List of cycle routes in London

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This is a list of cycle routes in London that have been waymarked with formal route signage include 'Cycleways' (including 'Cycle Superhighways' and 'Quietways) and the older London Cycle Network, all designated by the local government body Transport for London (TfL), National Cycle Network routes designated by the sustainable transport charity Sustrans, and miscellaneous 'Greenways' created by various bodies. Most recently, in May 2020 TfL announced its 'Streetspace for London' in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Not all these routes are dedicated 'traffic free' cycle tracks: most of them also include ordinary roads shared with motor traffic and footpaths shared with pedestrians.

Cycleways

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Cycleway 4 on A200 Jamaica Road

From summer 2019, TfL started branding new cycle routes (and re-branding and consolidating some existing routes) as 'Cycleways'.[1][2] This was following feedback and criticism that the previous branding ('Superhighways' and 'Quietways') was sometimes "misleading".[3]

All new and existing routes must meet new, stricter 'Cycling Quality Criteria' in order for TfL to sign them as Cycleways.[3]

The Central London Cycle Grid is a partially completed scheme[4] within central London which includes both numbered and unnumbered Cycleways, Cycle Superhighways and Quietways.

List of currently open Cycleway routes:
Name Route Boroughs Comments Approximate Length Map
Template:Rbox Freezy WaterPonders End – Lower Edmonton – Upper EdmontonNorth Middlesex HospitalTottenhamSeven Sisters Template:Rint Template:RintStamford HillStoke NewingtonDalstonDe BeauvoirHoxtonShoreditchThe City
(A10)
Enfield, Haringey, Hackney, Islington CS1 route between Tottenham and the city was completed in April 2016.[5] Now rebranded as C1. 16.2 miles (26 km)[6] map
Template:Rbox CityWhitechapelMile EndBowStratford
(A11 – A118)
Tower Hamlets, Newham As an upgrade to the old LCN Template:Background color route, Cycle Superhighway 2 initially consisted mostly of 'blue paint' cycle lanes. In 2016, after safety concerns and fatalities, the majority of the route was further upgraded to separated cycle tracks [1].[7] In September 2021, the whole section was signposted as C2. 9.3 miles (15 km)[8] map
Template:Rbox Lancaster GateHyde ParkWestminsterEmbankmentBlackfriarsTower HillShadwellLimehousePoplarCanning TownNorth BecktonBarking
(A4209 – A402 – Hyde Park – A3211 – A1202 – A13)
Westminster, City of London, Tower Hamlets, Newham, Barking and Dagenham Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". CS3 was rebranded as C3 during January and February 2023. The initial section of CS3 from Barking to Tower Hill was largely an upgrade to the old LCN Template:Background color route. Sustrans has also designated much of this stretch as being part of their <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />NCN Template:Background color. In 2017, TfL constructed a lengthy extension of CS3 to Lancaster Gate. 14.3 miles (23 km)[9] map
Template:Rbox London BridgeBermondseySurrey QuaysDeptfordGreenwich Southwark, Lewisham, Greenwich Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Originally announced as Cycle Superhighway 4, Cycleway 4 is open from Tower Bridge Road to Greenwich, although only the Bermondsey section is signed. As of May 2021, a temporary extension of the route to Monument station and a further temporary alignment of the route between Greenwich and Charlton (signed only as Template:Rbox) were both open, funded by the Streetspace for London programme. The Surrey Quays section of the route is an interim alignment. Eventually C4 is proposed to run from London Bridge to Plumstead via Woolwich. 2.6 miles (4.2 km)[10] map1
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Template:Rbox Template:RboxWaterlooVauxhallStockwellClapham Common Lambeth, Wandsworth Initially planned to link Waterloo to Croydon, but only the section from C14 (on Union Street) to Clapham Common has been launched. Initially named Q5, it also incorporates what was the southern most section of London's shortest Cycle Superhighway, the CS5. It was rebranded as Cycleway 5 in December 2021. 4.7 miles (7.6 km)[11] map
Template:Rbox Belsize ParkKentish Town West Template:Rint(→Kentish Town}{→Camden Town}{→King's Cross Template:Rint}FarringdonLudgate CircusBlackfriars BridgeSouthwarkSt. George's CircusElephant & Castle Camden, Islington, Southwark Includes all of the former 'North–South Cycle Superhighway' (CS6), plus a further northward extension to Belsize Park. 8.1 miles (13 km)[12] map
Template:Rbox CitySouthwark BridgeElephant & CastleKenningtonOvalStockwellClapham North Template:RintClapham High StreetClapham Common Template:RintClapham South Template:RintBalhamTooting BecTooting Broadway Template:RintColliers Wood
(A3 – A24)
City of London, Southwark, Lambeth, Wandsworth This route continues to be referred to as a Cycle Superhighway route by TfL. It featured few separated lanes, but during 2020, as part of the response to COVID-19, several sections were upgraded to segregated lanes, including the use of 'floating bus stops'.  9.3 miles (15 km)[13] map
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Wandsworth High StreetWandsworth Town Template:RintBattersea High StreetBattersea ParkChelsea BridgeVauxhall BridgeLambeth Bridge Wandsworth, Westminster During 2020, the stretch of CS8 between Vauxhall Bridge and Chelsea Bridge (along Grosvenor Road and Millbank) was largely segregated from the carriageway with 'wands'; in early 2021 this stretch was re-signed as C8. 6 miles, 10 km[14] CS8 map
C8 map
Template:Background color (Syon Park) – BrentfordKew BridgeChiswick – (Hammersmith) Hounslow, (Hammersmith and Fulham) Partly launched in Hounslow, extending eastwards from Brentford as far as Hammersmith and Fulham (where the route is yet to be signed, as it is yet to be upgraded from its current temporary infrastructure.) map
Template:Background color Euston Template:RintCovent Garden(Waterloo Bridge –) Waterloo – Borough – Bermondsey Spa – South Bermondsey Template:RintDeptfordGreenwich Camden, Westminster, Southwark, Lewisham, Greenwich Formerly Q1. The portion in Bermondsey/Southwark also forms part of <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />NCN Template:Background color (and includes stretches that were formerly LCN Template:Background color).

