Southwark Cyclists

Healthy Ride: Canada Water to North Greenwich
2017-03-04 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Canada Water, 21 Surrey Quays Road, London, Southwark, SE16 7AR, United Kingdom
Ride to the O2 at North Greenwich. Outward along the Thames Path as far as we can get in an hour. I think probably just past the O2, maybe as far as the Ecology Park. Return cutting across the peninsula to Greenwich, then taking Q1 back to Surrey Canal Rd, then the railway path route to Canada Water. If we do it all, 19km, but pretty much completely flat. Route at https://goo.gl/d7Tr4C and as gpx at http://healthyrider.weebly.com/autumn_winter_16_17_rides.html

Monthly Meeting: speaker Jin Lim Southwark Director of Public Health
2017-03-08 18:30 - 20:30 | 41 Grosvenor Park, 41 Grosvenor Park, London, SE5 0NH, United Kingdom
Cycling is good for everyone’s health even if you don’t cycle and it’s even better if you do. It’s not just good for the irritatingly self-righteous. It’s good for everyone and we want to help everyone try it out.
The acting Director of Public Health in Southwark Dr Jin Lim is coming to talk to us about cycling for health and (we hope) what we can all do to promote it. He’ll be first on the agenda at 6.30pm. Everyone is welcome to come and hear him. You don’t have to stay for the rest of the meeting. We understand.
This meeting is at our new venue at 41 Grosvenor Park SE5 0NH (see picture above. It’s much more respectable than it looks. Coming from Burgess Park, cross Camberwell New Road and proceed proceed in an easterly direction along Urlwin Street, under the railway bridges, left at the end and straight on into the cul-de-sac in front of you.
Very respectable. Look carefully, no 41 is slightly less respectable and belongs to the tenants association. That’s the place. No bike parking. Try the railings.

The alternative approach is via Addington Square, across to Bethwin Street, left into Grosvenor Terrace, immediately right into Grosvenor Park
Look for the cul-de-sac on your right at the end.
Last time I said that, sadly, there was no pub in the area. There is some dispute about this but I have to say I didn’t notice a pub. Bring pub radar. If you get lost phone 07842 640 207 and I will walk out and wave my arms around.

Rotherhithe Healthy Ride - Canada Water to Dulwich and back
2017-03-11 10:00 - 12:00 | Canada Water, 21 Surrey Quays Road, London, Southwark, SE16 7AR, United Kingdom
Easy-paced ride from Canada Water, suitable for all riders. Especially aimed at new-ish cyclists who want to gain experience riding in company and to learn local routes. Canada Water to Dulwich Park and back. Meet in small square beside the library, opposite Canada Water station, SE16 7AR. Repeat of ride on June 11th last year (see report). 11 miles with some gentle uphills. Useful to learn the route to Dulwich Park as intend to start some rides from there later in the year. Outward route: railway paths (NR425), Bridgehouse Meadows, Brimington Park, Peckham Rye Park. Return route: Crystal Palace Rd, Peckham Square, east edge of Burgess Park, Southwark Park. Mostly quiet roads or paths. A few major road crossings, but all straightforward. Route at https://goo.gl/IWkKmN.

Bike Train to central London EARLIER START
2017-03-15 07:45 - 08:30 | Nunhead Station, Gibbon Road, London, Se15 3XE, United Kingdom
The award-winning Southwark Cyclists Bike Train runs again today. This (free!) service will run once a month till Spring. The arrival of Spring will be determined empirically. We will conduct a careful and thorough examination of the weather. Some arrangements have changed as a result of the Bike Train Survey which showed demand for an earlier start..

An earlier start there therefore is. Fifteen minutes earlier. We start at 7.45 am from Nunhead Station and pick up riders from Peckham Rye station (from the bike stands behind McDonalds) at 7.55am. We are joined by riders from Denmark Hill who leave that station at 7.55am (from outside the cafe in Windsor Walk) and join the train in Burgess Park.
We cycle through two parks, north along a traffic-calmed backstreet, onto the pavement-cycling lanes along the New Kent Road, around the Elephant and Castle bypass and then onto the lovely new TfL segregation all the way to Blackfriars. Arrival time approx 8.30am. On time every time. Fun and free.
To book your seat at Denmark Hill text Liz Eden on 07814 515 715. Don’t turn up without warning at Denmark Hill because this branch line will be demand-led (management speak for “may not run if there are no passengers”). For Peckham or Nunhead contact me on 07842 640 207 — or don’t book anything at all and just turn up. All welcome. Free.
The route is here: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1Pq8aj3Ylf1S9eg44QbGvAD4qSbM&ll=51.49922566210585%2C-0.0963249999999789&z=13
Update: Practice the route on a day out – with our guide to the history of the area! Read the Discover the history of Southwark by Bike Train guide.

