List of cycle routes in London#Cycle Superhighways

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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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From summer 2019, TfL started branding new cycle routes (and re-branding and consolidating some existing routes) as 'Cycleways'.{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/cycle-superhighways-rebranded-to-banish-the-image-of-lycra-louts-a4019251.html|title=Cycle superhighways rebranded to banish the image of Lycra louts|date=17 December 2018|website=Evening Standard}} This was following feedback and criticism that the previous branding ('Superhighways' and 'Quietways') was sometimes "misleading".{{cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2019/september/four-new-cycleways-to-launch-enabling-more-people-to-join-the-capital-s-cycling-boom|title=Four new Cycleways to launch, enabling more people to join the capital's cycling boom|website=Transport for London|language=en|date=12 September 2019|access-date=16 September 2019}}

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

The Central London Cycle Grid is a partially completed scheme{{cite web|url=https://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/node/25846 |title=Central London Cycle Grid}} within central London which includes both numbered and unnumbered Cycleways, Cycle Superhighways and Quietways.

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|+List of currently open Cycleway routes:

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| Freezy WaterPonders End – Lower Edmonton – Upper EdmontonNorth Middlesex HospitalTottenhamSeven Sisters {{rint|london|underground}} {{rint|london|overground}} – Stamford HillStoke NewingtonDalstonDe BeauvoirHoxtonShoreditchThe City
(A10)

| Enfield, Haringey, Hackney, Islington

| CS1 route between Tottenham and the city was completed in April 2016.

{{cite web |url=https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2016/july/tfl-and-hackney-council-to-trial-traffic-reduction-schemes-to-complement-cycle-superhighway-1 |title=TfL and Hackney Council to trial traffic reduction schemes to complement Cycle Superhighway 1 |publisher=Transport for London |date=22 July 2016 |access-date=5 November 2016}}

Now rebranded as C1.

| 16.2 miles (26 km){{cite web |title=Cycleway 1 |url=https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=8312993&type=relation |access-date=30 Dec 2023 |website=Waymarked Trails: Cycling}}

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=8312993 map]

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|CityWhitechapelMile EndBowStratford
(A11 – A118)

|Tower Hamlets, Newham

|As an upgrade to the old LCN {{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 11 }}}} 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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20150909024816/https://tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/improvements-and-projects/cycle-superhighway-2-upgrade].{{cite web|title=Cycle Superhighway 2 upgrade|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/improvements-and-projects/cycle-superhighway-2-upgrade|access-date=2 August 2015|publisher=Transport for London}} In September 2021, the whole section was signposted as C2.

|9.3 miles (15 km){{cite web|title=CS2 Stratford to Aldgate|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bcs2-map.pdf|access-date=28 May 2020|quote=(Not}}

|[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=1400882 map]

{{rbox|{{normal|C3}}|Cycleway 3|#93D50A|black}}

| Lancaster GateHyde ParkWestminsterEmbankmentBlackfriarsTower HillShadwellLimehousePoplarCanning TownNorth BecktonBarking
(A4209 – A402 – Hyde Park – A3211 – A1202 – A13)

| Westminster, City of London, Tower Hamlets, Newham, Barking and Dagenham

| {{Main|Cycleway 3}} 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 {{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 13 }}}} route. Sustrans has also designated much of this stretch as being part of their {{color|red|NCN {{Background color|red|{{color|white| 13 }}}}}}. In 2017, TfL constructed a lengthy extension of CS3 to Lancaster Gate.

| 14.3 miles (23 km){{cite web |url=https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=1159230|title=Cycleway 3 |access-date=30 Dec 2023}}

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=14081135 map]

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| London BridgeBermondseySurrey QuaysDeptfordGreenwich

| Southwark, Lewisham, Greenwich

| {{Main|Cycleway 4}} 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 {{rbox|{{normal|C}}|Cycleway 3|#93D50A|black}}) 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){{cite web |url=https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=8405154|title=Cycleway 4 |website=Waymarked Trails: Cycling |access-date=30 Dec 2023}}

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=8405154 map1]
[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=17306489 map2]

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| 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){{cite web |url=https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=13486372|title=Cycleway 5 |website=Waymarked Trails: Cycling |access-date=30 Dec 2023}}

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=13486372 map]

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| Belsize ParkKentish Town West {{rint|london|overground}} – (→Kentish Town}{→Camden Town}{→King's Cross {{rint|gb|rail}}}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){{cite web |url=https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=5609958|title=Cycleway 6 |website=Waymarked Trails: Cycling |access-date=30 Dec 2023}}

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=5609958 map]

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| style="background: #fbe6ef; | CitySouthwark BridgeElephant & CastleKenningtonOvalStockwellClapham North {{rint|london|underground}} – Clapham High StreetClapham Common {{rint|london|underground}} – Clapham South {{rint|london|underground}} – BalhamTooting BecTooting Broadway {{rint|london|underground}} – Colliers Wood
(A3 – A24)

| style="background: #fbe6ef; | City of London, Southwark, Lambeth, Wandsworth

| style="background: #fbe6ef; | 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'. 

| style="background: #fbe6ef; | 9.3 miles (15 km){{cite web |url=https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=1077494|title=Cycle Superhighway 7 |access-date=30 Dec 2023}}

| style="background: #fbe6ef; | [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=1077494 map]

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| Wandsworth High StreetWandsworth Town {{rint|gb|rail}} – Battersea 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{{cite web |url=https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=1266651|title=Cycle Superhighway 8 |access-date=28 May 2020}}

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=12484626 CS8 map]
[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=1266651 C8 map]

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| (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.)

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| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=7593802 map]

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| Euston {{rint|gb|rail}} – Covent Garden(Waterloo Bridge –) Waterloo – Borough – Bermondsey Spa – South Bermondsey {{rint|london|underground}} – DeptfordGreenwich

| Camden, Westminster, Southwark, Lewisham, Greenwich

| Formerly Q1. The portion in Bermondsey/Southwark also forms part of {{color|red|NCN {{Background color|red|{{color|white| 425 }}}}}} (and includes stretches that were formerly LCN {{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 2 }}}}).

