Parks-ride to celebrate National Park City
2019-10-26 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Peckham Square, SE15 5JR, 122 Peckham Hill Street, London, SE15 5JR, United Kingdom
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 ride several times, most recently in February (see Report). As then, we will ride anti-clockwise. Down the Canal Path to Burgess Park. Across the length of Burgess, exiting on Cycleway 17 (Quietway 7 as was). Up Camberwell Grove and through past Denmark Hill station to Ruskin Park. Dog-leg around Ruskin to exit up at the south west corner and ride via Herne Hill station to Brockwell Park. We did a lot of Brockwell recenty on rides, so just a short cut through it to Rosendale Road and round to Dulwich park, stopping briefly at Herne Hill Velodrome. At Dulwich Park pass the location for our first Saturday rides and continue via the Court Lane exit to Peckham Rye park. Down through this last, fifth, park to Rye Lane and Peckham Square. Route at http://goo.gl/maps/hFFNL
Easy ride, lots of path, no serious hills. Come and enjoy a Healthy Ride!
More information about the Healthy Rides Programme on the Healthy RIde pages

Crystal Palace Loop - Dulwich Healthy Ride
2019-11-02 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Dulwich Clock Cafe, Dulwich Park SE21 7BQ, Dulwich Park Cafe, London, SE21 7EA, United Kingdom
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 down to the Waterlink Way at Ladywell Fields, Follow the off-road Waterlink Way (Nat Route 21) for nearly 2 miles to Lower Sydenham. Continue on quiet streets to Cator Park followed by a loop through Penge to Crystal Palace Park. Have to check out the dinosaurs, then up the hill to Crystal Palace Parade. Steep in places, but plenty of time to walk stretches if necessary (you will not be the only one doing this!). Finish with a delightful run downhill back to Dulwich park.
Route https://goo.gl/rfUzwn

Lord Mayor's Show - Healthy Ride
2019-11-09 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Canada Water, 21 Surrey Quays Road, London, Southwark, SE16 7AR, United Kingdom
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 fun.

Trinity Buoy Wharf - Healthy Ride +
2019-11-16 09:30 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Canada Water, 21 Surrey Quays Road, London, Southwark, SE16 7AR, United Kingdom
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 Trinity on the way back. Return via Tower Bridge. About 16 miles, so plenty time for easy-paced ride and a break. Amanda leading.

Charlie Chaplin-themed Healthy Ride
2019-11-23 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Peckham Square, SE15 5JR, 122 Peckham Hill Street, London, SE15 5JR, United Kingdom
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. Track at www.mapmyride.com/workout/2508868517
For information on the places we will see, see this document Charlie Chaplin PDF

London Bridge to Primrose Hill - Healthy Ride +
2019-11-30 09:30 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Southwark Needle, London Bridge Walk, London, United Kingdom
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 Park (coffee stop here). Back via Camden Lock, Regents Canal towpath, Kings Cross, CW6, Blackfriars Bridge, NR4. Mapped at https://goo.gl/xzyCP6. and .gpx fiile at http://healthyrider.weebly.com/route-index.html. We did this route last year, see report and video at https://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/60-healthy-riders-out-on-saturday-29th-sept/
Flat route (except for Primrose Hill). Lots to see, notably views from Primrose Hill and Gasometers (check out the movie in the report from last year) and fountains at Kings Cross. All types of cyclists welcome on any kind of bike (someone once joined us on a unicycle!).

Dulwich to Beckenham Place Park - Healthy Ride
2019-12-07 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Dulwich Clock Cafe, Dulwich Park SE21 7BQ, Dulwich Park Cafe, London, SE21 7EA, United Kingdom
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. At the junction at Forest Hill Station, dismount and use the crossing and the pedestrian underpass (a few steps here). Continue to Mayow Park, Bell Green and the Waterlink Way (National Route NR21). South 300 metres on NR21 before turning left under the railway. Then quiet streets to Beckenham Place Park. Brief stop at the Palladian-style 18th century Mansion then head back by the same route to the Waterlink Way. Follow this for 2 km north to Ladywell Fields. Finally up to the footbridge over the railway and through to Peckham Rye Park following LCN22. Along the top of the park and via quiet streets back to the Court Lane entrance to Dulwich Park. Route map at https://bit.ly/2FLEtqT and .GPX file below.