Bessemer Grange school run to London Bridge
2017-03-21 09:00 - 10:00 | Bessemer Grange, Dylways, London, SE5 8HP, United Kingdom
The school is taking part in Sustrans Big Pedal week http://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-services/who-we-work/teachers/big-pedal. The Big Pedal is the UK’s largest inter-school cycling and scootering challenge. It inspires pupils, staff and parents to choose two wheels for their journey to school.
Parents will cycle their children to school and then will cycle on themselves to London Bridge – or wherever they need to get to. We will leave the school at 9hrs and expect to get to London Bridge by 9.45 or sooner depending on riders.
Contacts at the school Amy Foster and Henrietta Collier. Contacts at Southwark Cyclists Andy Cawdell on southwark@lcc.org.uk and Sally Eva on 07842 640 207

Dulwich Healthy Ride
2017-04-01 10:00 - 12:00 | Dulwich Clock Cafe, Dulwich Park SE21 7BQ, Dulwich Park Cafe, London, SE21 7EA, United Kingdom
Usual easy paced ride on mostly quiet streets and paths. Suitable for any type of bike. Everyone welcome. Start/finish at Pavilion Cafe, Dulwich Park, SE21 7BQ. Do not be put off by the building work – Cafe is operational and the loos are unaffected. Easy ride avoiding any big hills. Out via Herne Hill Velodrome, Brockwell Park and Brixton Windmill. Brief stop at Cafe near Bandstand. Return via Brockwell Park and Bel Air Park. Route at https://goo.gl/gcbI5s
Did this July 2nd,2016, report at http://healthyrider.weebly.com/healthy-ride-reports-june-july-2016.html

Exchanging Places and free Bike Marking
2017-04-04 17:00 - 19:00 | weston street, st thomas' street, London, SE1, United Kingdom
Take a look at life from the cab of a lorry and see how much (or how horrifyingly little) the driver sees. ‘Exchanging Places’ cycle safety events are run by the Metropolitan Police and allow cyclists to get a better understanding of what drivers of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and buses see around them by sitting in the cab.
The Met’s finest will also security mark your bike — which is a good idea as it means that there is a full record of your bike on file somewhere and if it gets nicked and the police by chance find it, you might get it back.
Getting your bicycle visibly security marked and registered acts as a deterrent to potential cycle thieves as they know your bike is traceable, and reduces your chances of being a victim of cycle theft. And, if it should be stolen, registered bicycles and far more likely to be reunited with their rightful owners.
Team London Bridge are hosting this event at the junction of Weston Street and St Thomas Street (just outside London Bridge Station), 5pm-7pm on Tuesday 4th April. No need to register, feel free to drop by.

Award winning Bike Train returns
2017-04-05 07:45 - 08:30 | Nunhead Station, Gibbon Road, London, Se15 3XE, United Kingdom
This picture might be a bit premature but I’m always hopeful.Last year when the Bike Train began the rains started and almost never stopped. I’m hopeful about that too.
The Bike Train starts again at its new time. That means 7.45am from Nunhead station, 7.55am from Peckham Rye Station and 7.55am from Denmark Hill Station. The Peckham Rye and Denmark Hill lines join in Burgess Park which is why it’s OK that they start at the same time.
The starting point in Peckham is the bike stands behind McDonalds and at Denmark Hill from outside the cafe in Windsor Walk. Camberwell Grove and Windsor Walk have both been closed since we started so this route keeps getting better.
Our route takes us through two parks, up a traffic calmed back street, onto the on-pavement cycling lanes on the New Kent Road, around the Elephant and Castle by-pass and onto the still lovely but no longer so new segregation up St George’s Way and Blackfriars Road. All legal and all as safe as your mother would make it.
We get to Blackfriars at 8.30am and then a group goes north to Kings Cross and anyone who wants can be buddied wherever they want. Return rides arranged on request. For further details or to book your place text 07842 640 207 (me). Or just turn up.