Missing section of the route across Waterloo Bridge: Streetspace for London plans{{cite web |title=Streetspace for London |url=https://www.tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/improvements-and-projects/streetspace-for-london |website=Transport for London |access-date=2020-05-30}} included possible road restriction to only cyclists and buses on the bridge.

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| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=11049195 map]

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| AngelHoxtonOld StreetBarbican ({{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C6 }}}})

| 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 {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C27 }}}}, {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C13 }}}} and {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C6 }}}}. It also connects to {{Background color|#dc0963|{{color|white| CS7 }}}} and {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C3 }}}} via a {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C }}}} link that previously was part of Q11.

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| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=15336063 map]

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| Old StreetShoreditch{→Bethnal Green}{→Haggerston}Broadway MarketLondon FieldsHackney

| Islington, Tower Hamlets, Hackney

| Previously was Q13. Connects {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C11 }}}} to {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C27 }}}}.

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| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=10091152 map]

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| (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 {{color|red|NCN {{Background color|red|{{color|white| 4 }}}}}}. The route also runs from Greenwich Town Centre to Thamesmead, mostly running along the {{color|red|NCN {{Background color|red|{{color|white| 1 }}}}}} Thames Path.

| 4.1 miles (6.6 km){{cite web |url=https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=9201162|title=Cycleway 14 |website=Waymarked Trails |access-date=30 Dec 2023}}

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=9201162 map]

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| (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.

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| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=6691788 map]

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| 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){{cite web |url=https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=10068590|title=Cycleway 17 |website=Waymarked Trails |access-date=30 Dec 2023}}

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=10068590 map]

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| GreenwichCatford Lower Sydenham – New Beckenham – Kent House

| Bromley

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| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=13268991 map]

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| Enfield TownWinchmore HillPalmers Green

| Enfield

| Route currently ends at the Enfield-Haringey border.

| 5.9 miles (9.6 km){{cite web |url=https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=7845550|title=Cycleway 20 |website=Waymarked Trails |access-date=30 Dec 2023}}

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=7845550 map]

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| Bush HillEdmonton GreenMeridian Water {{rint|gb|rail}}

| Enfield

| Connects {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C20 }}}} at Bush Hill Parade to Meridian Water train station.

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| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=10605930 map]

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| Stratford High Street ({{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C2 }}}}) – ... West HamPlaistowEast HamNorth Beckton ({{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C3 }}}})

| Newham

| An upgrade to the section of LCN {{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 16 }}}} along The Greenway connecting {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C2 }}}} and {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C3 }}}}. Formerly known as Q22, this route is planned to be extended to Victoria Park.

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| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=8483426 map]

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| 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/content/following-international-award-night-waltham-forest-council-announces-extension-successful|title=Following international award night, Waltham Forest Council announces extension to successful schemes|website=Waltham Forest Council|access-date=2019-07-10}} 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){{cite web |url=https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=8838293|title=Cycleway 23 |website=Waymarked Trails |access-date=30 Dec 2023}}

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=8838293 map]

{{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C24 }}}}Tottenham HaleWalthamstow WetlandsBlackhorse Road {{rint|london|underground}} {{rint|london|overground}} – Bell JunctionHaringey, Waltham ForestSigned as C24 in Waltham Forest.[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=8075864 map]
| {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C25 }}}}Queen Elizabeth Olympic ParkLeyton {{rint|london|underground}} – Leytonstone {{rint|london|underground}} – WansteadWaltham ForestC25 launched in Waltham Forest in July 2024.[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=17850338 map]
{{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C26 }}}}Blackhorse Road {{rint|london|underground}} {{rint|london|overground}} – Argall – {→Leyton {{rint|london|underground}}}Queen Elizabeth Olympic ParkStratfordWaltham Forest, NewhamConnects {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C24 }}}} to {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C16 }}}}[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=9965951 map]
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| East ActonWormwood ScrubsNorth Kensington{→Notting Hill}PaddingtonMaryleboneFitzroviaBloomsbury{→Clerkenwell}AngelCanonburyDe Beauvoir TownLondon FieldsClaptonLea Bridge – Argall – Walthamstow Central {{rint|london|underground}} {{rint|london|overground}}

| 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 {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C23 }}}} 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)

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=13743924 map]

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| Kingston{→Surbiton}Dittons

| Kingston upon Thames

| An upgrade to part of the old LCN {{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 3 }}}} 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 {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C29 }}}}).

| 1.1 miles (1.8 km){{cite web |url=https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=7867560|title= Cycleway 28|website=Waymarked Trails |access-date=29 May 2020}}

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=7867560 map]

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| Kingston {{rint|gb|rail}} – {→Surbiton}(Tolworth)

| Kingston upon Thames

| An extension to Tolworth is under construction.

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| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=11748503 map]

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| 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).

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| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=7943591 map]

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| 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){{cite web |url=https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=7428562|title= Cycleway 31|website=Waymarked Trails |access-date=29 May 2020}}

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=9762567 map]

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| (Kingston Town Centre)New Malden

| Kingston upon Thames

| Partly signed at the New Malden end of the route

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| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=7891693 map]

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| 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

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| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=9169726 map]

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| 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.[http://content.tfl.gov.uk/tfl-commissioners-report-27-march-2019.pdf#page=19 Commissioner's Report]

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|[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=11178113 map]

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| Bermondsey Spa – Peckham

| Southwark

| Opened in summer 2020. Connects directly to {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C10 }}}} at Bermondsey Spa and mostly follows the routes of the old LCN {{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 22 }}}} and part of {{color|red|NCN {{Background color|red|{{color|white| 425 }}}}}}.

| 1.3 miles (2.1 km){{cite web |url=https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=7032482 |website=Waymarked Trails |access-date=12 August 2020|title=Waymarked Trails - Cycling }}

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=7032482 map]

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| Kennington ParkBurgess Park – {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C35 }}}}

| Southwark

| Only signed at one modal filter (beside Chandler Way)!

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| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=15554691 map]

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| style="background: #FFFAFA; | HackneyMile EndWestferry {{rint|london|dlr}} (– Island Gardens)

| style="background: #FFFAFA; | Hackney, Tower Hamlets

| style="background: #FFFAFA; | Planned route. At Mile End, some of the route has had temporary 'Streetspace for London' infrastructure installed.