Dulwich—Beckenham-Place-Park–Short02 (2019_06_27 21_53_24 UTC)

V and A 400 - Healthy Ride +
2019-12-21 09:30 - 13:00 UTC | Burgess Park Cafe, Chumleigh Gardens, London, SE5 0RJ, United Kingdom
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 V & A museum, Albertopolis in South Ken, and one of the many Queen Victoria statues. Will include a cafe stop. Provisional route:
Albert Statue, Holborn, near Holborn Circus (passed many times never knowing it was Prince Albert on the horse)
Victoria Embankment
Victoria Statue, Buckingham Palace (and Christmas Tree)
Albert Memorial, Kensington Gardens
Albert Hall
Queen’s Tower, Imperial College
V&A Museum
Harrods? (just for any last minute Christmas shopping)
Victoria Station
Albert Embankment
About 16 miles and pretty much flat.

Boxing Day Healthy Ride
2019-12-26 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Canada Water, 21 Surrey Quays Road, London, Southwark, SE16 7AR, United Kingdom
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 cross for a tour of sights in the City. A fun ride Should be very little traffic, Come and join us!
Part of Southwark Cyclists regular programme of short Healthy Rides, see https://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/healthy-rides/ for more information.

Christmas Healthy Ride
2019-12-28 09:30 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Peckham Square, SE15 5JR, 122 Peckham Hill Street, London, SE15 5JR, United Kingdom
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 the 4th Saturday, so we will do that. But at 9.30, half an hour earlier than for a regular 2 hour ride. Then we can do a 3.5 hour “+” ride and still get back for 1pm and lunch (What? Eating again?).
Route ideas are sketchy, but maybe a big loop incorporating Greenwich, Q14 to the South Bank then Q1 back. Leave Q1 for Falmouth Rd and Q7 (CW17?) to Burgess Park and a preview of some of the Spine route. Not many hills, but will still dispose of some of the excess calories.
We will proceed at our usual stately pace with a coffee stop about half way. A lot of quiet streets and avoiding any too busy tarmac. What’s not to like? See you there!
This ride is part of Southwark Cyclists (the local LCC branch) regular Saturday morning Healthy Rides. See https://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/healthy-rides/ for more information.

Explore Dulwich Healthy Ride
2020-01-04 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Dulwich Clock Cafe, Dulwich Park SE21 7BQ, Dulwich Park Cafe, London, SE21 7EA, United Kingdom
First ride in 2020! Usual easy-paced ride on, as far as possible, quiet streets and paths. Do you really know Dulwich? Come and work off some calories while exploring this part of Southwark. Easy ride, suitable for all types of cyclist.
Starting from Dulwich Park we will head up to Dawsons Heights. Great views from here of the skyline of central London and across to the northern part of Dulwich. Next to East Dulwich and the Dulwich Hamlets football ground. When we first rode this route there was uncertainty about the future of this old (since 1890s) ground, but it appears the future of Hamlets is now assured (for background read this). Next back though Dulwich Village and up College Rd to the tollbooth. Dulwich Estates charge a small toll on the south part of College Rd. Is this the last working tollbooth in London? Now down to the south end of Dulwich to a castle. Yes, Dulwich has a castle – or at least a Kingsdown House that looks just like a castle. Finally down to Belair Park and on to the Herne Hill Velodrome. Alway lots of activity at the velodrome – on the track and the mountain bike trail plus plenty of children learning to ride in the area inside the track. From the velodrome just a short hop back through Dulwich Village and into Dulwich Park. Route at https://goo.gl/CJRHNu ; gpx file attached here: Explore_Dulwich