Missing section of the route across Waterloo Bridge: Streetspace for London plans[15] included possible road restriction to only cyclists and buses on the bridge.[15]
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Template:Background color AngelHoxtonOld StreetBarbican (Template:Background color) Islington, Hackney, City of London Includes a large section of the former Q11 route. Runs from Islington's Essex Road to Farringdon Road via Barbican and provides a connection between Template:Background color, Template:Background color and Template:Background color. It also connects to Template:Background color and Template:Background color via a Template:Background color link that previously was part of Q11. map
Template:Background color Old StreetShoreditch{→Bethnal Green}{→Haggerston}Broadway MarketLondon FieldsHackney Islington, Tower Hamlets, Hackney Previously was Q13. Connects Template:Background color to Template:Background color. map
Template:Background color (Waterloo) – London BridgeRotherhithe{→Canada Water} – (Deptford) ... GreenwichGreenwich PeninsulaCharlton RiversideWoolwichThamesmead Southwark, (Lewisham), Greenwich Originally planned and partially signposted as Q14, C14 is waymarked from Blackfriars Road (where it meets C6) as far as Tower Bridge Road, where it meets C4. It is also signed from the Jamaica Road/Dockhead junction, as far as South Dock near the Lewisham border, mostly following <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />NCN Template:Background color. The route also runs from Greenwich Town Centre to Thamesmead, mostly running along the <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />NCN Template:Background color Thames Path. 4.1 miles (6.6 km)[16] map
Template:Background color (Hackney Wick –) Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park{→Stratford}Forest GateManor ParkAldersbrookValentines ParkBarkingside (Tower Hamlets, Hackney,) Newham, Redbridge Valentines Park is closed at night. Formerly signed as Q6, which was planned to extend from Mile End to Barkingside, but Tower Hamlets council's originally proposed section was not approved by TfL. map
Template:Background color Borough – WalworthBurgess Park (– Denmark Hill) ... Dulwich Village Southwark Northern section of what was formerly known as Q7. There have been proposals to extend the route further south as far as Crystal Palace. 1.8 miles (2.9 km)[17] map
Template:Background color (GreenwichCatford –) Lower Sydenham – New Beckenham – Kent House (Greenwich, Lewisham,) Bromley map
Template:Background color {→Cheshunt}Broxbourne border – {→Waltham Cross} Bullsmoor Lane – Enfield Town ... Enfield TownWinchmore HillPalmers Green Enfield There is a gap in the route in Enfield Town centre. Southern end of the route currently ends at the Enfield-Haringey border. 5.9 miles (9.6 km)[18] map
Template:Background color Bush HillEdmonton GreenMeridian Water Template:Rint Enfield Connects Template:Background color at Bush Hill Parade to Meridian Water train station. map
Template:Background color Stratford High Street (Template:Background color) – ... West HamPlaistowEast HamNorth Beckton (Template:Background color) Newham An upgrade to the section of LCN Template:Background color along The Greenway connecting Template:Background color and Template:Background color. Formerly known as Q22, this route is planned to be extended to Victoria Park. map
Template:Background color Dalston – Hackney Downs – Lea Bridge Roundabout – {→Hackney}Lea Bridge{→Leyton}{→Walthamstow}Bakers Arms{→Walthamstow Village}South Woodford Hackney, Waltham Forest This upgraded an 8 km section of the old LCN route along Lea Bridge Road.[19] Eastwards the route currently ends to the south of Waterworks Roundabout. A westwards extension to Dalston is mostly complete as of Nov 2024. 6.8 miles (11 km)[20] map
Template:Background color Tottenham HaleWalthamstow WetlandsBlackhorse Road Template:Rint Template:Rint – Bell Junction Haringey, Waltham Forest Signed as C24 in Waltham Forest. map
Template:Background color Queen Elizabeth Olympic ParkLeyton Template:RintLeytonstone Template:RintWanstead Waltham Forest C25 launched in Waltham Forest in July 2024. map
Template:Background color Blackhorse Road Template:Rint Template:Rint – Argall – {→Leyton Template:Rint}Queen Elizabeth Olympic ParkStratford Waltham Forest, Newham Connects Template:Background color to Template:Background color map
Template:Background color East ActonWormwood ScrubsNorth Kensington{→Notting Hill}PaddingtonMaryleboneFitzroviaBloomsbury{→Clerkenwell}AngelCanonburyDe Beauvoir TownLondon FieldsClaptonLea Bridge – Argall – Walthamstow Central Template:Rint Template:Rint Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster, Camden, Islington, Hackney, Waltham Forest Part of a long east-west Quietway formerly known as Q2. The Waltham Forest section of the route now shares a section of Template:Background color and goes via Argall (instead of following the former Q2 alignment that passed outside the south entrance to Walthamstow Wetlands.) 16.2 miles (26 km) map
Template:Background color Kingston{→Surbiton}Dittons Kingston upon Thames An upgrade to part of the old LCN Template:Background color route; initially waymarked as Quietway Q19 before being rebranded as Cycleway 28 in December 2019. Has a C-link to Kingston University and there is also a signed connection towards Surbiton (crossing over to Palace Road to get to Template:Background color). 1.1 miles (1.8 km)[21] map