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| style="background: #FFFAFA; | [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=11536795 map]

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| Finsbury Park{→Highbury & Islington {{rint|gb|rail}} {{rint|london|underground}}}Angel (– Pentonville)

| Hackney, Islington

| Formerly planned as the Q10 route.

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| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=10782295 map]

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| Shepherd's BushKensington Olympia

| Kensington & Chelsea

| Opened in spring 2020.

| 1300 yards (1.2 km){{cite web |url=https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=10068787|title=Cycleway 39 |website=Waymarked Trails |access-date=29 May 2020}}

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=10068787 map]

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| Greenford Broadway – Ealing Broadway ... Ealing – {→South Ealing}Brentford ... Syon ParkTwickenham

| Ealing, Hounslow

| Current route is not continuous. First section opened in Hounslow in 2021.{{cite web |url=https://safecycleldn.com/2022/01/02/2021-new-infrastructure-review/ |title=2021 New Infrastructure Review|date=2 January 2022 }} More sections opened in Ealing in 2024.

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| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=8476035 map]

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| EustonHolborn

| Camden

| Shares much of the route with {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C6 }}}}

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|[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=7429984 map]

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| IlfordBarking Town CentreBarking Riverside

| Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham

| Mostly completed route with a notable gap on Wakering Road, just north of Barking station.

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| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=13473809 map]

style="background: #FFFAFA; | {{Background color|#e9f6ce|{{color|black| C43 }}}}

| style="background: #FFFAFA; | Hyde ParkMaryleboneFitzrovia

| style="background: #FFFAFA; | Westminster

| style="background: #FFFAFA; | Planned route that will have links connecting to {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C27 }}}} at Norfolk Crescent.

| style="background: #FFFAFA; |

| style="background: #FFFAFA; |

{{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C44 }}}}

| (Queen's Park) – Grand Union Canal – North KensingtonNotting Hill

| Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster

| Opened in August 2020. Follows the old LCN {{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 45 }}}} route for almost all of its length.

| 1.5 miles (2.4 km){{cite web |url=https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=9220505 |website=Waymarked Trails |access-date=12 August 2020|title=Waymarked Trails - Cycling }}

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=9220505 map]

{{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C48 }}}}

| (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.

|

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=14397954 map]

{{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C49 }}}}

| East ActonChiswick

| Hammersmith and Fulham, Ealing, Hounslow

| Launched in March 2023. At its southern end, a safe crossing to {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C9 }}}} is yet to be installed.

|

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=14393474 map]

{{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C50 }}}}

| Camden Town ... Holloway – Finsbury Park (– Tottenham Hale)

| Camden, Islington,( Haringey)

| The initial section of C50 is from {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C6 }}}} at Camden Town to York Way. An interim route has opened between Holloway and Finsbury Park, but is not yet signed as being C50.

|

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=8837381 map]

{{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C51 }}}}

| Burnt OakColindale (– KilburnMarylebone)

| Barnet, (Camden, Westminster)

| First section opened in Barnet in March 2024.

|

|[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=7223127 map]

{{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C52 }}}}/{{Background color|#AC4FC6|{{color|white| Q1 }}}}

| EustonBloomsburyCovent Garden

| Camden, Westminster

| Passes by the British Museum. A short section is yet to be fully rebranded from Q1 to C52.

|

|[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=15904934 map]

{{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C55 }}}}

| Lancaster GateMarble ArchHyde Park Corner

| Westminster

| The section on Park Lane was introduced as one of the first Streetspace for London schemes.

|

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=8299274 map]

{{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C56 }}}}

| Westminster Bridge{→Waterloo} – {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C5 }}}}

| Lambeth

| Opened in 2022.

|

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=13743372 map]

{{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C57 }}}}

| HammersmithHammersmith BridgeBarnes

| Hammersmith & Fulham, Richmond upon Thames

| Northern end of the route is shared with {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C34 }}}}

|

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=15877330 map]

{{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C58 }}}}

| SouthgatePalmers Green (– Meridian Water)

| Enfield

| Launched in 2023.

|

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=15361267 map]

style="background: #FFFAFA; | {{Background color|#e9f6ce|{{color|black| C59 }}}}

| style="background: #FFFAFA; | New SouthgateEdmonton

| style="background: #FFFAFA; | Enfield

| style="background: #FFFAFA; | Partly built but unsigned, apart from being included on {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C58 }}}} signs at one junction.

| style="background: #FFFAFA; |

| style="background: #FFFAFA; |

{{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C60 }}}}

| North ChingfordChingford MountWalthamstow

| Waltham Forest

| Launched in 2024.

|

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=17737142 map]

{{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C61 }}}}

| North ChingfordHighams ParkWalthamstow

| Waltham Forest

| Launched in 2024.

|

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=17737143 map]

style="background: #FFFAFA; | {{Background color|#e9f6ce|{{color|black| C62 }}}}

| style="background: #FFFAFA; | (Rotherhithe –) Surrey QuaysPeckham

| style="background: #FFFAFA; | Southwark

| style="background: #FFFAFA; | Construction beginning in March 2025 on the section between Surrey Quays and Peckham.

| style="background: #FFFAFA; |

| style="background: #FFFAFA; |

style="background: #e9f6ce; |

| style="background: #e9f6ce; | West DraytonStockley ParkNorth Circular Road – Old Oak Lane – Regent's Canal

| style="background: #e9f6ce; | Canal & River Trust

| style="background: #e9f6ce; | Unsigned route that was previously planned to be Q16. Majority of route is along the upgraded Grand Union Canal towpath.{{cite web |url=https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/about-us/where-we-work/london-and-south-east/quietways|title=Quietways – cycling in London |website=Canal & River Trust |access-date=16 June 2019}}

| style="background: #e9f6ce; |

| style="background: #e9f6ce; | [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=7729099 map]

rowspan="4" | Link routes
( {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C }}}} )

| Central London Grid (various)

| Camden, City of London, Lambeth, Kensington & Chelsea

| colspan="3" | Cycleway link routes are usually way-marked with an un-numbered {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C }}}}:

