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There has been a decade or more of work to develop safe, segregated cycle routes in London. What kind of possibilities has it opened up? I set out to look at Central London where most of the new cycleways are. Have stitched together a circular route that gets you around in reasonable comfort and certainly passes some interesting locations.

Start 10am at London Bridge (next to Needle, south side, near Station). Cross and drop down to Cycleway 3, a well-designed, segregated route. Follow this along the embankment, through Parliament Squ, past Buck house and across Hyde Park. If time a diversion into Kensington Gdns and past the Albert Memorial. Continue over the Serpentine to Lancaster Gate. Abandon C3 here and stay in Hyde Park heading east for the return leg. Exit Hyde Park just before Marble Arch via the cycle crossing to Stanhope Pl, then back streets (LCN5) to Crawford St where the route becomes Cycleway 27. C27 is a bit of a let-down; no segregation, no protection at junctions. However it is a (nearly) straight route. At Gower St we leave C27 and use the segregated lanes on Torrington Place eastwards, these not having a cycleway designation (LCN6). Keeping going east we join a second stretch of well designed route, Cycleway 6 and turn south to and over Blackfriars Bridge. Last segment is on C14 most of the way to London Bridge. At an easy pace we can ride this loop in 3 hours including a coffee break. Bruce Leading, 12-13 miles.  Route at https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1qkrX4KxPAZfk9xDVDZM5tWq_oaj4kBQ&usp=sharing