Template:Background color Kingston Template:Rint{→Surbiton}(Tolworth) Kingston upon Thames An extension to Tolworth is under construction. map
Template:Background color Kingston Town CentreKingston HospitalKingston Vale Kingston upon Thames Route is open, although there are short sections where the proposed mini-holland cycling infrastructure has not yet been delivered (due to reduced funding post-COVID). map
Template:Background color New MaldenRaynes Park Kingston upon Thames, Merton First section between New Malden and Raynes Park opened on 13 July 2019. There are proposals to extend this to Wimbledon. 1.6 miles (2.7 km)[22] map
Template:Background color (Kingston Town Centre)New Malden Kingston upon Thames Partly signed at the New Malden end of the route map
Template:Background color Queen Elizabeth Hospital – Woolwich Town Centre Greenwich, Lewisham Will be a link off a future 'Woolwich to Lee Green' Cycleway route. Was previously signed as an unnumbered 'Q' route map
Template:Background color North ActonEast ActonWhite City ... Hammersmith - Fulham Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham Construction started in March 2019. First section opened in May 2020. This route was formerly planned to be Cycleway 10.[23] map
Template:Background color Bermondsey Spa – Peckham Southwark Opened in summer 2020. Connects directly to Template:Background color at Bermondsey Spa and mostly follows the routes of the old LCN Template:Background color and part of <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />NCN Template:Background color. 1.3 miles (2.1 km)[24] map
Template:Background color Kennington ParkBurgess ParkTemplate:Background color Southwark Only signed at one modal filter (beside Chandler Way)! map
Template:Background color HackneyMile EndWestferry Template:Rint (– Island Gardens) Hackney, Tower Hamlets Planned route. At Mile End, some of the route has had temporary 'Streetspace for London' infrastructure installed. map
Template:Background color Finsbury Park{→Highbury & Islington Template:Rint Template:Rint}Angel (– Pentonville) Hackney, Islington Formerly planned as the Q10 route. map
Template:Background color Shepherd's BushKensington Olympia Kensington & Chelsea Opened in spring 2020. 1300 yards (1.2 km)[25] map
Template:Background color Greenford Broadway – Ealing Broadway ... Ealing – {→South Ealing}Brentford ... Syon ParkTwickenham Ealing, Hounslow Current route is not continuous. First section opened in Hounslow in 2021.[26] More sections opened in Ealing in 2024. map
Template:Background color EustonHolborn Camden Shares much of the route with Template:Background color map
Template:Background color IlfordBarking Town CentreBarking Riverside Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham Mostly completed route with a notable gap on Wakering Road, just north of Barking station. map
Template:Background color Hyde ParkMaryleboneFitzrovia Westminster Planned route that will have links connecting to Template:Background color at Norfolk Crescent.
Template:Background color (Queen's Park) – Grand Union Canal – North KensingtonNotting Hill Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster Opened in August 2020. Follows the old LCN Template:Background color route for almost all of its length. 1.5 miles (2.4 km)[27] map
Template:Background color (Clapham Old Town) – BrixtonHerne Hill Lambeth Opened in December 2022, although a safe crossing of Brixton Road has yet to be delivered by Transport for London. map
Template:Background color East ActonChiswick Hammersmith and Fulham, Ealing, Hounslow Launched in March 2023. At its southern end, a safe crossing to Template:Background color is yet to be installed. map
Template:Background color Camden Town – Holloway – Finsbury Park (– Tottenham Hale) Camden, Islington, (Haringey) The initial signed section of C50 is from Template:Background color at Camden Town to Holloway. An interim version of the route is open between Holloway and Finsbury Park, but this is not signed as being C50. map
Template:Background color Burnt OakColindale (– KilburnMarylebone) Barnet, (Camden, Westminster) First section opened in Barnet in March 2024. map
Template:Background color/Template:Background color EustonBloomsburyCovent Garden Camden, Westminster Passes by the British Museum. A short section is yet to be fully rebranded from Q1 to C52. map
Template:Background color Lancaster GateMarble ArchHyde Park Corner Westminster The section on Park Lane was introduced as one of the first Streetspace for London schemes. map
Template:Background color Westminster Bridge{→Waterloo}Template:Background color Lambeth Opened in 2022. map
Template:Background color HammersmithHammersmith BridgeBarnes Hammersmith & Fulham, Richmond upon Thames Northern end of the route is shared with Template:Background color map
Template:Background color SouthgatePalmers Green (– Meridian Water) Enfield Launched in 2023. map
Template:Background color New SouthgateEdmonton Enfield Partly built but unsigned, apart from being included on Template:Background color signs at one junction.
Template:Background color North ChingfordChingford MountWalthamstow Waltham Forest Launched in 2024. map
Template:Background color North ChingfordHighams ParkWalthamstow Waltham Forest Launched in 2024. map
Template:Background color (Rotherhithe –) Surrey QuaysPeckham Southwark