  • Route linking {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C11 }}}} to {{Background color|#dc0963|{{color|white| CS7 }}}} and {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C3 }}}} ([https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=6796382 map])
  • Route linking {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C11 }}}} to Liverpool Street {{rint|gb|rail}} ([https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=6820214 map])
  • Route linking {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C2 }}}} (Aldgate) to {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C3 }}}} (Tower Gateway) ([https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=9518711 map])
  • Cycleway linking {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C6 }}}} to King's Cross {{rint|london|underground}} {{rint|gb|rail}} ([https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=10021087 map])
  • Cycleway linking {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C6 }}}} and Cycleway linking {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C3 }}}} ([https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=9344687 map])
  • Links off {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C5 }}}} in Vauxhall ([https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=9584050 map1], ([https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=11142268 map2])
  • Link off {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C27 }}}} to Hyde Park
GreenwichCharlton

| Greenwich

| A pop-up Streetspace route as an intermediate version of Cycleway 4. This route is signed as {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C }}}}.

|

| [https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11815405 map1] [https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/12037771 map2]

Stratford {{rint|gb|rail}} {{rint|london|underground}} – Forest GateManor Park

| Newham

| Largely runs parallel to a future extension of Cycleway 2 along Romford Road.

| 4.2 km

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=17138901 map]

Surbiton

| Kingston upon Thames

| A link between {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C29 }}}} and Surbiton, running along St. Mark's Hill.

|

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=11577777 map]

= Cycle Superhighways =

File:Colliers Wood London 2011 07.jpg 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tfl.gov.uk/modes/cycling/routes-and-maps/cycleways|title=Cycleways |website=Transport for London}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/feb/09/transport.world1|title=City's two-wheel transformation|last=Taylor|first=Matthew|date=9 February 2008|work=The Guardian|access-date=11 August 2010}} The original proposal consisted of 12 radial routes, with routes numbered in 'clock face' fashion.{{cite web|url=http://www.ecodallecitta.it/docs/news/EDC_dnws1613.pdf |title=Barclays Cycle Superhighways Map |publisher=ECO dalle CITTA |access-date=28 May 2016}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/15/london-cycling-superhighways-kamikazes-boris-johnson|title=London's 'cycling superhighways' are ideal ... for kamikazes|last=Montgomery|first=Charles|date=15 November 2013|access-date=25 June 2014|author-link=Charles Montgomery (writer)}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/17/cyclists-dead-london-roads-safer|title=Five cyclists dead in two weeks: is there a way to make London's roads safer?|last=Urquhart|first=Conal|newspaper=The Observer |date=17 November 2013|via=www.theguardian.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2015/august/innovative-cycle-superhighway-junction-in-uk-safety-first|title=Innovative Cycle Superhighway junction in UK safety first |website=Transport for London}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-39256004|title=Coroner urges 'slippy' cycle lane review|date=13 March 2017|work=BBC News}} Several of the superhighways were never built due to opposition from the respective London boroughs.{{Cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/improvements-and-projects/cycle-superhighway-11|title=Cycle Superhighway 11|access-date=15 April 2018|archive-date=1 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101035252/https://tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/improvements-and-projects/cycle-superhighway-11|url-status=dead}}

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'.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

=Quietways=

File:Quietway signage on Moor Lane, London.jpg.]]

First announced in 2015, TfL's Quietways{{cite web |title=Quietways |url=https://tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/improvements-and-projects/quietways |publisher=Transport for London |access-date=10 November 2015}} 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).

{{clear}}

class="wikitable" style="background: #eedbf3; border-color: #BDA0CB;"

|+ List of existing Quietway routes that were implemented before the scheme was halted:

style="color: #ffffff; background:#AC4FC6; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Name

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#AC4FC6; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Route

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#AC4FC6; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Boroughs

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#AC4FC6; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Comments

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#AC4FC6; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Map

{{Background color|#AC4FC6|{{color|white| Q3 }}}}

| 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 {{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 48 }}}}.

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=6277339 map]

style="background: #FFFAFA; | Q4

| style="background: #FFFAFA; | Clapham Common to Wimbledon

| style="background: #FFFAFA; | Lambeth, Wandsworth, Merton

| style="background: #FFFAFA; | Although most of the route has been built, the only part to be signed is a single crossing.

| style="background: #FFFAFA; |

{{Background color|#AC4FC6|{{color|white| Q14 }}}}

| East of Thamesmead{{cite web |title=Update on the implementation of the Quietways and Cycle Superhighways programmes |url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/pic-161130-07-cycle-quietways.pdf |publisher=Transport for London |date=30 November 2016 |access-date=1 December 2016}}

| 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.

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=5723795 map]

{{Background color|#AC4FC6|{{color|white| Q15 }}}}

| Brompton CemeteryEarl's CourtSouth KensingtonChelsea

| Kensington & Chelsea

| A proposed extension to Belgravia has yet to be implemented by Westminster council.

| [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=6680021 map]

rowspan="2" | Link routes
( {{Background color|#AC4FC6|{{color|white| Q }}}} )

| Central London Grid (various)

| Lambeth, Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster, City of London, Islington, Hackney

| colspan="2" | Routes are way-marked with an un-numbered {{Background color|#AC4FC6|{{color|white| Q }}}}. Notable link routes include:

  • Link off {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C3 }}}} to Westminster looping around St James's Park via The Mall ([https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=11156739 map])
  • Quietways leading off {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C3 }}}} through Hyde Park ([https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=8299273 map], [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=8299267 map])
  • Links leading off {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C3 }}}} through Kensington Gardens ([https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=9584039 map], [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=8299268 map])
  • Links leading off {{Background color|#AC4FC6|{{color|white| Q15 }}}} in Kensington ([https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=7419592 map], [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=7140840 map], [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=7691927 map])