Return of Dr Bike
2017-04-06 17:30 - 19:30 | Peckham Arch, Peckham Square, by the Peckham Library and Peckham Pulse Leisure Centre, SE15 5JR
The doctor returns after his winter sleep. He will be under Peckham Arch (south end of Surrey Canal Path) ably assisted by his team of elves.
The doctor will tighten your brakes, pump up your tyres and do technical things to your gears which will stop them clicking and jumping and not feeling quite right. He will also give wise advice on whether larger scale or more serious things need doing.
The elves have supplies of propaganda, and info on local cycling matters aka gossip. They don’t have maps because TfL haven’t reprinted them. Drop by and give them a try.

Healthy Ride - Canada Water to London Eye along the South Bank
2017-04-08 10:00 - 12:00 | Canada Water, 21 Surrey Quays Road, London, Southwark, SE16 7AR, United Kingdom
Meet Canada Water Library, opposite Canada Water Station, 10am
Canada Water to the London Eye via National Cycle Route 4. Points of interest: Thames Tideway work at Chambers Wharf, Borough Market, Tate Modern now with new extension. Loop back through Waterloo Station to the Cut and Union Street (where work on Quietway 14 has started) then around to Abbey Street, across Jamaica Road and back on to NR 4. 10 miles of easy flat riding, much using off-road paths.

Bike Train to central London and beyond
2017-04-12 07:45 - 08:30 | Nunhead Station, Gibbon Road, London, Se15 3XE, United Kingdom
You can be a happy new cycling commuter like this group. Join the Bike train and learn off-road and segregated routes to Kings Cross via Blackfriars. We bike-buddy riders to their final destination. Escorted all the way and totally free.

The Bike Train is at a new earlier time due to popular demand. That means 7.45am from Nunhead station, 7.55am from Peckham Rye Station and 7.55am from Denmark Hill Station. The Peckham Rye and Denmark Hill lines join in Burgess Park which is why it’s OK that they start at the same time.
The starting point in Peckham is the bike stands behind McDonalds and at Denmark Hill from outside the cafe in Windsor Walk. Camberwell Grove and Windsor Walk have both been closed since we started so this route keeps getting better.
Our route takes us through two parks, up a traffic calmed back street, onto the on-pavement cycling lanes on the New Kent Road, around the Elephant and Castle by-pass and onto the still lovely but no longer so new segregation up St George’s Way and Blackfriars Road. All legal and all as safe as your mother would make it.
We get to Blackfriars at 8.30am and then a group goes north to Kings Cross and anyone who wants can be buddied wherever they want. Return rides arranged on request. For further details or to book your place text 07842 640 207 (me). Or just turn up.

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monthly meeting
2017-04-12 18:30 - 20:30, 2017-05-10 18:30 - 20:30 | 41 Grosvenor Park, 41 Grosvenor Park, London, SE5 0NH, United Kingdom
This meeting is at our new venue at 41 Grosvenor Park SE5 0NH (see picture below). It’s much more respectable than it looks. Coming from Burgess Park, cross Camberwell New Road and proceed proceed in an easterly direction along Urlwin Street, under the railway bridges, left at the end and straight on into the cul-de-sac in front of you.

Very respectable. Look carefully, no 41 is slightly less respectable and belongs to the tenants association. That’s the place. No bike parking. Try the railings.

The alternative approach is via Addington Square, across to Bethwin Street, left into Grosvenor Terrace, immediately right into Grosvenor Park
Look for the cul-de-sac on your right at the end.
Last time I said that, sadly, there was no pub in the area. There is some dispute about this but I have to say I didn’t notice one. Bring pub radar. If you get lost phone 07842 640 207 and I will walk out and wave my arms around.

Bike Train to Kings Cross via Blackfriars
2017-04-19 07:45 - 08:30 | Nunhead Station, Gibbon Road, London, Se15 3XE, United Kingdom
That’s a picture of my back looking over the Thames with a consciousness of a job well done. Come with us on the Bike train and learn off-road and segregated routes to Kings Cross via Blackfriars. We bike-buddy riders to their final destination. Escorted all the way and totally free.

