Top Awards for Southwark Cyclists at the LCC AGM
The Annual General Meeting of the London Cycling Campaign ends with the Campaigner Awards for the preceding year. At the 2019 meeting on October 16th Southwark Cyclists were awarded:
Andy Cawdell, (far left in pic) is our retiring Convenor. He … Read More
Our strategy: progress report
At our strategy meeting we set our vision statement to show us where we are going and help us think how to get there.
By 2025 a child and their grandparents can cycle to any destination easily, safely … Read More
Booking cycle parking
Cyclehoop run Southwark’s cycle hangers.
One of the most popular reasons people look at our website is to find out how to get secure cycle parking near their home. Our full advice is here: https://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/campaigns/how-to-get-secure-cycle-parking-on-your-street/
There are some lovely cycle … Read More
Bike Taxis open for business (free)
Bike Taxis are the latest great idea from the team which brought you the Bike Train. The Bike Train has fans (lots of them) but we recognise it can’t be perfect for everyone. That’s why we are introducing Bike Taxis. … Read More
Healthy Rides Picnic 2019
After dodgy forecasts earlier in the week, here we were on picnic Saturday 16th August with blue skies and a pretty decent forecast. Started to worry that the park would be too crowded for our planned cycling games… Time for … Read More
Your experience of the Rye Lane closure
Peckham’s Rye Lane has been closed for gas works for 5 months. It was supposed to be longer, but a surprising lack of things going wrong means it’s reopening early.
Southwark Council are interested in hearing your experiences of cycling … Read More
Quietway 1 cyclist numbers still increasing
The linear increase in cyclists on Q1 continues. Peak flows at the Dunton Rd crossing have increased steadily since 2014 with peak morning flows up by an average of 165 riders per year. This means we are now over the … Read More
Bazalgette 2. Burgess Park to Hammersmith Bridge. Report.
Southwark Cyclists Ride, April 22nd 2019 Organised by the Healthy Rides group and led by Werner. This is his report
Bazalgette’s legacy in London didn’t fit into Saturday’s ride (report here) so we had to add a second volume (and … Read More
66 in a 20mph zone
Community Speedwatch sounds a bit tame (it’s the word community) but this picture was taken when a cyclist was holding this speed gun. You can join in. Stand beside a policeman and catch your nominations for the most dangerous driver … Read More
We won and we won big
We’ve won more than £60,000 most of it for contraflows and cycling parking. Next step: do it again. Deadline for the next funding round is October 2019 so now is the time to start drawing up that wish list.
Specially … Read More
38 riders – a Healthy Ride record
The Healthy Ride on 16th February attracted 38 riders, the most we have ever had. And we rode 36km, equalling the longest previous Healthy Ride.
Riders at Thames Flood Barrier on outward leg
After two sunny days, it was … Read More
