diff --git a/core/server/services/apps/proxy.js b/core/server/services/apps/proxy.js
index c502490813..96422d6074 100644
--- a/core/server/services/apps/proxy.js
+++ b/core/server/services/apps/proxy.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ generateProxyFunctions = function (name, permissions, isInternal) {
         // Expose the route service...
         routeService: {
             // This allows for mounting an entirely new Router at a path...
-            registerRouter: checkRegisterPermissions('routes', router.registerRouter.bind(router))
+            registerRouter: checkRegisterPermissions('routes', router.mountRouter.bind(router))
         },
         // Mini proxy to the API - needs review
         api: {
diff --git a/core/server/services/route/AppRouter.js b/core/server/services/route/AppRouter.js
deleted file mode 100644
index d2da86e55b..0000000000
--- a/core/server/services/route/AppRouter.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-/**
- * An instance of router that is provided to Apps, to mount routes into.
- */
-
-var debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug('services:routes:app'),
-    Router = require('./base/Router');
-
-class AppRouter extends Router {
-    registerRouter(path, router) {
-        debug('registerRouter for', path);
-        this.router.use(path, router);
-    }
-}
-
-module.exports = AppRouter;
diff --git a/core/server/services/route/app-router.js b/core/server/services/route/app-router.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d8c5456b49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/server/services/route/app-router.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+var Router = require('./base/Router'),
+    appRouter = new Router('apps');
+
+module.exports = appRouter;
diff --git a/core/server/services/route/base/Router.js b/core/server/services/route/base/Router.js
index f167e76e40..756dc36d26 100644
--- a/core/server/services/route/base/Router.js
+++ b/core/server/services/route/base/Router.js
@@ -1,10 +1,48 @@
 'use strict';
+/**
+ * # Router
+ *
+ * A wrapper around express.Router
+ * Intended to be extended anywhere that routes need to be registered in Ghost
+ * Only allows for .use and .get at the moment - we don't have clear use-cases for anything else yet.
+ */
 
-var expressRouter = require('express').Router;
-
+var debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug('services:routes:ParentRouter'),
+    express = require('express'),
+    // This is a shared global cache
+    // @TODO expand this as part of the route service
+    routes = [];
+/**
+ * We expose a very limited amount of express.Router via specialist methods
+ */
 class Router {
-    constructor() {
-        this.router = expressRouter({mergeParams: true});
+    constructor(name) {
+        this.name = name;
+        this._router = express.Router({mergeParams: true});
+    }
+
+    mountRouter(path, router) {
+        if (arguments.length === 1) {
+            router = path;
+            debug(this.name + ': mountRouter: ' + router.name);
+            this._router.use(router);
+        } else {
+            routes.push(path);
+            debug(this.name + ': mountRouter: ' + router.name + ' at ' + path);
+            this._router.use(path, router);
+        }
+    }
+
+    mountRoute(path, controller) {
+        debug(this.name + ': mountRoute for', path, controller.name);
+        routes.push(path);
+        this._router.get(path, controller);
+    }
+
+    router() {
+        // @TODO: should this just be the handler that is returned?
+        // return this._router.handle.bind(this._router);
+        return this._router;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/core/server/services/route/index.js b/core/server/services/route/index.js
index 493429d575..41900dbd23 100644
--- a/core/server/services/route/index.js
+++ b/core/server/services/route/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,23 @@
 /**
  * # Route Service
  *
- * Everything in here is 100% experimental
+ * Note: routes are patterns, not individual URLs, which have either
+ * subrouters, or controllers mounted on them. There are not that many routes.
+ *
+ * The route service is intended to:
+ * - handle the mounting of all the routes throughout the bootup sequence
+ * - keep track of the registered routes, and what they have mounted on them
+ * - provide a way for apps to register routes
+ * - keep routes being served in a sane order
+ *
+ * The route service does not handle:
+ * - redirects
+ * - assets
+ * These both happen prior to the routeService router being mounted
  */
 
