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Usual easy-paced route using mostly quiet streets and paths. There are some short stretches of busier road. Also some hills, but short, and we allow time to walk these. From Dulwich Park up to Horniman Museum, then over the hill to Sydenham Station and on to Cator Park. Join National route 21, the Waterlink Way, […]
Usual easy-paced ride using, as far as possible, quiet streets and paths. Suitable for all types of cyclist. This ride will use 2 of the new Quietways. Starting at Canada Water a short ride past Greenland Dock and along Oldfield Grove will take us to Q1 at the start of the Millwall Path. Route then […]
Easy-paced ride on mainly quiet roads and paths. Route: Greenwich Foot Tunnel, past Millwall Dock, East Ferry Rd, Royal Docks (watch the planes at City Airport), Beckton Park, Woolwich Foot Tunnel or Ferry, Thames path to Tor (aka Gallions Hill). Return along Thames path to Woolwich, likely refreshment stop at Cornerstone Café, continue Thames path […]
Easy-paced ride using lots of quiet streets and paths. Starting at Deal Porter Square next to Canada Water Library and opposite the station. Plan is to ride to London Fields and Victoria Park in Hackney. Out over Southwark Bridge and across the City. Return via Regents Canal, Limehouse and Tower Bridge. Coffee stop in Victoria […]
Clockwise loop to Peckham Rye Park, over to Ladywell Fields, south along Waterlink Way (NR21) to Cator Park. Then west through Penge into Crystal Palace Park, round past the dinosaurs, up to Crystal Palace Parade. Some short steep bits that can be walked. Finally lovely long downhill (Fountain Drive and College Road) back to Dulwich […]
Usual easy-paced ride starting and finishing in Deal Porter Square next to Canada Water Library. 9 miles along mostly quiet streets and paths, so suitable for pretty well any cyclist. Part of our regular Saturday morning Healthy Rides programme. The Mayor has announced funding for a new cycle route from Rotherhithe to Peckham. This ride […]
Butterfly Count ride. Are there butterflies in SE London? Yes there are. We find them every year on this award-winning ride. Starting the ride this year from Dulwich Clock Cafe, Dulwich Park, SE21 7BQ. We will visit many of the locations from previous years including Ruskin Park, Elim Open Space and Myatts Fields. See report […]
Joint ride for Southwark Cyclists and Bexley Cyclists. Note that you do not have to be a Southwark or Bexley rider to take part. Everyone is welcome. This is a ride to celebrate the Saturday morning Healthy Rides and the opening of the new section of the Thames Path east of the Barrier (the “missing […]
SE loop to Horniman Museum and back. Outward from Peckham Square via Nunhead Cemetery, Peckham Rye Park and Camberwell Old Cemetery. Brief stop at the Horniman Museum then back via Camberwell New Cemetery, Brockley and Ladywell Cemetery, and Hilly Fields. Easy-paced ride with a few ups and downs, but nothing serious. Plenty off road paths. […]
We did this route last year (see report) to demonstrate that you could do a non-hilly ride from Dulwich. Route follows the the “lost” river Effra to the Thames. Outward leg via Brockwell Park to Brixton town centre where traffic can be heavy. Down Brixton Road and round the Oval is gently downhill and mostly […]