You can cycle from Hackney Wick in north east London to Dalston entirely on quiet streets and protected cycle lanes.
The route is 5km long (3.1 miles) and makes use of the Victoria Park, Cycleway 27, and the London Fields LTN.
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22 Comments
lots of cycle traffic lights in Toronto since 2010
No cycle traffic lights in Kiev
Does not really work for a return journey when Victoria Park is closed. Victoria Park Road is a nasty ride, one way for cars with no provision for bikes going other way.
Great guide. Was this filmed recently? March 2025? many thanks…
Hi, I went over that bridge today and into victoria park and ended up in the middle of a half marathon – so sometimes the park is busier than usual !
I don't like that bridge over the A12 as I seem to have developed some vertigo – I use the underpass a bit further south on Wick Lane if heading east that way. I think you can also use paths by the Hertford and Regent's canals and go on the south edge of Victoria Park.
8:36 😂 🌑
In Sthlm we have cycle traffic lights in some of the main roads in the inner city
(in the suburbs/the outer city, where i live, there are very few, otoh🥲)
An excellent video. I would have stayed in Victoria Park as long as possible, rather than the streets beside. Although I do not live in London, I do enjoy cycling through the parks when I have the opportunity. Thanks for sharing. Geoff.
I believe that cycle lane on Victoria park road is intended for bikes coming the other way, as the road is one-way only
Great video- I think public transport or even by car is more than 30 mins – or even longer depending on time of day .
Bike is quicker
I've not seen any cycle hangers (I assume they're the sort of half cylinder things you see in lots of these videos) in either of the two Midlands towns I frequent. But then neither have the sort of cycle infrastructure that the capital seems to have!
In NYC, bikes can cross with the same light for pedestrians, which start 5 seconds before the green light for motor vehicles.
Quick comment before the end of the video: "Cycle hangars"…they've intrigued me through all your vids, now I know what they're called, I can Google on them. I'd love to know the protocol and mechanics of them.
Eye level bike traffic signals: Brilliant idea! I've seen that done here in Toronto mostly for pedestrians, and a few times for cyclists on shared ped/cycle pathways, but never at a street intersection. I so need to get back to London while my cycle life is still intact. I'm mid-Seventies, and winter here is slowly killing me. Literally. A more avid cycling society (and milder winter) would keep me young.
Anything related to cycling is not common in most of the country, including bike hangers, bike traffic lights, toucan crossings and parallel zebras, contraflow cycling, well-signposted back street routes, parks or paths where you don't have to dismount from your bike to get in. Believe me, my council has never heard of such things. 20mph speed limits are also uncommon outside of a few places.
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We've cycle lights appearing at junctions thoughout Brighton and Hove. Mostly a 5sec head start for cyclists. Other than along the seafront (where parked cars forn the barrier twixt bikes and the A259), I'm not aware of any complete segregation, or even 'wands'.
The only comment I can really make is to repeat my call for the UK to adopt Netherlands style road design (CROW) guidelines …. and do so yesterday We need to think of the highways fron the point of view of all users, not this or that pressure group [END of rant]
As someone who lives and cycles in the North Pennines, I really notice how flat this route is.
@1:38 the last vestiges of the North London Railway which you had to pass under in past decades
I usually turn up Skipworth to Ainsworth – Frampton Park – Loddiges. Slightly longer, but avoids that Mare St crossing. They’re building a parallel zebra over Mare St (they might already be finished), so a pretty good route crossing-wise.
I peel north earlier on Gore Road and head north on Skipworth Rd continuing up to Loddiges Rd and west to Ldn Fields. It avoids that no dropped curb section, flows better and is traffic calmed too.
In terms of things that some places have an others don't, does anywhere else have "infrastructure" that's not only just a line painted on the road, but one that's only valid for a few hours a day? https://maps.app.goo.gl/2Pj2U4GGDYxo8Wnv7