-var AppRouter = require('./AppRouter');
+// We expose this via the App Proxy, so that Apps can register routes
+module.exports.appRouter = require('./app-router');
+// This is the main router, that gets mounted in the express app in /site
+module.exports.router = require('./site-router');
 
-module.exports.appRouter = new AppRouter();
diff --git a/core/server/services/route/site-router.js b/core/server/services/route/site-router.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7cb124652e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/server/services/route/site-router.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+var Router = require('./base/Router'),
+    siteRouter = new Router('site'),
+
+    // Sub Routers
+    appRouter = require('./app-router'),
+    channelService = require('../channels'),
+
+    // Controllers
+    controllers = require('../../controllers'),
+
+    // Utils for creating paths
+    // @TODO: refactor these away
+    config = require('../../config'),
+    utils = require('../../utils'),
+
+    _private = {};
+
+_private.mountDefaultRoutes = function mountDefaultRoutes() {
+    // @TODO move this path out of this file!
+    // Note this also exists in api/index.js
+    var previewRoute = utils.url.urlJoin('/', config.get('routeKeywords').preview, ':uuid', ':options?');
+
+    // Preview - register controller as route
+    // Ideal version, as we don't want these paths all over the place
+    // previewRoute = new Route('GET /:t_preview/:uuid/:options?', previewController);
+    // siteRouter.mountRoute(previewRoute);
+    // Orrrrr maybe preview should be an internal App??!
+    siteRouter.mountRoute(previewRoute, controllers.preview);
+
+    // Channels - register sub-router
+    // The purpose of having a parentRouter for channels, is so that we can load channels from wherever we want:
+    // config, settings, apps, etc, and that it will be possible for the router to be reloaded.
+    siteRouter.mountRouter(channelService.router());
+
+    // Apps - register sub-router
+    // The purpose of having a parentRouter for apps, is that Apps can register a route whenever they want.
+    // Apps cannot yet deregister, it's complex to implement and I don't yet have a clear use-case for this.
+    siteRouter.mountRouter(appRouter.router());
+
+    // Default - register entry controller as route
+    siteRouter.mountRoute('*', controllers.entry);
+};
+
+module.exports = function router() {
+    _private.mountDefaultRoutes();
+
+    return siteRouter.router();
+};
diff --git a/core/server/site/app.js b/core/server/site/app.js
index 0af271cdbc..78bd137596 100644
--- a/core/server/site/app.js
+++ b/core/server/site/app.js
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ var debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug('blog'),
     // This should probably be an internal app
     sitemapHandler = require('../data/xml/sitemap/handler'),
 
-    // routes
-    routes = require('./routes'),
+    // Route Service
+    routeService = require('../services/route'),
 
     // Global/shared middleware
     cacheControl = require('../middleware/cache-control'),
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ module.exports = function setupSiteApp() {
     debug('General middleware done');
 
     // Set up Frontend routes (including private blogging routes)
-    siteApp.use(routes());
+    siteApp.use(routeService.router());
 
     // ### Error handlers
     siteApp.use(errorHandler.pageNotFound);
diff --git a/core/server/site/routes.js b/core/server/site/routes.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c3591839a8..0000000000
--- a/core/server/site/routes.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-var express = require('express'),
-    config = require('../config'),
-    controllers = require('../controllers'),
-    channelService = require('../services/channels/'),
-    appRouter = require('../services/route').appRouter,
-    utils = require('../utils');
-
-module.exports = function siteRouter() {
-    var router = express.Router(),
-        routeKeywords = config.get('routeKeywords');
-
-    // Preview - register controller as route
-    router.get(utils.url.urlJoin('/', routeKeywords.preview, ':uuid', ':options?'), controllers.preview);
-
-    // Channels - register sub-router
-    router.use(channelService.router());
-
-    // Apps - register sub-router
-    router.use(appRouter.router);
-
-    // Default - register entry controller as route
-    router.get('*', controllers.entry);
-
-    return router;
-};