Construction beginning in 2025 on the section between Surrey Quays and Peckham.

Template:Background color Fitzrovia (– Pimlico) Camden, Westminster Construction of the northern end of the route is due to begin in 2025.
Template:Background color {→Brockley Template:Rint}BrockleyForest Hill Lewisham Launched in 2025. map
West DraytonStockley ParkNorth Circular Road – Old Oak Lane – Regent's Canal Canal & River Trust Unsigned route that was previously planned to be Q16. Majority of route is along the upgraded Grand Union Canal towpath.[28] map
Link routes
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Central London Grid (various) Camden, City of London, Lambeth, Kensington & Chelsea Cycleway link routes are usually way-marked with an un-numbered Template:Background color:
GreenwichCharlton Greenwich A pop-up Streetspace route as an intermediate version of Cycleway 4. This route is signed as Template:Background color. map1 map2
Stratford Template:Rint Template:RintForest GateManor Park Newham Largely runs parallel to a future extension of Cycleway 2 along Romford Road. 4.2 km map
Surbiton Kingston upon Thames A link between Template:Background color and Surbiton, running along St. Mark's Hill. map

Cycle Superhighways

Destinations of CS7 in the style of a tube line, on a large upright sign.
CS7 at Colliers Wood Station, showing a 'totem' route sign.

London's Cycle Superhighways were a set of Bike freeways, that were aimed principally at commuters and more experienced cyclists, providing faster and more direct radial routes between outer and central London.[1] In addition to route signage with a pink logo, other distinctive features included blue cycle lanes on some of the routes (the brand colour of the scheme's original sponsor, Barclays) and 'totem' style signage pillars.

History

London's Cycle Superhighways were first announced in 2008 by Mayor Ken Livingstone.[29] The original proposal consisted of 12 radial routes, with routes numbered in 'clock face' fashion.[30] Initial implementation of the cycle superhighways also drew criticism on safety grounds, with poor design at some junctions, insufficient segregation of cyclists from motor traffic and slippery surfaces all contributing to numerous fatalities.[31][32][33][34] Several of the superhighways were never built due to opposition from the respective London boroughs.[35]

In 2018 TfL dropped the 'cycle superhighway' name from use on any further projects. All the existing Cycle Superhighways are now part of the Cycleways network and will be rebranded as a numbered 'Cycleway'.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Quietways

File:Quietway signage on Moor Lane, London.jpg
Signage (now removed) for three former Quietway cycle routes on Moor Lane in the City.

First announced in 2015, TfL's Quietways[36] targeted less confident cyclists who want to use routes with less traffic, whilst also providing for existing cyclists who want to travel at a more gentle pace. The route numbers were shown in purple on signs.

The scheme lasted only three years before TfL decided to drop the Quietways brand, using 'Cycleways' for further new routes. All Quietways are now formally part of the Cycleways network and the delivered Quietways are being gradually rebranded as 'Cycleways' (and renumbered in most cases).

List of existing Quietway routes that were implemented before the scheme was halted:
Name Route Boroughs Comments Map
Template:Background color Gladstone Park (Dollis Hill) – Kilburn) Brent Originally planned to link Gladstone Park with Regent's Park, but Camden and Westminster boroughs have not yet implement their sections of the route. Approximately half of the implemented section is an upgrade to the old LCN Template:Background color. map
Q4 Clapham Common to Wimbledon Lambeth, Wandsworth, Merton Although most of the route has been built, the only part to be signed is a single crossing.
Template:Background color East of Thamesmead[37] Greenwich Originally proposed as a continuous route from Waterloo to Erith. Only a short section of what did get signed as Q14 has yet to get rebranded as C14. map
Template:Background color Brompton CemeteryEarl's CourtSouth KensingtonChelsea Kensington & Chelsea A proposed extension to Belgravia has yet to be implemented by Westminster council. map
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Central London Grid (various) Lambeth, Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster, City of London, Islington, Hackney Routes are way-marked with an un-numbered Template:Background color. Notable link routes include:

Streetspace for London

In May 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting need to maintain social distancing, TfL announced a programme of measures that includes additional cycling provision.[38] Some of these measures are described as 'temporary', although others appear to include fast-tracking of permanent cycle routes. TfL implemented routes delivered under this programme have so far included:

List of notable Streetspace routes implemented by TfL
Name Route Boroughs Comments Map
C Hampstead Road Camden With flow lightly segregated cycle lanes from Euston Road to Mornington Crescent can be intermittent. Approximately 1.1 km long.[39] map
Bishopsgate City of London 5 Bus Gates have been installed to create a bus and cycle only street from Shoreditch High Street to Monument Junction, 0700-1900 Monday to Friday.[40] map
London Bridge City of London Closure to private motor traffic from 0700 to 1900 Monday to Friday, plus creation of with-flow semi-segregated lanes.[41] map
CS7 Clapham South - Balham - Tooting Bec - Tooting Broadway - Colliers Wood Wandsworth, Merton Upgrade of existing with flow cycle lanes to be mostly light segregated lanes, plus the creation of bus stop bypasses, on the section from Alderbrook Road to Colliers Wood.[42][43] overview map 1

overview map 2

overview map 3

C8 Lambeth Bridge- Vauxhall Bridge- Chelsea Bridge Westminster Upgrade of existing with flow cycle lanes to be mostly light segregated lanes, plus the creation of bus stop bypasses along Millbank from Lambeth Bridge to Chelsea Bridge.[44]

Additionally, numerous pop up cycle routes have been funded by TfL or the Department for Transport as part of Streetspace, but implemented by boroughs. Funding has also been provided for Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, which have filtered roads to prevent through traffic through residential areas, having a knock on effect on cycling by improving links through these areas. As of January 2021, TfL's website[45] listed over 30 different Streetspace schemes. Sustrans published a map of streetspace interventions.[46]

London Cycle Network Plus

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Directional sign for LCN 7.
Other signage for LCN routes including Directions, Destinations and Distances

The London Cycle Network Plus (LCN+) aimed to provide a 900 kilometre network of cycle routes throughout Greater London. It was funded by Transport for London and managed by the LCN+ Project Team at the London Borough of Camden. It was launched in 2001, replacing the earlier London Cycle Network (LCN) project (which had begun rollout in 1981, originally planning 3000 miles of signposted routes[47]), and wound up in 2010.