The Bike Train is earlier than it was last year due to popular pressure to get out of bed. That means 7.45am from Nunhead station, 7.55am from Peckham Rye Station and 7.55am from Denmark Hill Station. The Peckham Rye and Denmark Hill lines join in Burgess Park which is why it’s OK that they start at the same time.
The starting point in Peckham is the bike stands behind McDonalds and at Denmark Hill from outside the cafe in Windsor Walk. Camberwell Grove and Windsor Walk have both been closed since we started so this route keeps getting better.
Our route takes us through two parks, up a traffic calmed back street, onto the on-pavement cycling lanes on the New Kent Road, around the Elephant and Castle by-pass and onto the still lovely but no longer so new segregation up St George’s Way and Blackfriars Road. All legal and all as safe as your mother would make it.
We get to Blackfriars at 8.30am and then a group goes north to Kings Cross and anyone who wants can be buddied wherever they want. Return rides arranged on request. For further details or to book your place text 07842 640 207 (me). Or just turn up.

Peckham-Dulwich Quietway route ride
2017-04-21 17:30 - 18:30 | Southwark
New Quietway Route ride – Southwark Cyclists and Southwark Council officers for proposed route from Peckham Rye to Dulwich at 5.30pm Fri 21st April. Meeting point at the junction of Peckham Rye West and Friern Road.
It definitely starts at 5.30pm, the end-time depends on how many issues we find. You don’t have to stay for the whole thing.

Spring Cycle to Work Day
2017-04-26 - 2017-04-27 | Southwark
Special events across the day!
We start with the morning Bike Trains to Blackfriars from Nunhead and North Dulwich. The Bike Train follows our trusty backstreets route through parks, backstreets and protected cycle lanes.
Dr Bike in the evening.
Local employers are being encouraged to support their staff all day.
For full details see:
Cycle2Work

Bike Train to Kings Cross via Blackfriars
2017-04-26 07:45 - 08:30 | Nunhead Station, Gibbon Road, London, Se15 3XE, United Kingdom
Smell the flowers on your way to work. Join the Bike Train. All right you have to put the effort in but hey, your bike is reliable, always turns up and you have a whole saddle to yourself.
Come with us and learn off-road and segregated routes to Kings Cross via Blackfriars. We bike-buddy riders to their final destination. Escorted all the way and totally free.

The Bike Train is at a new earlier time due to popular demand to get out of bed earlier. That means 7.45am from Nunhead station, 7.55am from Peckham Rye Station and 7.55am from Denmark Hill Station. The Peckham Rye and Denmark Hill lines join in Burgess Park which is why it’s OK that they start at the same time.
The starting point in Peckham is the bike stands behind McDonalds and at Denmark Hill from outside the cafe in Windsor Walk. Camberwell Grove and Windsor Walk have both been closed since we started so this route keeps getting better.
Our route takes us through two parks, up a traffic calmed back street, onto the on-pavement cycling lanes on the New Kent Road, around the Elephant and Castle by-pass and onto the still lovely but no longer so new segregation up St George’s Way and Blackfriars Road. All legal and all as safe as your mother would make it.
We get to Blackfriars at 8.30am and then a group goes north to Kings Cross and anyone who wants can be buddied wherever they want. Return rides arranged on request. For further details or to book your place text 07842 640 207 (me). Or just turn up.

Healthy Ride to Cody Dock
2017-04-29 09:30 - 13:00 | Southwark
this is one of the monthly “+” Rides starting at 9.30am and returning for 1pm. It’s a sort of stretching exercise for those who want to go that bit further and see more of London than can be cycled in the usual 120mins.
Next unusual thing is the start line. The ride starts at the Cutty Sark,in Greenwich, meeting 9.30 beside the Foot Tunnel entrance. Anyone who feels they can’t get there by themselves but still wants to go should meet Bruce outside Canada Water library at 9am (it’s all getting earlier and earlier, you notice) and he will lead you down.
But what is Cody Dock, I hear you cry. I searched the internet so you don’t have to. Whatever it is, it has a Facebook page which says “We are transforming a derelict dock into a creative quarter with community gardens and footpaths that will open up the Lower Lea River for everyone”. Also, I discover, Cody Dock is on the north side of the river in the Lower Lea Valley in East London.
The route goes along the Thames Path to the Woolwich Ferry. Take the ferry to the other side and then ride over the George and Albert Docks alongside City Airport. Cut through the University under Cypress station and up through Becton Park then pick up the Greenway to Three Mills and down to Cody Dock via the new bridge at Bow Locks. Back along the Limehouse Cut, Thames Path Northside round the Isle of Dogs, and the Greenwich Foot Tunnel.
More info on Cody Dock is here: [www.gasworksdock.org.uk] but don’t ask me why it’s got a street address in Canning Town. The leader is Amanda. You can text Bruce on 07729 279 945
Us: https://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/events/healthy-ride-to-cody-dock/

