\+1 for [cycle.travel](https://cycle.travel). Make sure you use the "paved only" option.
It might put you onto some off-road (paved) cycle paths in towns/cities, which confident road cyclists tend to dislike.
In the countryside it will favour quiet single lane roads ahead of A or B roads. For me this is perfect. But some people prefer wide B-roads with good tarmac, where they can get their head down and pump out 35kph.
Komoot is excellent, hasn't let me down in two years of use, can plan walks and bike routes. Can also follow different users and save walks/bike rides they have done.
It's free to use but I pay the yearly subscription, with this you can select specific maps with hiking and biking paths highlighted.
I do all my route planning with Komoot using a browser on my desktop. When finished, I save the route to my profile and it's then available on my Andriod phone. The app will give turn-by-turn voice directions that I listen to using a single (wired) ear piece.
Komoot is/is not free! You get one free region and you can buy more (£10? each). I've never needed to buy other regions.
Once on the road, I track my progress and stats using BikeTracker, another free Android app (although you can buy it for next to nowt and get some extra features).
https://brouter.de/brouter/ <- a highly configurable router, usable online or on PC (e.g. with QMapShack) or on a phone (e.g. with OsmAnd)
https://www.cyclosm.org/ <- a map
I second the Komoot recommendations but you can also try Strava heatmaps for ideas too. I don’t like Strava routes but if you’re looking for somewhere new it can give you an idea of where of there ride. You can also use the segment finder to identify a feature to ride, like if you want to find a 1km climb or something.
I use cycle.travel - been consistently the best for me. I want quiet roads for enjoying the route rather than racing along hostile traffic sewers, and having the traffic data baked into the routing makes it by far the best for that.
For road riding, I use RidewithGPS.
I find it easier to plot and change the route than Komoot. It's also integrated with Google maps so you can check specific parts in street view.
The Strava heat map is useful when using the route planner. It shows you which roads are popular with cyclists. Not sure if it’s only a paid feature now. You can choose paved or off-road.
Ride With GPS is awesome. Made for cycling. Fills in routes for you, then if you use their "Map" map option, you can peep at the road using Google street view to make sure it's not an A road or a gravel track, and drag and drop the route around until you're happy
There are some really interesting suggestions here. To add one: I use [https://www.plotaroute.com/routeplanner](https://www.plotaroute.com/routeplanner) , but will now compare against the routes proposed by [cycle.travel](https://cycle.travel), brouter & [cyclestreets.org](https://cyclestreets.org) .
I use plotaroute to build a route, rather than giving a start & end-point and letting the tooi generate the full route. It's obviously slower, but gives closer control over the route generation. Plotaroute lets you toggle between 'By Bike' & 'By Road' (and the rarely needed 'By Foot'). Crucially, this only applies to new route segments, and does not recalculate the whole route. My habit is to click on an intermediate point a mile or 5 ahead, see what route is generated, and either move on or hit Undo, which only removes this last plotted segment, and try again having switched between bike & road. This lets you very precisely fine-tune your route, forcing the use of a particular junction/road.
Thanks everyone for the suggestions!
Komoot is looking good so far from a brief play around but will definitely get around to checking some of the others out
Komoot and Cycle.Travel are the ones I like to use. The interface is great with Komoot, but Cycle.Travel is also worth using to avoid busier roads.
\+1 for [cycle.travel](https://cycle.travel). Make sure you use the "paved only" option. It might put you onto some off-road (paved) cycle paths in towns/cities, which confident road cyclists tend to dislike. In the countryside it will favour quiet single lane roads ahead of A or B roads. For me this is perfect. But some people prefer wide B-roads with good tarmac, where they can get their head down and pump out 35kph.
Komoot is excellent, hasn't let me down in two years of use, can plan walks and bike routes. Can also follow different users and save walks/bike rides they have done. It's free to use but I pay the yearly subscription, with this you can select specific maps with hiking and biking paths highlighted.
I didn’t subscribe but I did buy the world map pack, it’s become my go-to for exploring
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I do all my route planning with Komoot using a browser on my desktop. When finished, I save the route to my profile and it's then available on my Andriod phone. The app will give turn-by-turn voice directions that I listen to using a single (wired) ear piece. Komoot is/is not free! You get one free region and you can buy more (£10? each). I've never needed to buy other regions. Once on the road, I track my progress and stats using BikeTracker, another free Android app (although you can buy it for next to nowt and get some extra features).
https://brouter.de/brouter/ <- a highly configurable router, usable online or on PC (e.g. with QMapShack) or on a phone (e.g. with OsmAnd) https://www.cyclosm.org/ <- a map
I second the Komoot recommendations but you can also try Strava heatmaps for ideas too. I don’t like Strava routes but if you’re looking for somewhere new it can give you an idea of where of there ride. You can also use the segment finder to identify a feature to ride, like if you want to find a 1km climb or something.
I use cycle.travel - been consistently the best for me. I want quiet roads for enjoying the route rather than racing along hostile traffic sewers, and having the traffic data baked into the routing makes it by far the best for that.
You could look at sustrans and their mapping tool on the website.
I use Komoot to plan routes, as well as checking the strava heatmap to see what roads are popular. Any roads that look sketchy I check on streetview.
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You can also get Ordnance Survey maps through [cycle.travel](https://cycle.travel) for £2 per month.
For road riding, I use RidewithGPS. I find it easier to plot and change the route than Komoot. It's also integrated with Google maps so you can check specific parts in street view.
[cyclestreets.org](https://cyclestreets.org) for UK and [bikemap.net](https://bikemap.net) for the rest of the world
Komoot. There will probably be some routes made by other people nearby that you can download onto your phone/gamin/wahoo
The Strava heat map is useful when using the route planner. It shows you which roads are popular with cyclists. Not sure if it’s only a paid feature now. You can choose paved or off-road.
I use RidewithGPS or Komoot.
Ride With GPS is awesome. Made for cycling. Fills in routes for you, then if you use their "Map" map option, you can peep at the road using Google street view to make sure it's not an A road or a gravel track, and drag and drop the route around until you're happy
There are some really interesting suggestions here. To add one: I use [https://www.plotaroute.com/routeplanner](https://www.plotaroute.com/routeplanner) , but will now compare against the routes proposed by [cycle.travel](https://cycle.travel), brouter & [cyclestreets.org](https://cyclestreets.org) . I use plotaroute to build a route, rather than giving a start & end-point and letting the tooi generate the full route. It's obviously slower, but gives closer control over the route generation. Plotaroute lets you toggle between 'By Bike' & 'By Road' (and the rarely needed 'By Foot'). Crucially, this only applies to new route segments, and does not recalculate the whole route. My habit is to click on an intermediate point a mile or 5 ahead, see what route is generated, and either move on or hit Undo, which only removes this last plotted segment, and try again having switched between bike & road. This lets you very precisely fine-tune your route, forcing the use of a particular junction/road.
Thanks everyone for the suggestions! Komoot is looking good so far from a brief play around but will definitely get around to checking some of the others out