Although some LCN routes have been upgraded to TfL's new Quietways and Cycle Superhighways, the majority throughout Greater London still exist and are signposted and/or indicated by carriageway markings (although not all the signage uses route numbers). Where route numbers are used in signs, this is usually the LCN route number, but on some route sections the 'LCN+ link' number has been used on signs. (LCN+ link numbers were usually internal reference numbers used for project management.)[48]

London Cycle Network routes

The LCN route numbering used a radial and orbital scheme, as shown by the groupings in the table below. Some routes were also part of the Sustrans National Cycle Network – these are signposted with route numbers on a red background.[49] There were also a comparable number of un-numbered routes in the scheme. These are not listed in the table below.

The last edition of the LCN route map to be published was the 5th edition (2004).[50]

Orbital routes in Central zone:
Route Number Route Notes Map
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(Seven Stations Circular)
City (→ Liverpool St.) – (Waterloo) – Westminster – Marylebone (→ Paddington) – Bloomsbury (→ Euston) – (→ King's Cross) – Finsbury – The City A number of route sections are now part of new TfL routes:
• the north end of Southwark bridge to Elephant and Castle: Template:Background color
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Radial routes in Central zone:
Route Number Route Notes Map
Template:Background color Waltham Abbey – (Lea Valley) – Mile End – Greenwich – Greenwich Peninsula – Charlton Riverside – Woolwich – Thamesmead – Erith – (Dartford) For the most part this is the Greater London portion of Sustrans <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />NCN Template:Background color but also includes additional sections, e.g. a route through Millwall Park. map
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(A2)
Elephant & Castle – Old Kent Road – Deptford – Greenwich – Blackheath – Kidbrooke – Eltham – Falconwood – Blackfen Some sections are now Sustrans <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />NCN Template:Background color and Template:Background color (see above) map
   Template:Background color Eltham station – Falconwood Spur route off LCN Template:Background color parallel to the A2 road, passing via Eltham station. map
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(old A3)
(Esher – Ditton) – Kingston – Wandsworth – Battersea – Clapham Common – Stockwell – Oval – Waterloo Some sections were to become TfL Quietways Template:Background color. A section in Kingston is now Template:Background color (see above) and another in Lambeth is now Template:Background color. map
Template:Background color Hampton Court Bridge – Kingston – Ham – Richmond Park – Barnes – Putney Bridge – Sands End – West Chelsea – Pimlico – Lambeth Bridge – Waterloo – London Bridge – Rotherhithe – Canada Water – Deptford – Greenwich For the most part this is the Greater London portion of Sustrans <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />NCN Template:Background color map
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(old A5)
(Elstree) – Edgware – Kilburn – Maida Vale – Marylebone – Hyde Park – Knightsbridge – Chelsea Bridge – Battersea – Clapham – Streatham – Norbury – Croydon Portions in South London will become Template:Background color. Section across Chelsea Bridge/alongside Battersea Park is now Template:Background color map
Template:Background color Barnet – Alexandra Palace – Holloway – Tufnell Park – Camden Town – West End – Waterloo map
   Template:Background color Highgate – Gospel Oak – Camden Town – Westminster map
Template:Background color (Southgate) – Wood Green – (Finsbury Park) – City – Elephant & Castle Section past Finsbury Park is <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />NCN Template:Background color. Section from St George's Circus, across Blackfriars Bridge along Farringdon Road is now Template:Background color map
Template:Background color Hammersmith – (Paddington) – Angel – London Fields – Hackney – Leyton – Leytonstone – (Woodford) Includes Market Porters & 7 Stations. The portion between King's Cross Road and London Fields is now Template:Background color map
Template:Background color City – Broadway Market – London Fields – Hackney – Walthamstow – Chingford – Epping The portion between London Fields and Millfields Park South is now Template:Background color; the section between Virginia Road and Hackney Town Hall is now Template:Background color. map
Radial routes in North East London:
Route Number Route Notes Map
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(A10)
Waltham Cross – Enfield – Tottenham – Seven Sisters – Stoke Newington – The City The majority of this route between the City and Tottenham has been upgraded to form Template:Background color map
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(A11)
City – Stratford – Leytonstone – (Woodford) – Epping This route has been upgraded to Template:Background color between Aldgate and Stratford map
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(A12)
City – Stratford – Ilford – Romford map
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(A13)
City – (Canning Town) – Rainham – Tilbury Part of this route has now been upgraded to form part of Template:Background color. map
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(A104)
Clapton – Lea Bridge – Whipps Cross – Woodford A portion of the route has been upgraded to Template:Background color. map
Template:Background color City – Canning Town – Plaistow – Barking – (Upminster) The section between Tower Bridge and Canning Town has been upgraded to form Template:Background color map
Template:Background color Cambridge Heath – Victoria Park – Stratford – West Ham – Newham Greenway, Beckton The section along The Greenway is now Quietway Template:Background color map
Radial routes in South East London:
Route Number Route Notes Map
Template:Background color Greenwich Park – Lewisham – Catford – Beckenham, West Wickham Shares route of Sustrans <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />NCN Template:Background color (Waterlink Way) between Elverson Road DLR station and Loampit Vale, Lewisham map
Template:Background color Greenwich – Woolwich – Erith – Dartford map
Template:Background color Charlton – Greenwich – Plumstead – Bexleyheath – Dartford map
Template:Background color Deptford – Lewisham – Mottingham – New Eltham – Crittall's Corner map
Template:Background color Greenwich – Lewisham – Ladywell – Catford – Lower Sydenham – Kent House – (Elmers End) – Addington – New Addington Greater London portion of Sustrans <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />NCN Template:Background color along Waterlink Way map
Template:Background color Central London – Peckham Rye – Catford – Bromley – Orpington One section in Bermondsey (Willow Walk/Lynton Road) is now part of Template:Background color. In summer 2020, the section between Peckham and Burgess Park was upgraded to Template:Background color. map
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(A23)
Central London – Camberwell – Crystal Palace – Croydon – Purley Northern section (Elephant and Castle to Southwark Bridge) is now TfL Cycle Superhighway Template:Background color and Template:Background color follows some of LCN Template:Background color also. map
Template:Background color (Wandsworth) – Carshalton map
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South Circular
Woolwich – Catford – Dulwich Village – Herne Hill – Clapham Common – (Barnes) map
   Template:Background color Spur route off LCN Template:Background color. map
