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Features of CycleStreets

Here's a quick summary of just some of the features of CycleStreets - have you discovered them all yet?

Journey Planner

Plan a cycle journey from A-B anywhere in the UK.

Photomap

Pinpoint photos showing cycling-related problems and good practice on a map.

Choice of route types

The planner gives the fastest, quietest and balanced route, catering for your cycling preferences.

1,500 area homepages

Customised homepages for every town/city/borough around the UK are available - try yourtown.cyclestreets.net .

Elevation profiles

See at a glance how hilly your route will be - with hills taken into account in the journey planner.

Itinerary listing

Scroll down to the itinerary and you'll see each street, turn-by-turn, and a mini-map of the area.

Photos én route

Get a feeling for what a journey is like before you take it (if there are photos in the area).

Photo categories

Want to see all the cycle parking problems people have found? Or all obstructions? You can browse these.

Fly in Google Earth

If you have Google Earth on your computer, click on the Google Earth link to get a flyover of your route.

Add your own photos

You can add photos of cycling-related problems that need fixing, or things you like.

GPX export for GPS

Every journey gives you a GPX export for GPS devices, as well as a KML (Google Earth) file.

Import from Flickr

Import your (or others') photos from Flickr (where reproduction is permitted).

OpenStreetMap

Data from OpenStreetMap: if you find an error in the street data - you are welcome to fix it yourself!

Photo category lists

A large matrix of photo categories is available, listing by type and good/bad.

Give feedback

It's easy to give us feedback on routes or any part of CycleStreets: we're keen to know what you think..

Check out our blog (with RSS feed), Follow us on Twitter, or become a Fan on Facebook!

Easy linking

We've made sure that you can link to any page easily - with each journey or photo getting a simple number.

Donate and help us!

CycleStreets is a community-based venture, for cyclists by cyclists. Help and donations are very welcome!

Photomap tags

Give keywords to your photos to match other people's photos on that topic.

Satellite view

You can switch to other map layers in the Photomap, such as the satellite photography view.

Galleries

Create or view galleries on themed topics, with a slideshow.

Save your journeys

Create a signin account and any journey you plan will be saved to your profile.

Photos near on map

You can browse photos nearby the photo you're looking at - just click on the tab above.

Photos near as list

You can also browse photos nearby as a list rather than on the map.

My photos

All photos you add are saved into a gallery of your own.

Find out how it works

We've published lots of information about how the journey planner works, in our extensive help section.

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