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Usual easy-paced ride using a lot of quiet streets and paths as well as some busy roads on the outward leg. Ride created to demonstrate that it was possible to have a flat ride from Dulwich. Trick is to follow the River Effra valley, going via Brockwell Park and Brixton. Last did this ride Sept […]
Usual easy-paced ride on mostly quiet streets and paths. Great for learning local routes and gaining confidence riding in a group. Free and open to all. Just turn up with your bike! Route info: Head off to Southwark Park then join Q1 at Stevenson Crescent and continue west to Trinity St. Join Q7 there and […]
Easy-paced loop to Danson Park, Bexley and back. Brief stops along the way at points of interest and a longer coffee stop at Danson Park. Mike and Mary are leading. Up through Greenwich Park (walking allowed), across Blackheath to Kidbrooke. Pick up Quietway 1 and follow this past Well Hall Pleasaunce, along Rochester Way to […]
Usual easy-paced ride, this one mostly quiet roads with a few path sections through parks. Some gentle hills, nothing extreme. Inspiration comes from the last Waterlink way ride that made me curious about another tributary of the Ravensbourne, the one with the easy-to-remember-name, the Quaggy River. The Quaggy meets the Ravensbourne down by Lewisham station […]
Special 21 mile Bank Holiday ride to Alexandra Palace and back, using a different route each way. Begin northwards through the City and Islington. At Canonbury make the first of several contacts with the New River. Continue to Clissold Park (2nd New River sighting), then Woodberry Wetlands (New River 3) and Finsbury Park (New River […]
Start/finish at Canada Water Library (Deal Porter Square, opposite Canada Water Station, SE16 7AR). Route to show Quietways 1 and 14 and planned extension of Q14. If you ride through Greenwich, Deptford or Bermondsey, these are useful routes to learn. They also pass many places of interest including Russia Dock Woodland, Deptford Historic Waterfront, the […]
Start/finish Deal Porter Square opposite Canada Water Station. Flat 25km route using lots of quiet streets and off road paths, plus a bit of segregated path, but also some stretches on busy roads. Out along NR4 following the river and passing Tower Bridge and Tate Modern. Cross Blackfriars Bridge then embankment (CS3) to Houses of […]
Usual easy-paced ride on mostly quiet roads, paths or cycle tracks. A themed ride is planned by Harry, who will be leading. Aim is to find 7 murals in the Brixton area, plus the windmill. Out via Burgess Park, Myatts Field and Loughborough Junction to Somerleyton Rd and the first mural. Then on to Brixton […]
As part of the ICE’s Explore Engineering Weekend, we have partnered with the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) to showcase the legacy of civil engineering greats such as Brunel, Telford and Bazalgette. The tour with will start and finish at the Southwark Gateway Needle on the south side of London Bridge and head up the […]
Start at Dulwich Clock Cafe, Dulwich Park, SE21 7BQ. Out via Peckham Rye Park and Beckenham Place Park. Back via Crystal Palace Park, including dinosaurs. Really pleased with this route. Nice mixture of off road path and quiet streets with very few bits of main road. Uses the nicest stretch of Nat Route 21 from […]