Bike Train to central London
2017-05-03 07:45 - 08:30 | Nunhead Station, Gibbon Road, London, Se15 3XE, United Kingdom
I don’t think it will look like this yet, really. Forget-me-nots, yes maybe. Poppies come later. Still one can hope. Only visible from the Bike Train. All right you have to put the effort in but hey, your bike is reliable, always turns up and you have a whole saddle to yourself.

Come with us and learn off-road and segregated routes to central London via Blackfriars. We bike-buddy riders to their final destination. Escorted all the way and totally free.

The Bike Train is at a new earlier time due to popular demand to get out of bed earlier. That means 7.45am from Nunhead station, 7.55am from Peckham Rye Station and 7.55am from Denmark Hill Station. The Peckham Rye and Denmark Hill lines join in Burgess Park which is why it’s OK that they start at the same time.
The starting point in Peckham is the bike stands behind McDonalds and at Denmark Hill from outside the cafe in Windsor Walk. Camberwell Grove and Windsor Walk have both been closed since we started so this route keeps getting better.
Our route takes us through two parks, up a traffic-calmed back street, onto the on-pavement cycling lanes on the New Kent Road, around the Elephant and Castle by-pass and onto the still lovely but no longer so new segregation up St George’s Way and Blackfriars Road. All legal and all as safe as your mother would make it.
We get to Blackfriars at 8.30am and then a group goes north to Kings Cross and anyone who wants can be buddied wherever they want. Return rides arranged on request. For further details or to book your place text 07842 640 207 (me). Or just turn up

Dulwich to Crystal Palace Loop - Healthy Ride
2017-05-06 10:00 - 12:00 | Dulwich Clock Cafe, Dulwich Park SE21 7BQ, Dulwich Park Cafe, London, SE21 7EA, United Kingdom
Usual easy-paced ride on mostly quiet roads and paths. Bit shorter than normal as there are a few hills. Start/finish at the Pavilion Cafe in the middle of Dulwich Park (approx post code SE21 7BQ). Outward via Horniman Museum (brief stop), then through to Sydenham Wells Park and into Crystal Palace Park at the small gate off Crystal Palace Park Rd. Down to the lake to admire the dinosaurs. Next up through the park and along the terraces (great views to south), eventually arriving at Crystal Palace Parade. Then downhill all the way via Farquhar Rd, past Kingsdale School and on to Bel Air Park. Quick circuit then back to Dulwich Park. Route at https://goo.gl/z4Wft7

Bike Train to central London and beyond
2017-05-10 07:45 - 08:30 | Nunhead Station, Gibbon Road, London, Se15 3XE, United Kingdom
Bike Trainers look like this. Surprisingly normal really and not at all puffed out. They are all cycling by themselves now and wave when they meet us. Make friends on your way to work.

Come with us and learn off-road and segregated routes to Kings Cross via Blackfriars. We bike-buddy riders to their final destination. Escorted all the way and totally free.

The Bike Train is at a new earlier time due to and inexplicable popular demand to get out of bed earlier. That means 7.45am from Nunhead station, 7.55am from Peckham Rye Station and 7.55am from Denmark Hill Station. The Peckham Rye and Denmark Hill lines join in Burgess Park which is why it’s OK that they start at the same time.
The starting point in Peckham is the bike stands behind McDonalds and at Denmark Hill from outside the cafe in Windsor Walk. Camberwell Grove and Windsor Walk have both been closed since we started so this route keeps getting better.
Our route takes us through two parks, up a traffic calmed back street, onto the on-pavement cycling lanes on the New Kent Road, around the Elephant and Castle by-pass and onto the still lovely but no longer so new segregation up St George’s Way and Blackfriars Road. All legal and all as safe as your mother would make it.
We get to Blackfriars at 8.30am and then a group goes north to Kings Cross and anyone who wants can be buddied wherever they want. Return rides arranged on request. For further details or to book your place text 07842 640 207 (me). Or just turn up.