Canada Water, Sydenham and the Waterlink Way - Healthy Ride
2020-01-11 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Canada Water, 21 Surrey Quays Road, London, Southwark, SE16 7AR, United Kingdom
Meet Canada Water Library 10am and catch 10.08 am Overground train to Sydenham. The Overground is well-designed for carrying bikes and the lifts get you to the platform at Canada Water. Ride down to Bells Green and join the Waterlink Way (Nat Route 21). Follow this via Ladywell Fields and Brookmill Park until it meets Quietway 1. Then follow Q1 through Deptford to Folkestone Gardens. From there go through Deptford Park, along Surrey Canal Linear Path and past Greenland Dock to Canada Water. Easy 1.5 hour ride with lots of off road paths. Map at https://goo.gl/4DQ9Tb. Remember to bring Oyster or Contactless card (fare £1.50). Can also join ride at Sydenham Overground Station at 10.25am.

Royal Parks Loop - Healthy Ride +
2020-01-18 09:30 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Burgess Park Cafe, Chumleigh Gardens, London, SE5 0RJ, United Kingdom
Usual easy-paced ride using lots of quiet streets and paths, but with some short stretches of busy road. Plan is to do a circular ride from Burgess Park to the Royal Parks. Out via Waterloo Bridge, Covent Garden and Bloomsbury to Regents Park. Probably coffee stop there, then via Marylebone to Hyde Park. Circuit of Hyde Park, possibly extending into Kensington Gardens, then down through Green Park and past Buckingham Palace and St James Park. Finishing over Westminster Bridge, through Kennington back streets to Burgess Park. Route at https://gb.mapometer.com/cycling/route_4989284.html.

Peckham to South Bank - Healthy Ride
2020-01-25 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Peckham Square, SE15 5JR, 122 Peckham Hill Street, London, SE15 5JR, United Kingdom
Start/finish at Peckham Square (by Peckham Library and Peckham Pulse Leisure Centre, SE15 5JR)
Easy paced 9 mile circuit, plenty of time to stop at places of interest over a 2 hour ride.
Set out down the Canal Path to join CW1 (was Quietway 1) and follow this excellent route to Blackfriars Road. Do 2-stage right on to Cycleway 6 and turn off just before the river on to Upper Ground. Follow this along the South Bank past the National theatre, Festival Hall and London Eye to Westminster Bridge. Heading home use the (newish) cycle lanes and crossing on the old roundabout to get briefly on to Westminster Bridge Rd. Turn down Lower Marsh then at the Old Vic pick up a short bit of CW1 to Blackfriars Rd. Turn south along C6 towards the Elephant and Castle. Take the Western Bypass route to Heygate St, then link through to CW17 back to Burgess Park, the Canal Path and our starting point in Peckham Square. Flat route with lots to see. Route map at http://shorturl.at/eiF38
Route file /Peckham-to-South-Bank-2020.gpx, linnk here: Peckham-to-South-Bank-2020

Dulwich to Streatham Common - Healthy Ride
2020-02-01 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Dulwich Clock Cafe, Dulwich Park SE21 7BQ, Dulwich Park Cafe, London, SE21 7EA, United Kingdom
An undulating (might be considered “a bit hilly”) route on mostly quiet streets through Tulse Hill. Round the west part of the Streatham Common then up to the Rookery Cafe where if time a coffee break. Return up through the common to Leigham Court Rd then quiet streets to Norwood Park. Detour slightly to criss-cross the park then down to Gipsy Rd and the Paxton Roundabout. Run down Alleyn Park back to start. First ride to Streathem went well (see report) and the time poring over a countour map to get the flattest route paid dividends. Route at http://tiny.cc/lw508y