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.{{cite web |url=https://tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/improvements-and-projects/streetspace-for-london |title=Streetspace for London |website=Transport for London |access-date=29 May 2020}} 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:

class="wikitable" style="background: #C6DEFF;"

|+

List of notable Streetspace routes implemented by TfL

style="color: #000000; background:#ADD8E6; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Name

| style="color: #000000; background:#ADD8E6; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Route

| style="color: #000000; background:#ADD8E6; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Boroughs

| style="color: #000000; background:#ADD8E6; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Comments

| style="color: #000000; background:#ADD8E6; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| 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.{{Cite web|title=Waymarked Trails - Cycling|url=https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=11198575|access-date=2020-09-27|website=Waymarked Trails}}

|[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=11198575 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.{{Cite web|title=Bishopsgate|url=https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/general/9bea66e2/|access-date=2020-09-27 |website=Transport for London}}

|[https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/general/9bea66e2/user_uploads/bishopsgate-overview-map.pdf 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.{{Cite web |title=London Bridge corridor|url=https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/general/067fdedb/|access-date=2020-09-27 |website=Transport for London}}

|[https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/general/067fdedb/user_uploads/london-bridge-overview-map.pdf 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.{{Cite web|title=CS7 Upgrade Phases 1 & 2 - Balham High Road |url=https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/general/f2826d1b/|access-date=2020-09-27 |website=Transport for London}}{{Cite web|title=CS7 Upgrade Phase 3 - Balham to Alderbrook Road|url=https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/general/d83f2dae/|access-date=2020-09-27 |website=Transport for London}}

|[https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/general/f2826d1b/user_uploads/cs7-upgrade-overview-map-1.pdf overview map 1]

[https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/general/f2826d1b/user_uploads/cs7-upgrade-overview-map-2.pdf overview map 2]

[https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/general/d83f2dae/user_uploads/cs7-balham-alderbrook-road-overview-map.pdf 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.{{Cite web|title=C8 Upgrade North Phase 1 - Chelsea Bridge to Lambeth Bridge|url=https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/general/1535113c/|access-date=2020-09-27 |website=Transport for London}}

|

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{{cite web |title=London Streetspace Programme: Overview |url=https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/general/streetspace/ |website=Transport for London |access-date=21 January 2021}} listed over 30 different Streetspace schemes. Sustrans published a map of streetspace interventions.{{cite web |title=Streetspace for London |url=https://www.sustrans.org.uk/streetspace-for-london/ |website=Sustrans |access-date=21 January 2021}}

London Cycle Network Plus

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| footer = Examples of route confirmation signage and road markings for London Cycle Network routes.

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File:London Cycle Network 7 Route and Destination Pointer.png

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{{cite web|last=Turner|first=Tom|date=4 October 2018|title=The London Cycle Network is a Fraud|url=http://www.landscapearchitecture.org.uk/the-london-cycle-network-is-a-fraud/|access-date=15 June 2021}}), 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.){{cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/LCN-Link-alignments-SEP07-FINAL.pdf|title=London Cycle Network Plus (LCN+): Route alignment alternatives, night-time routes and LCN+ 'Spurs'|date=29 September 2007 }}

= 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.londoncyclenetwork.org.uk/uploaded_files/library/documents/101008_Route_Numbers_and_Destinations.doc|title=Currently issued and used LCN Route Numbering and Destinations|work=LCN+ Maps Website|publisher=London Cycle Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004234842/http://www.londoncyclenetwork.org.uk/uploaded_files/library/documents/101008_Route_Numbers_and_Destinations.doc|archive-date=4 October 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=6 June 2013}} 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).{{cite web|title=London Cycle Network – the Official Map 2004|url=http://www.londoncyclenetwork.org.uk/uploaded_files/library/documents/LCN_MAP_2004.pdf|website=London Cycle Network.org.uk|access-date=26 June 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040529124642/http://www.londoncyclenetwork.org.uk/uploaded_files/library/documents/LCN_MAP_2004.pdf|archive-date=29 May 2004|df=dmy-all}}

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class="wikitable" style="background: #cce4f2; border-color: #BDA0CB;"
style="font-size: 120%; text-decoration: underline;" colspan="4" | Orbital routes in Central zone:
style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Route Number

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Route

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Notes

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Map

{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 0 }}}}
(Seven Stations Circular)
City (→ Liverpool St.) – (Waterloo) – Westminster – Marylebone (→ Paddington) – Bloomsbury (→ Euston) – (→ King's Cross) – Finsbury – The CityA number of route sections are now part of new TfL routes:
• the north end of Southwark bridge to Elephant and Castle: {{Background color|#DC0963|{{color|white| CS7 }}}}
• outside St Thomas' Hospital: {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C56 }}}}
• south side of Green Park: {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C3 }}}}
• some of the Westminster section and all of the Camden section: {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C27 }}}}
• Lever Street to Southwark Bridge: {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C11 }}}} and {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C }}}}
[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=12176 map]
style="font-size: 120%; text-decoration: underline;" colspan="4" | Radial routes in Central zone:
style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Route Number

