 The route follows the lane between Lakeside Country Park to the north and the University of Southampton sports ground to the south, emerging at Wide Lane to follow a shared use path alongside the road.The route continues to follow Wide Lane southwards, past Southampton Airport (Parkway) railway station and the site of the former Ford Transit factory, reaching the A27 road at a roundabout.NCR 23 crosses the A27 and heads south through Monksbrook Greenway, an area of woodland that once formed the grounds of The Grange, a country house that was located near the road.