Category: London Cycles

We have a great selection of cycle routes around London for you, all planned on routes with good surfaces and not packed with cars. You’ll cycle along canal towpaths, segregated cycle lanes, bike routes through Royal parks as well as leafy quiet tree-lined roads.

Our London bike routes have been designed so you can use the Santander Bike Hire scheme which costs only £2 for 24 hours of bike access. So long as each period of use within the 24 hours is no longer than 30 minutes, it won’t cost you any more than the original £2 (if you need to extend beyond 30 minutes it is an extra £2 per 30 minutes until you drop off at another bike dock station). Our routes are all within the Bike Dock areas and we suggest sections of route which will take you only 20 minutes or so to complete, so you can dock your bike comfortably within the 30 minutes (usually). Then spend time seeing the area around that bike dock station, before taking another bike out for another 20 minute ride along our Walk Run Cycle route. All routes are circular so you can start/stop where you wish, but we make suggestions on route sections based on our route start/stop points. For more information on hiring a bike using a debit/credit card please visit https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/cycling/santander-cycles/how-it-works.

London Cycle Thames Circular

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This 11km (7 mile) circular cycle route will take you from Westminster and past many landmarks such as Lambeth Palace, County Hall, London Eye, Southbank, Tate Modern, Wobbly Bridge, Tower Bridge, Tower of London, Shakespeare’s Globe, The Shard, Borough Market, HMS Belfast, Fire of London Monument, Inns of Court, Somerset House and along the fantastic Thames Cycle Superhighway. Most of the route is along mostly quiet roads and dedicated cycle lanes. There are plenty of delightful places to stop, rest, eat, drink and shop along the way! Continue reading “London Cycle Thames Circular” →

London Cycle Shoreditch & Regents Canal

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This 14km (9 mile) circular cycle route will take you from the Tower of London, past the iconic Barbican, through trendy Shoreditch, along peaceful Regent’s Canal and historic Narrow Street and Wapping back to The Tower and all along mostly quiet roads and cycle paths. There are plenty of delightful places to stop, rest, eat, drink and shop along the way so take your time and make a day of it! Continue reading “London Cycle Shoreditch & Regents Canal” →

London Cycle Royal Parks & Chelsea

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This 15km (9 mile) circular cycle route will take you through leafy Royal parks past Buckingham Palace, the Royal Albert Hall, the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum in Kensington, through historic Brompton Cemetery, exclusive Chelsea, a Physic Garden dating from 1673 and Tate Britain, all along mostly quiet cycle paths and roads. There are plenty of delightful places to stop, rest, eat, drink and shop along the way! Continue reading “London Cycle Royal Parks & Chelsea” →

London Cycle Hoxton & Regents Park

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This 19km (12 mile) circular cycle route will take you from St Paul’s Cathedral through hip and happening Hoxton, along the peaceful Regent’s Canal past Camden and Primrose Hill, through the beautiful Regent’s Park, past Covent Garden and along the Thames, and all along mostly quiet cycle paths and roads. There are plenty of delightful places to stop, rest, eat, drink and shop along the way! Continue reading “London Cycle Hoxton & Regents Park” →