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Route

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Notes

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Map

{{Background color|red|{{color|white| 1 }}}}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 {{color|red|NCN {{Background color|red|{{color|white| 1 }}}}}} but also includes additional sections, e.g. a route through Millwall Park.[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=1436269 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 2 }}}}
(A2)
Elephant & Castle – Old Kent Road – Deptford – Greenwich – Blackheath – Kidbrooke – Eltham – Falconwood – BlackfenSome sections are now Sustrans {{color|red|NCN {{Background color|red|{{color|white| 425 }}}}}} and {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C10 }}}} (see above)[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=2706 map]
   {{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 2a }}}}Eltham station – FalconwoodSpur route off LCN {{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 2 }}}} parallel to the A2 road, passing via Eltham station.[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=13307876 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 3 }}}}
(old A3)
(Esher – Ditton) – Kingston – Wandsworth – Battersea – Clapham Common – Stockwell – Oval – WaterlooSome sections were to become TfL Quietways {{Background color|#AC4FC6|{{color|white| Q4 }}}}. A section in Kingston is now {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C28 }}}} (see above) and another in Lambeth is now {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C5 }}}}.[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=2696 map]
{{Background color|red|{{color|white| 4 }}}}Hampton Court Bridge – Kingston – Ham – Richmond Park – Barnes – Putney Bridge – Sands End – West Chelsea – Pimlico – Lambeth Bridge – Waterloo – London Bridge – Rotherhithe – Canada Water – Deptford – GreenwichFor the most part this is the Greater London portion of Sustrans {{color|red|NCN {{Background color|red|{{color|white| 4 }}}}}}[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=13400058 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 5 }}}}
(old A5)
(Elstree) – Edgware – Kilburn – Maida Vale – Marylebone – Hyde Park – Knightsbridge – Chelsea Bridge – Battersea – Clapham – Streatham – Norbury – CroydonPortions in South London will become {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C5 }}}}. Section across Chelsea Bridge/alongside Battersea Park is now {{Background color|#DC0963|{{color|white| CS8 }}}}[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=2716 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 6 }}}}Barnet – Alexandra Palace – Holloway – Tufnell Park – Camden Town – West End – Waterloo[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=12173 map]
   {{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 6a }}}}Highgate – Gospel Oak – Camden Town – Westminster[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=3061224 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 7 }}}}(Southgate) – Wood Green – (Finsbury Park) – City – Elephant & CastleSection past Finsbury Park is {{color|red|NCN {{Background color|red|{{color|white| 162 }}}}}}. Section from St George's Circus, across Blackfriars Bridge along Farringdon Road is now {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C6 }}}}[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=13307 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 8 }}}}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 {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C27 }}}}[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=58916 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 9 }}}}City – Broadway Market – London Fields – Hackney – Walthamstow – Chingford – EppingThe portion between London Fields and Millfields Park South is now {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C27 }}}}; the section between Virginia Road and Hackney Town Hall is now {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C13 }}}}.[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=1429834 map]
style="font-size: 120%; text-decoration: underline;" colspan="4" | Radial routes in North East London:
style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Route Number

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Route

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Notes

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Map

{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 10 }}}}
(A10)
Waltham Cross – Enfield – Tottenham – Seven Sisters – Stoke Newington – The CityThe majority of this route between the City and Tottenham has been upgraded to form {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C1 }}}}[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=240491 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 11 }}}}
(A11)
City – Stratford – Leytonstone – (Woodford) – EppingThis route has been upgraded to {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C2 }}}} between Aldgate and Stratford[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=1400820 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 12 }}}}
(A12)
City – Stratford – Ilford – Romford[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=4243493 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 13 }}}}
(A13)
City – (Canning Town) – Rainham – TilburyPart of this route has now been upgraded to form part of {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C3 }}}}.[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=6055735 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 14 }}}}
(A104)
Clapton – Lea Bridge – Whipps Cross – WoodfordA portion of the route has been upgraded to {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C23 }}}}.

|[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=3188316 map]

{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 15 }}}}City – Canning Town – Plaistow – Barking – (Upminster)The section between Tower Bridge and Canning Town has been upgraded to form {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C3 }}}}[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=1400350 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 16 }}}}Cambridge Heath – Victoria Park – Stratford – West Ham – Newham Greenway, BecktonThe section along The Greenway is now Quietway {{Background color|#AC4FC6|{{color|white| Q22 }}}}[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=1400913 map]
style="font-size: 120%; text-decoration: underline;" colspan="4" | Radial routes in South East London:
style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Route Number

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Route

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Notes

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Map

{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 17 }}}}Greenwich Park – Lewisham – Catford – Beckenham, West WickhamShares route of Sustrans {{color|red|NCN {{Background color|red|{{color|white| 21 }}}}}} (Waterlink Way) between Elverson Road DLR station and Loampit Vale, Lewisham[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=3211342 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 18 }}}}Greenwich – Woolwich – Erith – Dartford[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=1652128 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 19 }}}}Charlton – Greenwich – Plumstead – Bexleyheath – Dartford[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=4115212 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 20 }}}}Deptford – Lewisham – Mottingham – New Eltham – Crittall's Corner[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=3211298 map]
{{Background color|red|{{color|white| 21 }}}}Greenwich – Lewisham – Ladywell – Catford – Lower Sydenham – Kent House – (Elmers End) – Addington – New AddingtonGreater London portion of Sustrans {{color|red|NCN {{Background color|red|{{color|white| 21 }}}}}} along Waterlink Way[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=13427232 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 22 }}}}Central London – Peckham Rye – Catford – Bromley – OrpingtonOne section in Bermondsey (Willow Walk/Lynton Road) is now part of {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C10 }}}}. In summer 2020, the section between Peckham and Burgess Park was upgraded to {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C35 }}}}.[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=4067 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 23 }}}}
(A23)
Central London – Camberwell – Crystal Palace – Croydon – PurleyNorthern section (Elephant and Castle to Southwark Bridge) is now TfL Cycle Superhighway {{Background color|#DC0963|{{color|white| CS7 }}}} and {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C17 }}}} follows some of LCN {{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 23 }}}} also.[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=2707 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 24 }}}}(Wandsworth) – Carshalton[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=5389231 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 25 }}}}
South Circular
Woolwich – Catford – Dulwich Village – Herne Hill – Clapham Common – (Barnes)[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=2722 map]
   {{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 25a }}}}Spur route off LCN {{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 25 }}}}.[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=3210738 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 26 }}}}(Willesden) – Hammersmith – (Wandsworth) – Streatham – Crystal Palace – ElthamThis 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.[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=68422 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 27 }}}}
(Part A21)
Battersea – Crystal Palace – Bromley – Sevenoaks[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=50897 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 28 }}}}Greenwich – Lee – Bromley[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=5070 map]
style="font-size: 120%; text-decoration: underline;" colspan="4" | Radial routes in South West London:
style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Route Number

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Route

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Notes

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Map

{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 29 }}}}Wandsworth – Wimbledon – Sutton[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=2695 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 30 }}}}A30, Staines – (Osterley)[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=8208597 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 31 }}}}A3 Kingston by-pass parallel, Leatherhead – (Hook) – (New Malden) – Hammersmith[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=10903 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 32 }}}}Hayes – Hounslow – (Whitton)? – Kingston – (Ewell)[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=3587700 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 33 }}}}Richmond – Kingston – (Chessington) – Leatherhead[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=6429135 map]
style="font-size: 120%; text-decoration: underline;" colspan="4" | Radial routes in North West London:
style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Route Number

