Exploring Dulwich Usual easy-paced ride on mostly quiet roads and paths. Meet Pavilion Cafe, Dulwich Park. Start up to Dawsons Heights for the view. Next across to Dulwich Hamlet football stadium and down Greendale to Dulwich Village. Continuing south past Dulwich Picture Gallery and Dulwich College to the only Toll Gate in London. Then loop […]

Usual easy-paced ride on quiet roads and paths (mostly). Meet Canada Water Library (opposite station).  Out via Southwark Park, Deptford Park, New Cross (shared use pavements) to Hilly Fields.  Back down to new Leisure Centre in Lewisham, then National Route 21 through Brookmill Park, Quietway 1 to the end of Childers St, across to South […]

Ride around gardens in the City, leader Werner. No route details yet but probably a Canada Water start. Check back closer to date for more info.

Butterfly Ride from Peckham Square A repeat of last year’s Big Butterfly Count Ride, which was "highly commended" at last year's LCC Awards. Anticlockwise loop through Peckham Rye Park,  Ruskin Park, Elam Street Open Space, Myatts Field and Burgess Park.  Given decent weather, usually find a range of butterflies including "cabbage" whites and quite a […]

Easy-paced ride on mostly quiet roads and paths. Start/finish at Pavilion Cafe, Dulwich Park, SE21 7EA. Plan is to repeat the Parks Loop last done on 2nd August 2014 (see report).  Loop includes Brockwell Park, Clapham Common, Wandsworth Common and Tooting Bec Common. Part of the Southwark Cyclists Healthy Rides series every Saturday morning. More […]

Ever wanted to ride past all the sights of Central London?  Now is your chance.  Our next “+” ride will take you through “Entertainment” London (Covent Garden, Soho), “Learned” London (Univ of London Senate House, British Museum) and “Legal” London (Lincolns Inn, Inner Temple).  Route has been crafted by Werner and will be led by […]

Usual easy-paced ride. Plan is to head east and ride a section of National Route 4, including part of the Waterlink Way and Ladywell Fields.  Out and back routes mostly road to save time.  Hope to get as far south as Bells Green.  Route at https://goo.gl/vVDZud  more information and a gpx route file at http://healthyrider.weebly.com/spring-summer-2017.html

Start/finish at the Pavilion Cafe, Dulwich Park, SE21 7EA Cator Park is on National Route 21.  This allows us to look at the stretch immediately south from the Waterlink Way that we rode last week (Aug 26th).  Head out via Horniman Museum and Sydenham Station.  From Cator Park follow NR21 north to Bells Green. Back […]

Canada Water-Lewisham Loop Usual easy-paced Saturday morning ride. Continuing our National Route 21 theme from the last 2 rides, will do the north-most section on this ride. Inland route to Brookmill Park then up and back along Waterlink Way (NR21) to Lewisham Leisure Centre. Return via Deptford Creek and riverside.  Ride we previously did in […]

Cutty Sark to Lesnes Abbey, Abbey Wood. Start/finish at Cutty Sark, Greenwich beside the tunnel entrance. SE10 9HT Easy-paced, 3.5 hour ride, much on cycle paths. Out and back mostly on Thames Path, including riding the Thamesmead Ridgeway. Coffee stop at Lesnes Abbey Park, Abbey Wood. Just ruins, but extensive and well looked after. Amanda […]