Template:Background color (Willesden) – Hammersmith – (Wandsworth) – Streatham – Crystal Palace – Eltham This route is an 'orbital' one in south London from Shepherd's Bush in the west, to Eltham in the south east, but it is non-continuous with several gaps. map
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(Part A21)
Battersea – Crystal Palace – Bromley – Sevenoaks map
Template:Background color Greenwich – Lee – Bromley map
Radial routes in South West London:
Route Number Route Notes Map
Template:Background color Wandsworth – Wimbledon – Sutton map
Template:Background color A30, Staines – (Osterley) map
Template:Background color A3 Kingston by-pass parallel, Leatherhead – (Hook) – (New Malden) – Hammersmith map
Template:Background color Hayes – Hounslow – (Whitton)? – Kingston – (Ewell) map
Template:Background color Richmond – Kingston – (Chessington) – Leatherhead map
Radial routes in North West London:
Route Number Route Notes Map
Template:Background color (Sunbury) – Hounslow – (Southall) map
Template:Background color A315 – Staines – Hounslow – (Chiswick) – Hammersmith map
Template:Background color A316 – (Sunbury) – Twickenham – Hammersmith The section between Woodberry Wetlands and Walthamstow Wetlands was branded the 'Wetlands to Wetlands Greenway' in 2016. map
Template:Background color A316 parallel, (Feltham) – Twickenham – Richmond – (Wandsworth) – Central London map
Template:Background color Wimbledon – Putney – Westminster Short section past Victoria will be part of Quietway Template:Background color map
Template:Background color A4020 Uxbridge Road – Uxbridge – Southall – Hanwell – Ealing – (Shepherd's Bush) – Hyde Park – Mayfair – West End map
Template:Background color A40 (Hillingdon) – (Greenford) – (Hanger Lane) – Bayswater – Paddington – Central London map
Template:Background color (Hayes) – Ealing – Uxbridge Road parallel, (Acton) map
Template:Background color (Hayes) – Westminster Along Grand Union Canal
Template:Background color (West Drayton) – (Hayes) – (Brentford) Along Grand Union Canal
Template:Background color A4 – Slough – (Osterley) – Hammersmith – (Hyde Park Corner) map
Template:Background color Harrow – Wembley – Kensington – Battersea In summer 2020, the section between Notting Hill and North Kensington was upgraded to Template:Background color. map
Template:Background color (Willesden) – (Fulham) map
Template:Background color (Kenton) – Wembley – (Queen's Park) map
Template:Background color (Stanmore) – (Kingsbury) – Wembley – Kilburn The eastern half of this route is now Quietway Template:Background color. map
Template:Background color (Northwood) – (Pinner) – Harrow – (Hendon) map
Template:Background color Potters Bar – (Hendon) – Regent's Park – Marylebone – St James's Park map
Template:Background color (Friern Barnet) – (Golders Green) map
Orbital routes in North East London:
Route Number Route Notes Map
Template:Background color Muswell Hill – Wood Green – Tottenham Hale – Walthamstow map
Template:Background color (Wanstead) – Ilford – Barking map
Template:Background color Wood Green – Northumberland Park The section between Bruce Castle Park and Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is now Template:Background color map
Template:Background color Epping – Chigwell Row – Dagenham map
Template:Background color Epping – Romford – (Rainham) map
59 (Rainham) – (Harold Hill) Proposed route, never implemented (?) OSM map
Template:Background color Collier Row map
Template:Background color (Bedfords Park) – Romford map
Orbital routes in South East London:
Route Number Route Notes Map
Template:Background color Greenwich – (Forest Hill) – Sydenham – Penge Route signage does not use the route number map
Template:Background color Greenwich – Bromley map
Template:Background color The O2 – (Mottingham) map
Template:Background color Westminster – Vauxhall – Kennington – Peckham Rye – Nunhead – Brockley – Hilly Fields – Ladywell – Ladywell Fields – Lee Green – Eltham – Avery Hill – Blackfen – Bexleyheath Shares route through Ladywell Fields with <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />NCN Template:Background color map
Template:Background color Thamesmead – Plumstead Common – Falconwood – New Eltham – Chislehurst – Petts Wood map, map (66a) & map (66b)
   Template:Background color Spur route off LCN Template:Background color to the Thames Path. map
   Template:Background color Spur route off LCN Template:Background color to the Thames Path map
Template:Background color Woolwich – Bromley (Chislehurst) map
Template:Background color (Abbey Wood) – Bexley map & map (68a)
Template:Background color Orpington – (Bexley) – Dartford map
Orbital routes in South West London:
Route Number Route Notes Map
Template:Background color East Sheen Common – Roehampton – Wimbledon Park map
Template:Background color Kingston Vale – Wimbledon – Croydon map
Template:Background color Hampton Hill – Kingston – Wimbledon – Mitcham/Colliers Wood map
Template:Background color Ealing – Twickenham – Kingston – Sutton – Croydon – Bromley – Eltham – Woolwich A section of the route in Hounslow is now Template:Background color. map
Template:Background color (Ewell) – Sutton – Croydon – Orpington map
Template:Background color (Ewell) – (South Croydon) – (New Beckenham) map
Template:Background color Forestdale – Sanderstead map
Orbital routes in North West London:
Route Number Route Notes Map
Template:Background color (Park Royal) – (Hendon)
Template:Background color Ealing – (Hanger Lane) – Hendon – Barnet map
Template:Background color (Sudbury) – (Perivale) – Ealing – (Brentford) map
Template:Background color (Rayners Lane) – Greenford Broadway – Hanwell – (Brentford) map
Template:Background color West section: A312, Feltham – (Hayes by pass), – (South Ruislip) – (Rayners Lane) – Edgware; East section: Chipping Barnet - Enfield Chase - Chingford map
   Template:Background color Northolt Park – Yeading – Hayes – Harlington Alternative route alignment for LCN Template:Background color. map
Template:Background color (Heathrow) – (West Drayton) – Uxbridge – (Hatch End) – (Stanmore) – Barnet map
Other routes:
Route Number Route Notes Map
Template:Background color Hatton – Feltham Signposted as 99, but is really a completed section of Hounslow's LCN link +99 map
Template:Background color Finsbury Park – Highbury Fields Shares most of its route with the old LCN Template:Background color. The route was never way-marked on the ground and appears to have been de-designated as a National Cycle Network route by Sustrans in 2020. map
Template:Background color Wandle Park – central Croydon – Ashburton Park Croydon Parks Link, sections opened 2016, 2017.[51] Previously referred to as a National Cycle Network route, but appears to have been de-designated by Sustrans in 2020 (the situation being unclear as the route had already been omitted from their mapping prior to that). map map
Template:Background color Selhurst – South Norwood Croydon route along A213 that ends at borough border. map
Template:Background color Broad Green – (Elmers End) Croydon route along A222 that ends at borough border. map
Template:Background color Wandle Park – central Croydon – Lloyd Park Croydon Parks Link, sections opened 2016, 2017.[51] Part of route is along A232. Previously referred to as a National Cycle Network route, but appears to have been de-designated by Sustrans in 2020 (the situation being unclear as the route had already been omitted from their mapping prior to that). map
Template:Background color (Mitcham Eastfields) – Norbury – Thornton Heath Croydon route that ends at borough border. map
Template:Background color (Mitcham Common) – Thornton Heath Croydon route that ends at borough border. map

