You can cycle from Canary Wharf in east London to Battersea Power Station in south west London, entirely on quiet streets and protected cycle lanes.
The route is 13.3km long (8.3 miles) and makes use of the Cycleway 3 and Cycleway 8, as well as other pieces of infrastructure.
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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/1757392976?share_token=amY5sryfKxTqDEsXcjxiXaRNeCX1CHQ4UWt7i5YTYBa2eBhy9T&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=11
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I'd have no problems with pedecabs or similarly sized cargo bikes using the cycle paths round here. Partly because it's still a bike, partly because its going to be safer for them just as it is for me and partly because I don't feel the need to rush to overtake everybody else on bikes. Plus the more different groups that are using cycle infrastructure, the more groups will be pushing for it to be improved.
always really disliked the scary unsegregated bit in front of Lambeth Bridge roundabout so excited to try the Great Smith Street hack sometime! great video as always
My view is that rickshaws add nothing and should be banned completely. Last week I was riding on the Cable St bike path, I which I find a bit narrow and came across a bike accident, which I think must have been caused by two bike hitting each other
My suggestions on pedicabs: (1) Regulate them using licences or permits, (2) Give them some sort of number plates or numbers to make it easier to report for rip-off fares, (3) Get them to adhere to traffic lights or get reported, (4) Limit width.
We're going to need a route to Tromsoe, the way things are going.
When developing the Dial-a-Ride service, we chose the idea that the fares should be the same as TFL Bus fares. Perhaps Pedi-cabs should charge per distance the same as a taxi.
I was actually in London this july. I stayed with a group of students in a college where we improved our skills in english ( none of us were native speakers ). During each day we had trips across the city and I have a story that I feel like you'll get a kick out of.
We had about an hour of free time to explore Oxford Street and during that time a few of our guys went on a pedicab. He took them all the way to Lesecter Sqare and refused to take them back. We spent half an hour seaching for them until we finally found out where they were. Needless to say, I could hear our group leaders shouting at them a few floors below when we got back to the collage.😅
Interesting route from parliament sq to vauxhall bridge. Not sure I'd want to cross over the traffic or do the reverse triangle. Changing directions at Vauxhall bridge is 😬😬😬 but as I'm near Chelsea bridge I mostly go straight as I love there to the roundabout. Obviously the roundabout is terrifying. But I live in RBKC it all is. I went nuts yesterday as the single bit of cycle infrastructure they added over kings road by royal hospital there were a dozen lime bikes blocking the cycle in and out. I moved 2 but they are too heavy for me so I just kicked the rest over and screamed bit before wheeling my bike tho the gap made nd getting home. So no I'm not a fan of the pedicabs. They are criminal. I cycle the front way to canary wharf as the hill is a bit steep for me even if it does mean dismounting Nd getting the lift. That first set of lights on the way back has to be the slowest in London WHY x
Thanks for another good video. The TFL needs to reduce the amount of peidicabs and they should have established fares that are reasonable.
I would take south of river route and cross river at Blackfriars Bridge.
Epic bit of dancing by that young lady at the end 😂
Something really nice in the power station is their underground bike hub thing – really useful for keeping bike after ride
Ban all pedicabs, they ride on pavements, they rip off tourists, they don’t respect the space for cyclists. There is nothing good that they provide
Thanks
There's something sublime and beautiful about Canary Wharf. Great route, you made my day!!!!!!!!!!!
I was looking for a new route to do this weekend so this came at the right time! I love your videos, they are extremely useful to me as I use them to have a sense of the routes beforehand and I can see how to cross some more tricky junctions. I’m a very nervous rider, so I like to see where I’m going to ride rather then going in blind and finding myself in busy roads 😬
I'm not a fan of rickshaws. Mostly they seem to be empty, so no wonder they end up ripping off the few fares that they do get. And the music! I also wonder what kind of deals the riders have to sign. Are they paying a flat fee to rent one? It seems open to abuse
I do like these videos, not just short trips. It reflects a reasonable desire for many that work in central London, that may live on the periphery to cycle in as opposed to using crowded trains. I would've killed for a good cycle route for me to get between Upton Park (East Ham) to Holborn Circus, and later Palmers Green, back when I was living there up to 2002.
Great video! And a very handy route! Thank you. Agree and pretty certain that the West India Quay Footbridge is open to cyclists (I've often used it too). Nice bit of architectural trivia… It's a 1996 competition winning design by Future Systems (same people who designed Birmingham Selfridge's and the Lord's Media Centre) and it's actually supported by a series of floats in the water. Woop! 🌊🎉
Here in Denmark it's very popular with so called Christania bikes, that can carry 2 small children side by side in the front. They are usually electric and a great way to carry children to institutions and groseries. They are a bit wide though, but fast enough to go along the mainstream bike traffic.
Also a super alternative to cars locally!