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Route

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Notes

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Map

{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 34 }}}}(Sunbury) – Hounslow – (Southall)[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=8210655 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 35 }}}}A315 – Staines – Hounslow – (Chiswick) – Hammersmith[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=1066100 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 36 }}}}A316 – (Sunbury) – Twickenham – HammersmithThe section between Woodberry Wetlands and Walthamstow Wetlands was branded the 'Wetlands to Wetlands Greenway' in 2016.

|[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=4185151 map]

{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 37 }}}}A316 parallel, (Feltham) – Twickenham – Richmond – (Wandsworth) – Central London[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=12180 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 38 }}}}Wimbledon – Putney – WestminsterShort section past Victoria will be part of Quietway {{Background color|#AC4FC6|{{color|white| Q15 }}}}[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=1061090 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 39 }}}}A4020 Uxbridge Road – Uxbridge – Southall – Hanwell – Ealing – (Shepherd's Bush) – Hyde Park – Mayfair – West End[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=1062724 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 40 }}}}A40 (Hillingdon) – (Greenford) – (Hanger Lane) – Bayswater – Paddington – Central London[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=3552434 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 41 }}}}(Hayes) – Ealing – Uxbridge Road parallel, (Acton)[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=3124366 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 42 }}}}(Hayes) – WestminsterAlong Grand Union Canal
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 43 }}}}(West Drayton) – (Hayes) – (Brentford)Along Grand Union Canal
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 44 }}}}A4 – Slough – (Osterley) – Hammersmith – (Hyde Park Corner)[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=3584905 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 45 }}}}Harrow – Wembley – Kensington – BatterseaIn summer 2020, the section between Notting Hill and North Kensington was upgraded to {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C44 }}}}.[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=10963 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 46 }}}}(Willesden) – (Fulham)[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=8261922 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 47 }}}}(Kenton) – Wembley – (Queen's Park)[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=8221963 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 48 }}}}(Stanmore) – (Kingsbury) – Wembley – KilburnThe eastern half of this route is now Quietway {{Background color|#AC4FC6|{{color|white| Q3 }}}}.[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=4200261 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 49 }}}}(Northwood) – (Pinner) – Harrow – (Hendon)[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=3087541 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 50 }}}}Potters Bar – (Hendon) – Regent's Park – Marylebone – St James's Park[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=12177 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 51 }}}}(Friern Barnet) – (Golders Green)[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=8280662 map]
style="font-size: 120%; text-decoration: underline;" colspan="4" | Orbital routes in North East London:
style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Route Number

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Route

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Notes

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Map

{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 54 }}}}Muswell Hill – Wood Green – Tottenham Hale – Walthamstow[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=75419 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 55 }}}}(Wanstead) – Ilford – Barking[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=1865837 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 56 }}}}Wood Green – Northumberland ParkThe section between Bruce Castle Park and Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is now {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C1 }}}}[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=3520008 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 57 }}}}Epping – Chigwell Row – Dagenham[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=5409727 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 58 }}}}Epping – Romford – (Rainham)[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=4243494 map]
style="background: #e5f1f8; | 59

| style="background: #e5f1f8; | (Rainham) – (Harold Hill)

| style="background: #e5f1f8; | Proposed route, never implemented (?)

| style="background: #e5f1f8; | [https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/8261754 OSM map]

{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 60 }}}}Collier Row[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=8257160 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 61 }}}}(Bedfords Park) – Romford[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=8261855 map]
style="font-size: 120%; text-decoration: underline;" colspan="4" | Orbital routes in South East London:
style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Route Number

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Route

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Notes

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Map

{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 62 }}}}Greenwich – (Forest Hill) – Sydenham – PengeRoute signage does not use the route number[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=8258561 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 63 }}}}Greenwich – Bromley[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=8258610 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 64 }}}}The O2 – (Mottingham)[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=3210753 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 65 }}}}Westminster – Vauxhall – Kennington – Peckham Rye – Nunhead – Brockley – Hilly Fields – Ladywell – Ladywell Fields – Lee Green – Eltham – Avery Hill – Blackfen – BexleyheathShares route through Ladywell Fields with {{color|red|NCN {{Background color|red|{{color|white| 21 }}}}}}[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=4197933 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 66 }}}}Thamesmead – Plumstead Common – Falconwood – New Eltham – Chislehurst – Petts Wood[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=4115175 map], [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=4115176 map (66a)] & [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=4115177 map (66b)]
   {{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 66a }}}}Spur route off LCN {{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 66 }}}} to the Thames Path.[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=4115176 map]
   {{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 66b }}}}Spur route off LCN {{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 66 }}}} to the Thames Path[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=4115177 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 67 }}}}Woolwich – Bromley (Chislehurst)[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=8257163 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 68 }}}}(Abbey Wood) – Bexley[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=8259314 map] & [https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=7446142 map (68a)]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 69 }}}}Orpington – (Bexley) – Dartford[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=8259432 map]
style="font-size: 120%; text-decoration: underline;" colspan="4" | Orbital routes in South West London:
style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Route Number

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Route

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Notes

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Map

{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 71 }}}}East Sheen Common – Roehampton – Wimbledon Park[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=8262193 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 73 }}}}Kingston Vale – Wimbledon – Croydon[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=1143129 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 74 }}}}Hampton Hill – Kingston – Wimbledon – Mitcham/Colliers Wood[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=10898 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 75 }}}}Ealing – Twickenham – Kingston – Sutton – Croydon – Bromley – Eltham – WoolwichA section of the route in Hounslow is now {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C42 }}}}.[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=7235 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 76 }}}}(Ewell) – Sutton – Croydon – Orpington[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=7494836 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 77 }}}}(Ewell) – (South Croydon) – (New Beckenham)[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=7494667 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 78 }}}}Forestdale – Sanderstead[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=7494827 map]
style="font-size: 120%; text-decoration: underline;" colspan="4" | Orbital routes in North West London:
style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Route Number