National and international routes

National Cycle Network routes

Route sign with white number on red background.
Route number design for NCN routes. Unlike local or regional routes, NCN routes use a red background.
File:Waterlink Way in Sydenham.jpg
The Waterlink Way, a traffic-free cycle route in Lewisham, is also part of the National Cycle Network.

The sustainable transport charity Sustrans describe their National Cycle Network (NCN) as "a network of safe traffic-free paths and quiet on-road cycling" that "criss-cross the country, linking up villages, towns and cities".[52] Eleven of these pass through London. NCN routes are signed with white lettering on a blue background, save for the route number, set on a small red rectangle.[53] In July 2020 Sustrans de-designated nearly a quarter of its National Cycle Network on safety grounds,[54] including some in London. Template:Colored link

Route Number National Route Description Route through London Notes Maps
Template:Background color Shetland to Dover Waltham Abbey along the River Lea via Tottenham to the Isle of Dogs, through Greenwich Foot Tunnel, Thames Path from Greenwich to Dartford Also serves as part of international routes EuroVelo 2 and EuroVelo 12 (see below), and was London Cycle Network route LCN1. In 2019, a section in Greenwich was co-designated Q14. map
   Template:Background color Enfield Lock to Spalding[55] Enfield Lock to Hadley Wood Development as the "Enfield Island Village to Hadley Wood Greenway"[56] map
   Template:Background color London to Norwich Tower BridgeBarking (Royal Docks) – RainhamPurfleet shares part of its route with TfL's Template:Background color map
        Template:Background color Rainham to Noak Hill via Upminster map
Template:Background color London to Brighton Wandle Trail from WandsworthCarshalton, then on to Coulsdon The international Avenue Verte from London to Paris follows NCN20; TfL's unsigned Quietway 4 shares the route of NCN20 between Earlsfield and the Wandle Meadow Nature Park map
   Template:Background color Wimbledon to Rosehill map
Template:Background color London to Eastbourne Waterlink Way from Greenwich – Lewisham – Catford – (Elmers End) – (New Addington) – Crawley map
Template:Background color Fishguard to London Thames Path between Greenwich and Hampton Court Bridge Also serves as part of international route EuroVelo 2 (see below), and was London Cycle Network route LCN4. In March 2020, a section in Bermondsey was co-designated as TfL's Template:Background color. map
   Template:Background color Burgess Park in Camberwell to Durand's Wharf in Rotherhithe 8.1 km route built with a grant from the National Lottery. Some of the central section also became Template:Background color (formerly Q1). In summer 2020, a section between Burgess Park and Q1 was co-designated Template:Background color. map

International Cycle Network routes

Per the notes column above, sections of the National Cycle Network are co-opted by the European Cyclists' Federation as forming part of their international EuroVelo network, which is largely aimed at promoting cycling tourism in Europe. Additionally the Avenue Verte international route between London and Paris begins in central London.