Canada Water to the South Bank - Healthy Ride
2017-05-13 10:00 - 12:00 | Canada Water, 21 Surrey Quays Road, London, Southwark, SE16 7AR, United Kingdom
Meet beside Canada Water Library, opposite the station.
Really easy ride – 14km (8.4 miles) with no hills. Plan is to use the Quietway 14 alignment for the outward leg. Some work has recently started on bits towards the west, e.g. on Snowsfields and Union St. But mostly this is still just a paper route, although the eastern half follows the familiar National Route 4. Should be time for a short break at Bernie Spain Gardens. Return using Quietway 1. This has been open more than a year and the eastern stretches are proving popular. We will follow this all the way from Upper Ground to the Millwall stadium. Then get back to Canada Water using Nat Route 425. Lots of quiet streets, some on paths. Plenty of interest on the route, which can be found at https://goo.gl/zDxw34

Bike Train to central London and beyond
2017-05-17 07:45 - 08:30 | Nunhead Station, Gibbon Road, London, Se15 3XE, United Kingdom
The Bike Train doesn’t look like this of course. It’s comfortable, friendly, and reliable (the Bike Train, that is). And free.
Come with us and learn off-road and segregated routes to central London via Blackfriars. We bike-buddy riders to their final destination. Escorted all the way and totally free.

The Bike Train is at a new earlier time due to popular demand to get out of bed earlier. That means 7.45am from Nunhead station, 7.55am from Peckham Rye Station and 7.55am from Denmark Hill Station. The Peckham Rye and Denmark Hill lines join in Burgess Park which is why it’s OK that they start at the same time.
The starting point in Peckham is the bike stands behind McDonalds and at Denmark Hill from outside the cafe in Windsor Walk. Camberwell Grove and Windsor Walk have both been closed since we started so this route keeps getting better.
Our route takes us through two parks, up a traffic-calmed back street, onto the on-pavement cycling lanes on the New Kent Road, around the Elephant and Castle by-pass and onto the still lovely but no longer so new segregation up St George’s Way and Blackfriars Road. All legal and all as safe as your mother would make it.
We get to Blackfriars at 8.30am and then a group goes north to Kings Cross and anyone who wants can be buddied wherever they want. Return rides arranged on request. For further details or to book your place text 07842 640 207 (me). Or just turn up
The map is here: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1Pq8aj3Ylf1S9eg44QbGvAD4qSbM&ll=51.49177636679164%2C-0.0878830999999991&z=12 the bit from Dulwich Village to Denmark Hill only runs on special occasions so if that bit is specially important for you, let us know.

Canada Water to Battersea - Healthy Ride +
2017-05-20 09:30 - 13:00 | Canada Water, 21 Surrey Quays Road, London, Southwark, SE16 7AR, United Kingdom
Canada Water Library start/finish.
Ride to Battersea Park. Out along Thames path, back along a slightly inland route. Coffee break at Battersea Park. Plenty to see on the route – Borough Market, Tate Modern, London Eye etc. Previous rides on this route much enjoyed, see report April 2016 ride. Route at http://goo.gl/6cFvhG. Leader Philippa.

Bike Train to Central London and points north
2017-05-24 07:45 - 08:30 | Nunhead Station, Gibbon Road, London, Se15 3XE, United Kingdom
Cycling makes you happy, keeps you fit, helps you live longer and costs nothing. Plus it’s fun. See here for health evidence: https://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/cycling-to-work-associated-with-major-health-benefits-new-study/
Come with us and learn off-road and segregated routes to central London via Blackfriars. We bike-buddy riders to their final destination. Escorted all the way and totally free.

