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Easy-paced flat ride with a Charlie Chaplin theme. Chaplin was born and brought up in South London so a 2 hour ride from Peckham can include his birthplace and many places he lived in while growing up, including the Lambeth Workhouse. Detailed information about the places to be included and about Chaplin’s life can be […]
Usual easy-paced ride using mostly quiet streets and paths. Start/finish, Dulwich Clock Cafe, Dulwich Park, SE21 7BQ. Bit hilly, but plenty of paths and quiet streets. Dulwich Park Cafe, Peckham Rye Park, dip into Nunhead Cemetery, Telegraph Hill, join Waterlink Way (Nat Route 21) at Brookmill Park, Lewisham Leisure Centre, Ladywell Fields, Blythe Hill Park, Honor […]
Haggerston to Canada Water. Usual easy-paced ride using mostly quiet streets and paths. Suitable for all styles of cyclist. Everyone welcome. Meet at Deal Porter Squ next to Canada Water Library,opposite the station. Or meet at 10.30 at Haggerston Overground Station. Train-assisted ride - bring your Oyster or contactless card (£2.60 fare). Pile on to […]
NOTE CHANGE OF START/FINISH LOCATION. Meet 9.30 at Southwark Needle, on south east corner of London Bridge, top of Duke St Hill, adjacent to London Bridge station. Ride into Central London, look at some of the Christmas lights. Plan is to get to extend the westward reach of rides to Notting Hill. Also will take […]
Usual easy-paced ride on mostly quiet streets and paths. Ride to the upmarket cycling clothes plus Cafe outfit in Spitalsfield Market (so a refreshment stop on this ride). Amanda leading. We rode this last year on 23 Dec. Likely to be similar route this year, outward via Burgess Park, Quietway 1 and Southwark Bridge, then […]
I know we are all thinking so hard about Christmas Day that it's difficult to think about the world afterwards. However for all those who think that it might be nice to get out of the living room and into the fresh air (and especially nice to take the kids away from their electronics) here […]
This +Plus ride will explore the City and Hackney en route to St Pancras and home again. Like all the +Plus rides it starts earlier at 9.30am and finishes at 1pm -- offering the opportunity to explore new bits of London before lunch. The ride starts outside Canada Water library where there are seats overlooking […]
Dulwich Park Cafe start/finish. Easy-paced ride on mostly quiet streets and paths.Explore the Dulwich area. Lots of points of interest - a working toll booth, one of UK's oldest football clubs, even a castle! Previously ridden in Feb 2018, see report here: http://healthyrider.weebly.com/healthy-ride-reports-jan-march-2018.html. Everyone welcome, whatever kind of bike or level of experience. Part of […]
This ride starts at 9.30am from Peckham Square and turns at Severndroog Castle (see pic) on top of Shooters Hill. It ends back in Peckham at 1pm. That's an earlier start and a later finish than usual and Severndroog Castle is 20m higher than the top of Sydenham Hill which was the previous summit. A new […]
Slight change to original plan. Will miss Clapham Common, instead going through Clapham itself and on to the new Battersea Power Station developments before returning. Route at https://gb.mapometer.com/cycling/route_4850794.html. As far as possible on paths and quiet streets, but likely to be some short busy stretches and a few busy junctions. Several short stops at interesting […]