title: National Cycle Route 648
text: # National Cycle Route 648
  
  National Cycle Network (NCN) Route 648 is a Sustrans National Route that connects Bakewell to Sherwood Forest. The route has opened between Sherwood Forest and Shirebrook and is 5 miles (8.0 km) in length and is signed in both directions.
  
  ## Route
  
  Route 648 will connect Route 680 near Bakewell to Route 6 at Sherwood Forest. As of 2018, the only 5 miles between Shirebrook railway station and Route 6 is open. The route is a mixture of traffic free sections and roadside cycle paths.
  
  Route 648 meets the following routes:
  
  * 6 at Sherwood Forest
  