The Bike Train is at a new earlier time due to popular demand to get out of bed earlier. That means 7.45am from Nunhead station, 7.55am from Peckham Rye Station and 7.55am from Denmark Hill Station. The Peckham Rye and Denmark Hill lines join in Burgess Park which is why it’s OK that they start at the same time.
The starting point in Peckham is the bike stands behind McDonalds and at Denmark Hill from outside the cafe in Windsor Walk. Camberwell Grove and Windsor Walk have both been closed since we started so this route keeps getting better.
Our route takes us through two parks, up a traffic-calmed back street, onto the on-pavement cycling lanes on the New Kent Road, around the Elephant and Castle by-pass and onto the still lovely but no longer so new segregation up St George’s Way and Blackfriars Road. All legal and all as safe as your mother would make it.
We get to Blackfriars at 8.30am and then a group goes north to Kings Cross and anyone who wants can be buddied wherever they want. Return rides arranged on request. For further details or to book your place text 07842 640 207 (me). Or just turn up
The map is here: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1Pq8aj3Ylf1S9eg44QbGvAD4qSbM&ll=51.49177636679164%2C-0.0878830999999991&z=12
Nota Bene that the bit from Dulwich Village to Denmark Hill only runs for special occasions and subject to bribery (quite small amounts accepted). So if that’s the bit for you let us know asap so that we run it.

Peckham to the Tower - Healthy Ride
2017-05-27 10:00 - 12:00 | Peckham Square, SE15 5JR, 122 Peckham Hill Street, London, SE15 5JR, United Kingdom
Usual easy-paced healthy ride. As far as possible using quiet streets and paths. Suitable for any level of cyclist. Start/finish at Peckham Square, next to Peckham Library and Peckham Pulse Leisure Centre (SE15 5JR). Everyone welcome.
Out via Burgess Park and Walworth Green Link to New Kent Road and the Elephant. Then CS6 to and across Blackfriars Bridge, onto the Embankment and the E-W Superhighway, following this to the Tower. Break at the Tower, then continue to Cable St and the start of CS3. Turn south to Hermitage Riverside Memorial Garden and St Katherines Dock. Back via Tower Bridge, Bermondsey Spa Gardens, Willow Walk and the Canal Path. 10 miles, no hills (unless you count Tower Hill). Route at http://tinyurl.com/y7ul6r9r

Bike Train to Blackfriars and beyond
2017-05-31 07:45 - 08:30 | Nunhead Station, Gibbon Road, London, Se15 3XE, United Kingdom
This lovely sight is Burgess Park last summer on the Bike Train route. At 140 acres it’s one of London’s largest parks, assembled out of the wreckage of war and containing listed buildings, a lime kiln and former almshouses (now a cafe).
One of the great things about cycling is that it takes you where cars can’t go. Come with us and learn off-road and segregated routes to central London via Blackfriars. We bike-buddy riders to their final destination. Escorted all the way and totally free.

The Bike Train is at a new earlier time due to popular demand to get out of bed earlier. That means 7.45am from Nunhead station, 7.55am from Peckham Rye Station and 7.55am from Denmark Hill Station. The Peckham Rye and Denmark Hill lines join in Burgess Park which is why it’s OK that they start at the same time.
The starting point in Peckham is the bike stands behind McDonalds and at Denmark Hill from outside the cafe in Windsor Walk. Camberwell Grove and Windsor Walk have both been closed since we started so this route keeps getting better.
Our route takes us through two parks, up a traffic-calmed back street, onto the on-pavement cycling lanes on the New Kent Road, around the Elephant and Castle by-pass and onto the still lovely but no longer so new segregation up St George’s Way and Blackfriars Road. All legal and all as safe as your mother would make it.
We get to Blackfriars at 8.30am and then a group goes north to Kings Cross and anyone who wants can be buddied wherever they want. Return rides arranged on request. For further details or to book your place text 07842 640 207 (me). Or just turn up
The map of the route is here: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1Pq8aj3Ylf1S9eg44QbGvAD4qSbM&ll=51.49177636679164%2C-0.0878830999999991&z=12. The Dulwich Village to Denmark Hill bit only runs by special arrangement so if you want it let the special arrangers (me) know

Bike Train to central London and beyond
2017-06-07 07:45 - 08:30 | Nunhead Station, Gibbon Road, London, Se15 3XE, United Kingdom
Ride to work with these lovely people. Or people who look like them. Surprisingly normal really and not at all puffed out. They are all cycling by themselves now and wave when they meet us. Make friends on your way to work.

Come with us and learn off-road and segregated routes to Kings Cross via Blackfriars. We bike-buddy riders to their final destination. Escorted all the way and totally free.