Neither EV2 nor EV12 are signed as EuroVelo routes, so cyclists would instead need to rely on the relevant national route (NCN) signage.

Route number Route name Comment via these UK cities/towns Through these countries
File:Sign EV2.svg EuroVelo 2 – The Capitals Route Follows the course of <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />NCN Template:Background color along the River Thames from west London to Greenwich, and then follows <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />NCN Template:Background color northwards towards Colchester. Holyhead - Bristol - Bath - Reading - London - Harwich Template:Flagu, Template:Flagu, Template:Flagu, Template:Flagu, Template:Flagu, Template:Flagu, Template:Flagu
File:Sign EV12.svg EuroVelo 12 – North Sea Cycle Route Within London this follows the course of <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />NCN Template:Background color, passing along the River Thames from Dartford to Greenwich and then continuing northwards towards Colchester. Dover - Canterbury - London - Norwich - Hull - Newcastle - Edinburgh - Aberdeen - Inverness Template:Flagu, Template:Flagu, Template:Flagu, Template:Flagu, Template:Flagu, Template:Flagu, Template:Flagu, Template:Flagu
AV Avenue Verte Beginning at the London Eye, this mainly follows <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />NCN Template:Background color, <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />NCN Template:Background color, <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />NCN Template:Background color and <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />NCN Template:Background color as it passes through south London, Surrey, West Sussex and East Sussex. London - Redhill - Crawley - Forest Row - Heathfield - Hailsham - Newhaven Template:Flagu, Template:Flagu

Greenways

London's "Greenways" are a loosely defined collection of mostly traffic-free shared cycling and walking routes, predominantly within (or connecting to) various parks and open spaces within Greater London. TfL and Sustrans claimed that "Greenways should be suitable for use by a novice adult cyclist, a family with young children or a sensible, unaccompanied 12-year-old".[57][58]

Greenways in London have been developed by numerous different bodies, including Sustrans (who began the Greenways initiative in 1994[59]), Transport for London, the Canal and River Trust, the London Boroughs, the Royal Parks, the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority and the 2012 Olympic Delivery Authority, under various different funding programmes (including the 2009–2014 London Greenways scheme, the 2012 Games Walking and Cycling Routes programme,[60] 'Connect2', the National Cycle Network, and others).

The routes tend to have names rather than numbers, and many of them use waymarking signs or markers in the carriageway, but there is no consistent scheme covering all of them. Some of the Greenways have been co-opted into the other TfL or Sustrans schemes listed earlier in this article.

The table below lists the most notable Greenways in London.

London Greenway routes:
Name Description Map
Routes in or connecting to parks, green spaces and nature reserves:
Tamsin Trail.[61] Circular route around Richmond Park map
Avery Hill Park New and improved cycling and walking routes through this park in Greenwich. map
Ravensbourne Greenway Route alongside the River Ravensbourne through Beckenham Place Park in Lewisham. map
‡ Hackney Parks Connects Finsbury Park, Clissold Park, Hackney Downs, Victoria Park and the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park at Stratford. Some of the section between Hackney Downs and Victoria Park is now Template:Background color. map
Redbridge Greenway.[62] map
River Beam Bridge Shared-use foot/cycle bridge over the River Beam, linking the Beam Valley Country Park with Bretons Outdoor Centre. map
Feltham Park, Longford River New bridge and improved shared use paths.
Jubilee Greenway, Woolwich Foot Tunnel Various infrastructure improvements on the Jubilee Greenway and associated routes between Template:Background color and the Woolwich Foot Tunnel.
Greendale Extension New link from the Greendale (LCN23) to Ruskin Park.
‡ Epping Forest Greenway Route from Stratford to Epping Forest. Skirts the boundaries of West Ham cemetery, Wanstead Flats, Harrow Road playing fields, Bush Wood and Leyton Flats. map
Wetlands to Wetlands Greenway Cycling route between Woodberry Wetlands and Walthamstow Wetlands. Much of the on-road section between the two wetlands follows the route of LCN36. map
Stanmore to River Thames Greenway Proposed Greenway with some completed sections, included Proyer's Path through Northwick Park, Harrow. [2]
Enfield Chase to Arnos Park Greenway Route in Enfield linking several green spaces Enfield Golf Club and Grovelands Park. [3]
Durant's Park to Brimsdown Greenway Route in Enfield [4]
River corridors:
Roding Valley Way.[63] Follows the green corridor of the River Roding. map
The Wandle Trail Follows the green corridor of the River Wandle. Cycle and walking sections sometimes diverge; the cycle sections are mostly part of NCN20. map
Hogsmill River Greenway Greenway linking Tolworth and Old Malden map
‡ Lower Lea Valley Runs from the Olympic Park via the Greenway in Newham to the Greenwich Foot Tunnel on the Isle of Dogs. map
Sewer corridors:
Newham Greenway Also known as the 'Elevated Greenway'. Route from Stratford to Beckton built on top of the Northern Outfall Sewer. Most of the route is now designated Q22 (formerly LCN16)–see above.
The Ridgeway Route from Plumstead to Crossness built on top of the Southern Outfall Sewer.
Canal towpaths:
‡ Lee Valley North Sections of the River Lee towpath, upgraded for the 2012 Olympics map
Regent's Canal towpath. Towpath of a portions of the Regent's Canal [5][6][7]
‡ Limehouse Cut Towpath of the Limehouse Cut waterway. map

‡ These routes were developed for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games

See also

References

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