the lies going around!
youtu.be/9k4VjunZhqQ?...
It won't work on the hardcore antis but I couldn't bear the lies going around!
youtu.be/9k4VjunZhqQ?...
What do you think should be done?
Scrap the project, perhaps.
I'd like to see lighting install along a few, existing key routes, like NCN5 out past Kennington.
Scrap the project, perhaps.
I'd like to see lighting install along a few, existing key routes, like NCN5 out past Kennington.
October 1, 2026 at 5:38 PM
What do you think should be done?
Scrap the project, perhaps.
I'd like to see lighting install along a few, existing key routes, like NCN5 out past Kennington.
Scrap the project, perhaps.
I'd like to see lighting install along a few, existing key routes, like NCN5 out past Kennington.
Yesterday I biked from Abingdon to the Earth Trust at Wittenham Clumps and it was lovely off-road NCN5, 60mph road, town, 60mph road, lovely off-road NCN5, dirt track, 60mph road...
February 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Yesterday I biked from Abingdon to the Earth Trust at Wittenham Clumps and it was lovely off-road NCN5, 60mph road, town, 60mph road, lovely off-road NCN5, dirt track, 60mph road...