gpx route file: 1103_jwbeloxxh_Dulwich-to-Streatham-Common

Canada Water to North Greenwich - Healthy Ride
2020-02-08 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Canada Water, 21 Surrey Quays Road, London, Southwark, SE16 7AR, United Kingdom
Easy paced ride to see how far we can get along the Thames path heading east. Thames path is now all open again after building work. Some of the best cycle track you will ever see, but also some very narrow bits. Care needed on these stretches and giving way to pedestrians. Hope to get to the Ecology Park.
Route starts by crossing Russia Woodland and joining the Thames Path at Greenland Passage. Good riverside path for a bit, then the usual diversion inland around Convoys Wharf. Rejoin Thames at the Ahoy Centre and follow river past Cutty Sark and all the way round the peninsula. Should get well past the O2 and return across the peninsula to the blue bridge over the A102, rejoining the Thames Path briefly at Enderby Wharf. Detour inland around the Power Station for a change, through the Naval College and back past Cutty Sark to the Deptford Creek foot bridge. Turn inland here to join Cycleway 1 at Bronze St and follow it for a mile to Blackhorse Rd. Cross A200 with care. Why there is no crossing on this stretch I do not know! Then Surrey Canal Linear Park and Greenland Dock back to Canada Water.
Lots to see on this flat route. Route map at http://bit.ly/2uykRnc
Gpx filie here: Canada-Water-to-North-Greenwich-v2

London Bridge to Walthamstow - Healthy Ride +
2020-02-15 09:30 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Southwark Needle, London Bridge Walk, London, United Kingdom
Meet at the Southwark Needle (located on SE corner of London Bridge, at top of Duke St Hill, adjacent to London Bridge Station) for a 3.5 hour easy ride to Walthamstow. Waltham Forest Borough Council have won a hat full of awards for their “Mini-Holland” project to improve walking and cycling (good info on Waltham Forest Cycling Campaign web site). People go on tours to see the changes – filtered roads, segregated lanes on major roads etc. Even some Southwark Councilors went to have a look! So long past time for the healthy riders to see what all the fuss is about.
Route will be out across London Bridge and through the City to Shoreditch, where we join Q13. This takes us to London Fields where we join Q2 all the way to Lee Bridge Rd. Along the mostly new segregated cycle lane on Lee Bridge Rd for 2 miles before turning off to Walthamstow VIllage. Coffee stop in the newly pedetriansed bit of Orford St. Return back to Lee Bridge Rd, then through Leyton to the river Lea at Leyton Jubilee Park. Follow the segregated path on Orient Way to Temple Mills, then off road past the Tennis and Hockey Centre into the Olympic Park next to the Velodrome. Across the top end of the park, out past the Copper Box and over the bridges across the River Lea and the A12 into Victoria Park. Nice wide path round to the Gunmakers Gate, then quiet streets to Mile End Park along the Regents Canal. Almost immediately join CS2 and zoom to Aldgate where the route turns left down to Tower Bridge and along Tooley St to our starting point. A lot of the route is on Cycleways, some in parks and some on quiet streets. The only unsegregated busy roads are at the start as we cross the City. Route on Google Maps at http://bit.ly/376o3Um
Gpx file here: London-Bridge-to-Walthamstow

Peckham Healthy Ride to the Quaggy River, Lewisham
2020-02-22 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Peckham Square, SE15 5JR, 122 Peckham Hill Street, London, SE15 5JR, United Kingdom
Easy-paced 2 hour ride, this one mostly quiet roads with a few path sections through parks. Some gentle hills, nothing extreme.
The Quaggy meets the Ravensbourne close to Lewisham station where much new development is taking place. The opportunity has been taken to open up this built-in water feature as “Confluence Park”. The ride will follow the Quaggy, mostly hidden behind buildings in a sad concrete culvert. At Manor Park the river emerges, but is still hidden away to start with, although at the south end of the park you can get close on natural banks. Then to Manor House Gardens where the Quaggy is kept in a channel, behind railings. What a contrast to the Ravensbourne in Brookmill Park which we will have seen earlier in the ride. Lots of information about the Quaggy on the web site of QWAG (Quaggy Waterways Action Group, https://qwag.org.uk/river-quaggy/) whose “goal is to demonstrate, using the Quaggy, that rivers can be major assets to an urban environment – bringing natural beauty, educational facilities and wildlife value into urban landscapes and urban lives.”
Route is at https://goo.gl/svHy65. Outward leg goes via Brookmill Park, return leg goes past the Lewisham Leisure Centre, Brockley Station and Nunhead. 16.5km, just over 10 miles.
This ride is part of the regular Saturday morning Healthy Rides organised by Southwark Cyclists, the local branch of the London Cycling Campaign. More info at https://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/healthy-rides/

