You can cycle from Charlton in south east London to King’s Cross in north Central London, entirely on quiet streets and protected cycle lanes.
The route is 15.5km long (9.6 miles) and makes use of Cycleway 4, Cycleway 14 and Cycleway 6.
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You can see a digital map of the route and download a GPS/GPX file to use on whatever device or app you want here:
https://www.komoot.com/tour/1938441099?share_token=aR4S0Y09xLKfqM5R6cs8zkI56DPK0R3eKagga0yKCsThndQZ9k&ref=wtd
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I also highly recommend the Safe Cycle London map for route planning, which is compiled by @SafeCycleLDN on twitter:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1XlpvN9R-Wg7qZHyezO8y-eVlftr4e0WX&hl=en&ll=51.516975804561284%2C-0.21828576419061996&z=12
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i have heard people pronouncing it as green-vich 😭
I often travel this way but sometimes leave an additional 10 mins to my journey so I can take the scenic route along the river.
Nice ride.
Never heard it called "Grinnitch".
Whilst I have no connections to South East London, routes like this are very interesting and a joy to watch.
If I ever decide to venture past Southwark/Bermondsey way, I’ll be sure to save.
22:40 — definitely something out of a Zelda game that street!
Cheers 👋🏽
Great route and narration. Your videos are always worth taking the time to watch. I hope your rides are safe and your path always smooth.
Your Cardio must be insanely good!
I've always heard it as "Grenwich" Our friend who works at the University calls it that too. This is now a very familiar route to me thanks to C4. I am very much looking forward to the Greenwich gyratory being sorted out as the air pollution right in the centre of the town by the posh market is appaling. You can taste the fumes.
As a lifelong Greenwich resident it is very definitely Grinn-ich
I have worked out a good route that fills in a big gap in your coverage south of the river. It's an East-West route between Denmark Hill and Brockley via Peckham, with optional extensions to Lewisham and Charlton. Obviously, you'll want to try it yourself and tweak it to your liking. Let me know if you're interested and I'll send you a map and/or videos.
9:15 That van needs to be reported, he almost killed you!
Great video as always!! I can confirm that I have heard a few people call it "Grinnich", but I don't hear it very often
I live Charlton way (though up the hill off Charlton road) and use this route often. I did much of it the other day, cycling to the Lexington. This route is so much better than it used to be but that van pulling across the front of you is unfortunately relatively common (tbh, I’d consider reporting that incident to the Met). Cycling daily I normally get this happening once a week or two. You really have to look out for for vehicles turning across the front of you, as well as pulling out, totally ignoring the giveway markings. Half of them are fully aware of what they are doing, I’m sure and just presume you’ll stop (after all your bike isn’t going to do them much damage). Other than using a camera and reporting them, I’m not sure what can be done. I notice TFl have even put up a couple of temporary signs at the junctions saying “cycle track in use” to try and warn drivers to look out.
Really good video. The bits of history you provide are great. Your longer videos are more enjoyable. Keep them coming. Regards 😊
Any fool knows it is pronounced “Green Witch”, named after the Witch that used to live in the park around 1500. Rumour has it that she haunts the park. It is said in the evening, at dusk, you can hear her driving around in a ghostly van shouting “ATTENTION, ATTENTION THE PARK IS NOW CLOSED”.
T'was always Grinnidge where I grew up (Shooters Hill). Other local place names frequently murdered are Eltham (Eltum) and Erith (Ear-ith … or Ear-iff).
Only one near miss with a van? You should've seen the area before the Rochester Way Relief Road and A102(M) were built. It was a nightmare with horns dripping blood!! Glad you made it out in one piece. 👍
Such a brilliant route and lovely to see so many people cycling. And completely agree on the area around Bermondsey Street being underrated – great part of town
Thanks
Sorry to be a pedant but it's pronunciation, 'pronounciation' isn't a word.
Definitely “Grinitch”. Born in “Grinitch” hospital. Would go to “Grinitch” Park on the 53 when I was a kid. Also, my Grandad was Mayor of “Grinitch” in the early 60’s. Only “Grenitch” if you were posh 😂. Great video btw. Used to work right where you started (a bank long since knocked down) and to think you can cycle from there to Kings Cross on cycle routes is amazing.
A glitch in the matrix? 9:51 and 10:28!
"…what blew me away was how pleasant it was…" Absolutely. As many have commented on prior, these vlogs aren't just "how to get from Point A to Point B"…but more "See the wonderful changes to London in the last decade, and here's how to enjoy them by bike".
Even at the age of 75 (albeit in amazing shape for the years), I'm weighing my option to leave Toronto, life as a cyclist has become so oppressive here.
Google: " Ontario fast-tracks order to remove key Toronto bike lanes – The Globe and Mail "
Who woulda thunk? London, for all the political and economic foibles, is on the right side of history while Toronto moves backwards.
Not from Greenwich (or London) originally but work just down the road in Bexley, and heard 'Grinnidge' a lot, especially from older people- still throws me when i hear it. Never considered that it would be a consciously used separate word/spelling, more assumed that it was just a fairly strong SE London inflected accent that put a spin on the vowel sounds in a way you hear with a lot of similar words. Interesting!
In the UK this summer I forced my partner to have one, of a pair of panniers I bought, on his bike. Did he complain before hand and oh boy was he happy once he'd tried it. What is it with men who don't want a pannier because it's not cool? We rode into the city on this path a few times. The only problem with it is the traffic pollution when the cars are bumper to bumper alongside the cycle path. I lived in Greenwich as a kid. I say grenitch and garidch for garage.
I had a car almost murder me at that intersection with the van. I was very tempted to crash my bike into it. i guess it must be a particularly dangerous intersection for bikes and probably needs some sort of intervention.
Can you do Lee Green To Waterloo
that was a great route
Love to see these longer rides! This wouldn’t be part of a commute for me but I would enjoy just taking this route for fun.
Nice jogging lanes TFL have built. So nice they allow cyclists 2nd class status in them.
Oh, I've met people from Erith and around call it Grinidge, which is fine. I come from Milnrer. Foreigners and map makers call and spell it Milnrow, which is nice and that's how we know they're not locals.
Yes those barriers on the bridges are the actual terror. Also at night they are difficult to see.
Its such a shame Greenwich is a busy rotary, cant wait for the upgrade!
Panniers are great! I use one for work (its partner one was stolen many years ago), I am always surprised how much weight I can put in it without it affecting my balance!