London's green spaces have always been valuable for cycling and this ride celebrates 5 of our local parks - Burgess, Ruskin, Brockwell, Dulwich and Peckham Rye. Indeed London is now the world's first National Park City, a recognition of just how green it is and a challenge to keep it so. We have done this […]

This is a route we have done several times, most recently in February with snow on the ground in Crystal Palace Park (see photo with ride report at http://healthyrider.weebly.com/healthy-ride-reports-jan-march2019.html).  Should be no risk of snow in early November!  Propose to ride clockwise.  Start across to Peckham Rye Park then over the hill at Nunhead and […]

Our annual trip to ride some of the procession route for the Lord Mayor's Show.  There is a window after the roads are closed but before the floats and coaches etc get going.  Ride leader Werner is an expert at picking the right moment. Usually get to see a bit of the parade.  Lots of […]

One of our favourite places for a coffee break and a nose around.  Michael Faraday was here!  Start/finish at Deal Porter Square, next to Canada Water Library, opposite Canada Water Station. Cross river by Greenwich Foot tunnel, up through the Isle of Dogs and Canary Wharf. Probably loop down to Barrier Park and take in […]

Our annual ride round the locations in Southwark and Lambeth associated with Charlie Chaplin. 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. […]

Start/finish at Southwark Gateway Needle. South East Corner of London Bridge at top of Duke St Hill. Note start point is next to London Bridge Station, easy to arrive/leave by train. Very nice lifts from platforms to street level. Free loos in the station. Route outwards via Tower Bridge, Cycleway 3, CW6, Euston and Regents […]

Start-finish at Dulwich Clock Cafe, SE21 7BQ.  Direct route to Forest Hill along the South Circular.  Not our usual choice, but provides a quick passage.  Exit park via the Roseberry Gate and use the shared-use pavement to Lordship Lane. Up Lordship Lane, past the Horniman Museum, down London Road using mostly cycle and bus lanes.  […]

V and A 400 ride. Victoria and Albert were both born in 1819, one in May, the other September.  Werner has a 16 mile route planned for an anniversary ride, the "V & A 400".  Starting and finishing in Burgess Park (Park Life Cafe, Chumleigh Gdns, SE5 0RJ) and taking in the eponymous embankments, the […]

Southwark Cyclists now traditional Healthy Ride on Boxing Day with Werner leading. Should help work off some of the Christmas pudding! 2 hour ride starting and finishing at Canada Water. A chance to meander around very quiet streets (its a Bank holiday!) in the City. Likely to use the Thames path to Tower Bridge then […]

Christmas Healthy Ride +    Dec 28th 2019 Start/finish 9.30am in Peckham Square (next to Peckham Library and Peckham Pulse Leisure Centre, SE15 5JR) Werner feels the Boxing Day ride will not have metabolised all the turkey so proposes at + ride for the last Saturday of the year.  We would normally start from Peckham on […]