Healthy Ride+ from Burgess Park to Wandsworth Park
2020-02-29 09:30 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Burgess Park Cafe, Chumleigh Gardens, London, SE5 0RJ, United Kingdom
Idea is to explore a bit further west on the south side of the river. Burgess Park is on the west edge of Southwark, so the obvious place to start. Last did this ride on August 31st 2019, see report at http://healthyrider.weebly.com/healthy-ride-reports-august-sept-2019.html.
Outward route will go via Vauxhall and Battersea Power Station to Battersea Park. Then round the park and on to the nice paths along the Battersea and Wandsworth riverside, eventually reaching Wandsworth Park. If time, could go a further ½ km and have a look at the rowers on the Putney Embankment. Coffee break in Wandsworth Park, but sadly no time for a round on the well-maintained Crazy Golf Course. Return route has great contrasts. Back along the river to the bridge over Bell Lane Creek, the mouth of the River Wandle. Then head south into Wandsworth town centre along shared use pavement and across cycle crossings to avoid the traffic on the 1-way system. Next King George’s Park with a nice path by the Wandle. At the south end of the park, turn left and start heading home via Wandsworth and Clapham Commons. Fairly flat route, 28km, a lot of park and riverside traffic free. Route at https://goo.gl/94U3Ve

Dulwich to Tower Bridge - Healthy Ride
2020-03-07 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Dulwich Clock Cafe, Dulwich Park SE21 7BQ, Dulwich Park Cafe, London, SE21 7EA, United Kingdom
Start/finish at Dulwich Clock Cafe in Dulwich Park. First section goes via quiet streets to our Peckham start point in Peckham Square. Next Canal Path and Glengall Rd through to Quietway 1 at Oxley Close. Short stretch of Q1, then to Butlers Wharf and Potters Field Park next to Tower Bridge via Bermondsey Spa Gardens and Shad Thames. Brief stop for photos then back via Bermondsey St (Fashion and Textile Museum; lots of restaurants) and through to Q1 briefly joining the outward route. Turn off Q1 at Dunton Rd and on to Burgess Park where we will ride across the park and join the Q7 route. This runs most of the way back via Camberwell Grove, then lovely downhill of Green Way (off road path) and through Dulwich Village to the park. Flat 11 mile ride, lots to see, everyone welcome.

Route at https://goo.gl/Kz7wjr. or .GPX file below
Dulwich-to-Tower-Bridge-Loop_2020

Canada Water to St Pauls and Tate Modern - Healthy Ride
2020-03-14 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Canada Water, 21 Surrey Quays Road, London, Southwark, SE16 7AR, United Kingdom
Usual easy-paced ride on mostly quiet steets or paths. 2 hour, about 10 miile, ride from our regular 2nd Saturday start/finish location next to Canada Water Library and opposite the station. Convenient if you want to come on the Overground as CW Station is step free. Route will cross 4 bridges. Go along the riverside route, north over Tower Bridge and along Cycleway C3 to Southwark Bridge. Then south over the bridge and turn left onto Sumner St to the Tate. Cross Milennium Bridge on foot – required – to St Pauls. Then backstreet route to Blackfriars bridge crossing south onto C6 and back to Canada Water via Q1 (now Cycleway 1). Everyone welcome.
Route at http://bit.ly/39F1pET

Cancelled: Canada Water to the Royal Docks - Healthy Ride +
2020-03-21 09:30 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Canada Water, 21 Surrey Quays Road, London, Southwark, SE16 7AR, United Kingdom
This event has been cancelled.
Jamie will be at the pick up points as planned for anyone who still wants to do this. But keep your “social distance” and observe all hygiene advice.
Usual easy-paced ride on, as far as possible, quiet streets and paths. Planning to repeat the Canada Water to Royal Docks tour led by Jamie. Probable route at http://tiny.cc/6fabdz Points of interest include the O2, Thames Barrier, City Airport and Trinity Buoy Wharf. Coffee stop at Crystal Cafe, Royal Victoria Dock (by the Emirates Airline).

