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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 […]
A Southwark Cyclist volunteer will be on the road this morning helping the police nick drivers still hung over from New Year's Eve. The public are very supportive, drivers less so, but they soon calm down when they see the uniform. To join in, mail PCSO Kevin Phillips on kevin.j.phillips@met.police.uk
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 […]
Run by Bruno (see pic) on behalf of Southwark Cyclists in Camberwell Leisure Centre which has south-east London’s most memorable address, Artichoke Place SE5 8TS. The leisure centre is friendly, cheerful, accessible and welcoming. Bruno and the boys are the same. Everyone is welcome and no one pays. This is a drop-in not a course. […]
At our not-so-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 in an westerly 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 […]
New Year but the speed limit hasn't changed. A lot of speeding goes on along this road. Our local volunteers are doing their bit to persuade drivers into more law-abiding ways. The general idea is here: https://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/66-in-a-20mph-zone/ and the man to contact if you want to join in is PCSO Kevin Phillips on kevin.j.phillips@met.police.uk
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 […]
Start your new year right by finding out more about how you can play a part in making London a better city for active travel and how you can work with your local LCC group to achieve this! Join us for a drink and get to know fellow activists. Build the contacts you will need […]