The Bike Train is at a new earlier time due to and inexplicable popular demand to get out of bed earlier. That means 7.45am from Nunhead station, 7.55am from Peckham Rye Station and 7.55am from Denmark Hill Station. The Peckham Rye and Denmark Hill lines join in Burgess Park which is why it’s OK that they start at the same time.
The starting point in Peckham is the bike stands behind McDonalds and at Denmark Hill from outside the cafe in Windsor Walk. Camberwell Grove and Windsor Walk have both been closed since we started so this route keeps getting better.
Our route takes us through two parks, up a traffic calmed back street, onto the on-pavement cycling lanes on the New Kent Road, around the Elephant and Castle by-pass and onto the still lovely but no longer so new segregation up St George’s Way and Blackfriars Road. All legal and all as safe as your mother would make it.
We get to Blackfriars at 8.30am and then a group goes north to Kings Cross and anyone who wants can be buddied wherever they want. Return rides arranged on request. For further details or to book your place text 07842 640 207 (me). Or just turn up.
The google map of the route is here: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1Pq8aj3Ylf1S9eg44QbGvAD4qSbM&ll=51.49177636679164%2C-0.0878830999999991&z=12. The bit from North Dulwich runs by arrangement. Just ask.
And the cycle.travel map is here: http://cycle.travel/map/journey/41005. The info with the map says we do 500m on major roads so it may not know about the on-pavement cycle lanes on the New Kent Road — and 130m pushing. No pushing. I’m fine to push when required but it’s not required.

Rotherhithe Healthy Ride
2017-06-10 10:00 - 12:00 | Canada Water, 21 Surrey Quays Road, London, Southwark, SE16 7AR, United Kingdom
Usual easy-paced Southwark Cyclists Healthy Ride, this time a perambulation around the Rotherhithe Peninsula. when Surrey Docks were redeveloped in the 1980s a network of off-road paths was created. So it is possible to design a 10 mile ride that is almost traffic free. and thee are many points of interest, including the Salter statues, Surrey Docks Farm, the new Surrey Canal Linear Park, and the Barry Mason Memorial Bench beside Greenland Dock. Everyone welcome. Route at https://goo.gl/5pFd9b or GPX at http://healthyrider.weebly.com/spring-summer-2017.html
This ride also forms part of Bike Week. Get more info at http://bikeweek.org.uk/

2017-06-14 07:45 - 08:30 | Nunhead Station, Gibbon Road, London, Se15 3XE, United Kingdom
This is a picture of my back as I peacefully gaze over the parapet of Blackfriars Bridge. For pretty well the whole way there the biggest hazard is other cyclists. Quite a big hazard because there are such a lot of them and they are so excited. But they are safer on the whole than the equivalent weight in motors.

Come with us and learn off-road and segregated routes to Kings Cross via Blackfriars. We bike-buddy riders to their final destination. Escorted all the way and totally free.

The Bike Train is at a new, earlier time due to inexplicable popular demand to get out of bed earlier. That means 7.45am from Nunhead station, 7.55am from Peckham Rye Station and 7.55am from Denmark Hill Station. The Peckham Rye and Denmark Hill lines join in Burgess Park which is why it’s OK that they start at the same time.
The starting point in Peckham is the bike stands behind McDonalds and at Denmark Hill from outside the cafe in Windsor Walk. Camberwell Grove and Windsor Walk have both been closed since we started so this route keeps getting better.
Our route takes us through two parks, up a traffic-calmed back street, onto the on-pavement cycling lanes on the New Kent Road, around the Elephant and Castle by-pass and onto the still lovely but no longer so new segregation up St George’s Way and Blackfriars Road. All legal and all as safe as your mother would like it.
We get to Blackfriars at 8.30am and then a group goes north to Kings Cross and anyone who wants can be buddied wherever they want. Return rides arranged on request. For further details or to book your place text 07842 640 207 (me). Or just turn up.
The google map of the route is here: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1Pq8aj3Ylf1S9eg44QbGvAD4qSbM&ll=51.49177636679164%2C-0.0878830999999991&z=12. The bit from North Dulwich runs by arrangement. Just ask.
And the cycle.travel map is here: http://cycle.travel/map/journey/41005. The info with the map says we do 500m on major roads so it may not know about the on-pavement cycle lanes on the New Kent Road — and 130m pushing. No pushing. I’m fine to push when required but it’s not required.
We are part of the London Cycling campaign but you don’t have to join. I was going to say that we all live in Southwark but one of us doesn’t and you don’t have to. And you don’t have to pay.