Cancelled. Dulwich Healthy Ride
2020-04-04 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Dulwich Clock Cafe, Dulwich Park SE21 7BQ, Dulwich Park Cafe, London, SE21 7EA, United Kingdom
Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic.
Start/finish in Dulwich Park. Usual easy-paced ride on, as far as possible, quiet streets and paths. Check back for more route information nearer the date.

Cancelled. Rotherhithe Healthy Ride
2020-04-11 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Canada Water, 21 Surrey Quays Road, London, Southwark, SE16 7AR, United Kingdom
Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic.
Start/finish in Deal Porter Square opposite Canada Water Station. Easter Saturday – but just the usual easy-paced ride on, as far as possible, quiet streets and paths. Check back for more route information nearer the date.

Cancelled. Healthy Ride +
2020-04-18 09:30 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Southwark
Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic.
Usual 3.5 hour easy-paced ride. Philippa leading. No starting location or route yet – still planning. Please check back closer to date.

Postponed to October. Peckham to Marathon Starts on Blackheath - Healthy Ride
2020-04-25 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Peckham Square, SE15 5JR
Postponement of London Marathon to October means the postponement of this ride too.

Ride start/finish Peckham Square (Peckham Library, Peckham Pulse Leisure Centre, SE15 5JR) or meet us at St Mary’s Gate to Greenwich Park, at end of King William Walk, at around 10.35am.
Usual easy-paced ride on mostly quiet streets and paths. Simon will be leading a London Marathon-themed ride (the marathon is on Sunday 26th). Ride from Peckham to the starts on Blackheath. Take a look at the preparations and hear from Simon (veteran of many London marathons) about this famous event. No route finalised yet – please check back nearer date. Provisional route at https://drive.google.com/open?id=1hVGE0jdvsdAC_qfN_SpDWQqX5mZ2AM0B&usp=sharing

Greenwich to Royal Docks - Healthy Ride +
2020-07-04 09:30 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Cutty Sark Gardens, Cutty Sark Gardens, London SE10 9LW, London, Southwark, SE10 9LW, United Kingdom
Royal Docks + Ride. Leader Jamie. Start/finish Cutty Sark, next to Foot Tunnel entrance. 9.30am to 1 pm. This will be a repeat of the easy, 16 mile, ride from 2019 (see Report from Sept 21st 2019) and also March this year. Probable route at https://bit.ly/3gkJBl9. Route follows the Thames Path to Woolwich, then ferry (or tunnel if no ferry) to north bank and round to Gallions Point. Along north side of Albert and Victoria Docks and probably stop at The Crystal (in the news recently as possible new HQ building for the Mayor). Over the Lower Lea Crossing, possible diversion to Trinity Buoy Wharf if time, round the Isle of Dogs east side and through the Greenwich Foot tunnel back to Cutty Sark.
You must book to join this ride. Do this at Eventbrite at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/healthy-cycle-ride-greenwich-to-the-royal-docks-tickets-111994277900
If you cannot make your booked ride, then PLEASE CANCEL. This means we know who is coming and allows another person to ride.

Five Parks Loop - Healthy Ride
2020-07-04 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Peckham Square, SE15 5JR, 122 Peckham Hill Street, London, SE15 5JR, United Kingdom
Leader Bruce. Start/finish Peckham Square, next to Peckham Library. Easy-paced, 2 hour, ride with lots of nice path in he parks. Plan is to do a loop that includes Peckham Rye Park, Dulwich Park, Herne Hill Velodrome, Brockwell Park, Ruskin Park and Burgess Park. Lots to see and plenty of quiet bits. Southwark Cyclists first did this route in May 2013 (see report at http://healthyrider.weebly.com/ride-reports-aprilmay-2013.html) and have ridden it several times since. Route on Google maps at http://goo.gl/maps/hFFNL
You must register to join this ride. Do this via Eventbrite at : https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/five-parks-loop-easy-cycle-ride-tickets-112004921736
If you cannot make the ride then please CANCEL then we know you are not coming and another rider can join.
Please note, under 18s must bring a responsible adult with them.

