Wider Greenway Networks

Greenways are common across Europe. To give you some inspiration please check the links below to just a few of our favourites.

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Greenways provides a fantastic overview of current and proposed greenways in Northern Ireland.

The Comber Greenway: Belfast to Comber Greenway (nigreenways.com)
Belfast to Lisburn Greenway (Lagan Towpath): Belfast to Lisburn Greenway (nigreenways.com)
Belfast to Newtownabbey Greenway (Belfast Lough Greenway): Belfast to Newtownabbey Greenway (nigreenways.com)
Coalisland to Moy and Charlemont Greenway (Coalisland Canal Greenway) Coalisland to Moy and Charlemont Greenway (nigreenways.com)
Connswater Greenway (Connswater Community Greenway): Connswater Greenway (nigreenways.com)
Craigavon Black Paths: Craigavon Black Paths (nigreenways.com)
Newtownabbey Greenway: Newtownabbey Greenway (nigreenways.com)
Newry Canal Greenway: Newry to Portadown Greenway (nigreenways.com)
Strabane Canal Way: Strabane to Cloghcor Greenway (nigreenways.com)

Others under construction or partly developed:

Glens of Antrim Greenway
Belfast Cycle Network
Fourth Meadow (Belfast)
Lisburn to Lurgan Greenway
Newry to Dundalk Greenway
Derry to Omagh Greenway
Derry Urban Greenways

Republic of Ireland

The Ultimate Guide to Ireland's Greenways can be found on Greenways Ireland.

Great Western Greenway (Co Mayo): Great Western Greenway, The Essential Greenway Guide. Click for More (greenwaysireland.org)
Old Rail Trail (Co Westmeath): Old Rail Trail, The Essential Old Rail Trail Guide. Click for More (greenwaysireland.org)
Limerick Greenway (Co Limerick): Limerick Greenway, Rathkeale, Newcastlewest and Abbeyfeale. (greenwaysireland.org)
Suir Blueway (Co Tipperary) Suir Blueway, Co Tipperary, Cycle Clonmel to Carrick on Suir (greenwaysireland.org)
Royal Canal (Co Kildare, Meath Westmeath, and Longford) 2021 Guide to the Royal Canal Greenway. (greenwaysireland.org)

Some others currently in development:

South East Greenway (Co Kilkenny)
Extension of the Waterford Greenway to Rosslare
Greenway between Dublin and Galway
Ring of Kerry Greenway
Extension to the Royal Canal Greenway towards Dublin
Extension to the Great Western Greenway towards the east of Co Mayo

England, Scotland and Wales

There is a range of shared paths across England, Scotland and Wales ranging from

Traffic Free (over 99.5%)

2 routes: Luton to Dunstable and Sewell/ Rutland Water

Mostly Traffic Free (80 - 99.4%)

2 Routes

Telford to Iron Bridge/ Water Rail Way

Mixed Traffic Free and On Road (21 - 79%)

34 Routes - view routes via this LINK.

Mainly on Road (Under 20% Off Road)

26 Routes - view routes via this LINK

Europe

The Eurovelo is a series of long-distance routes across Europe (part on road/ part off road paths). An overview can be found at EuroVelo - some of the main Eurovelo routes are:

Many smaller greenways exist across Europe which are too numerous to list here.