Canada Water to Tate Modern and St Pauls - Healthy Ride
2020-07-04 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Canada Water, 21 Surrey Quays Road, London, Southwark, SE16 7AR, United Kingdom
Leader Philippa. Start/finish Deal Porter Square next to Canada Water Library and opposite Canada Water Station, SE16 7AR. Easy-paced, 10 mile, ride suitable for any sort of cyclist. Route will cross 4 bridges. Start along the Thames Path, then north over Tower Bridge and along Cycleway C3 to Southwark Bridge. South over the bridge and turn right onto Sumner St to the Tate. Cross Millennium Bridge on foot – required – to St Pauls. Then backstreet route to Blackfriars bridge crossing south onto C6 and back to Canada Water via Q1 (now Cycleway 1). Route at http://bit.ly/39F1pET
You must book on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/canada-water-to-tate-modern-and-st-pauls-healthy-bike-ride-tickets-112001260786
If you cannot make your booked ride, then you must CANCEL so that we know and to allow someone else to ride.
Pease note under 18s must bring a responsible adult with them.

Healthy Rides - Three more 6-person rides
2020-07-11 10:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Canada Water, 21 Surrey Quays Road, London, Southwark, SE16 7AR, United Kingdom
We are again offering 3 different rides on Saturday 11th July. As last week you MUST book using Eventbrite. All 3 rides are included as a single event. Note that this means the header information on Eventbrite covers the whole event and is not correct for any individual ride. You should choose the ticket for the ride you want. You will find 6 places available for each ride. Social distancing must be maintained during rides.
The Link is: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/healthy-cycle-rides-tickets-112379650560
Important. If you are booked but find you cannot make the ride, CANCEL on Eventbrite. That way we do not wait around, and possibly may be able to let an extra person on the ride. Even at the very last minute it is worth cancelling as some riders keep a close eye on bookings right up to start time.
Note because there are 3 rides with different end times and locations within this “Event” your Eventbrite ticket will give the overall timing and the SE16 post code for all 3 rides. The correct timings and locations are given in the details below.
Ride 1. Canada Water to Blackheath and Greenwich. 10am to 12 noon. Simon leading. Start/finish in Deal Porter Square, SE16 7AR. Chance to learn some local history on a route that includes lots of off road path. Outward leg on the Thames Path (Cycleway 14) to Greenwich, then up the hill through Greenwich Park to the Observatory. Short loop on to Blackheath then back through Greenwich Park and on to Greenwich DLR Station. Pick up Cycleway 1 and take this to Millwall Ground (New Den). Then quiet streets to Southwark Park and on to Deal Porter Square. Approx. 11 miles, just one hill (in Greenwich Park) that can be walked.
Ride 2. Dulwich to Crystal Palace. 10am to 12 noon. Bruce leading. Start/finish Dulwich Clock Cafe, Dulwich Park, SE21 7BQ. Relatively flat route to Crystal Palace Park, then ride up through the park (having a look at the dinosaurs on the way and walking the steep bits). Finally glorious long downhill back to Dulwich Park. Ridden this route several times, see report of our ride in the snow, Feb 2nd 2019, http://healthyrider.weebly.com/healthy-ride-reports-jan-march2019.html. Route https://goo.gl/rfUzwn.
Ride 3. Burgess Park to the Royal Parks. 10am to 1pm. Jane leading. Start/finish at Park Life Cafe, Burgess Park, Chumleigh St, off Albany Rd. SE5 0RJ. 10am to 1pm. Route passes many famous places: South Bank, Covent Garden, Regents Park, Hyde Park (probable coffee stop at Sports Centre), Green Park, Birdcage Walk (next to St James Park), Houses of Parliament. Ridden in January this year, report at https://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/healthy-rides/healthy-ride-reports-2020/royal-parks-loop-healthy-ride/. Route at https://gb.mapometer.com/cycling/route_4989284.html.
Under 18s must bring a responsible adult with them.
Part of regular series of Saturday morning rides organised by Southwark Cyclists, more information at https://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/healthy-rides/.