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Route

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Notes

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Map

{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 84 }}}}(Park Royal) – (Hendon)
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 85 }}}}Ealing – (Hanger Lane) – Hendon – Barnet[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=2844749 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 86 }}}}(Sudbury) – (Perivale) – Ealing – (Brentford)[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=4198217 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 87 }}}}(Rayners Lane) – Greenford Broadway – Hanwell – (Brentford)[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=11191967 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 88 }}}}West section: A312, Feltham – (Hayes by pass), – (South Ruislip) – (Rayners Lane) – Edgware; East section: Chipping Barnet - Enfield Chase - Chingford[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=90027 map]
   {{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 88a }}}}Northolt Park – Yeading – Hayes – HarlingtonAlternative route alignment for LCN {{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 88 }}}}.[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=4115821 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 89 }}}}(Heathrow) – (West Drayton) – Uxbridge – (Hatch End) – (Stanmore) – Barnet[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=1185264 map]
style="font-size: 120%; text-decoration: underline;" colspan="4" | Other routes:
style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Route Number

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Route

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Notes

| style="color: #ffffff; background:#0079c1; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Map

{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 99 }}}}Hatton – FelthamSignposted as 99, but is really a completed section of Hounslow's LCN link +99[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=8326475 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 162 }}}}Finsbury Park – Highbury FieldsShares most of its route with the old LCN {{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 7 }}}}. 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.[https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7451110 map]
{{Background color|red|{{color|white| 212 }}}}Wandle Park – central Croydon – Ashburton Park

| Croydon Parks Link, sections opened 2016, 2017.{{cite web |title=London Borough of Croydon Third Local Implementation Plan |url=https://www.croydon.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Croydon_Third_Local_Implemenation_Plan.pdf |publisher=Croydon Council |access-date=23 July 2020}} 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).

|[https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/8886918 map] [https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/8886621 map]

{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 213 }}}}Selhurst – South NorwoodCroydon route along A213 that ends at borough border.[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=7447034 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 222 }}}}Broad Green – (Elmers End)Croydon route along A222 that ends at borough border.[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=7447010 map]
{{Background color|red|{{color|white| 232 }}}}Wandle Park – central Croydon – Lloyd Park

| Croydon Parks Link, sections opened 2016, 2017. 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).

|[https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3629275 map]

{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 755 }}}}(Mitcham Eastfields) – Norbury – Thornton HeathCroydon route that ends at borough border.[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=9845713 map]
{{Background color|#0079c1|{{color|white| 777 }}}}(Mitcham Common) – Thornton HeathCroydon route that ends at borough border.[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=9845714 map]

National and international routes

= National Cycle Network routes =

File:Logo NCN 1.jpgFile:Waterlink Way in Sydenham.jpg, 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".{{Cite web|url=https://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/national-cycle-network/about-network|title=The National Cycle Network}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/get-active/|title=Our blog - Sustrans.org.uk|website=Sustrans}} In July 2020 Sustrans de-designated nearly a quarter of its National Cycle Network on safety grounds,{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/jul/19/national-cycle-network-sustrans-cuts-quarter-uk-routes-safety-grounds |access-date=23 July 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=19 July 2020|title=National Cycle Network cuts a quarter of its routes on safety grounds }} including some in London.

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style="color: #ffffff; background: #ee3030; border-color: #729FBF;"| Route Number

| style="color: #ffffff; background: #ee3030; border-color: #729FBF;"| National Route Description

| style="color: #ffffff; background: #ee3030; border-color: #729FBF;"| Route through London

| style="color: #ffffff; background: #ee3030; border-color: #729FBF;"| Notes

| style="color: #ffffff; background: #ee3030; border-color: #729FBF;"| Maps

{{Background color|red|{{color|white|{{colored link|#ffffff|National Cycle Route 1| 1 }}}}}}Shetland to DoverWaltham Abbey along the River Lea via Tottenham to the Isle of Dogs, through Greenwich Foot Tunnel, Thames Path from Greenwich to DartfordAlso 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.[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=1436269 map]
   {{Background color|red|{{color|white|{{colored link|#ffffff|National Cycle Route 12| 12 }}}}}}

|Enfield Lock to Spalding{{Cite news|url=https://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/route-12|title=Route 12 – Map|work=Sustrans|access-date=2018-07-11|language=en}}

|Enfield Lock to Hadley Wood

|Development as the "Enfield Island Village to Hadley Wood Greenway"{{Cite news|url=http://cycleenfield.co.uk/cycle-routes/enfield-island-village-to-hadley-wood-greenway/|title=Enfield Island Village to Hadley Wood Greenway – Cycle Enfield|work=Cycle Enfield|access-date=2018-07-11|language=en-US}}

|[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=32019 map]

   {{Background color|red|{{color|white|{{colored link|#ffffff|National Cycle Route 13| 13 }}}}}}London to NorwichTower BridgeBarking (Royal Docks) – RainhamPurfleetshares part of its route with TfL's {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C3 }}}}[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=9765641 map]
        {{Background color|red|{{color|white| 136 }}}}Rainham to Noak Hill via Upminster[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=4247284 map]
{{Background color|red|{{color|white|{{colored link|#ffffff|National Cycle Route 20| 20 }}}}}}London to BrightonWandle Trail from WandsworthCarshalton, then on to CoulsdonThe 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[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=12179 map]
   {{Background color|red|{{color|white| 208 }}}}Wimbledon to Rosehill[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=5409650 map]
{{Background color|red|{{color|white|{{colored link|#ffffff|National Cycle Route 21| 21 }}}}}}London to EastbourneWaterlink Way from Greenwich – Lewisham – Catford – (Elmers End) – (New Addington) – Crawley[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=13389352 map]
{{Background color|red|{{color|white|{{colored link|#ffffff|National Cycle Route 4| 4 }}}}}}Fishguard to LondonThames Path between Greenwich and Hampton Court BridgeAlso 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 {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C14 }}}}.[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=13389284 map]
   {{Background color|red|{{color|white| 425 }}}}Burgess Park in Camberwell to Durand's Wharf in Rotherhithe8.1 km route built with a grant from the National Lottery. Some of the central section also became {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C10 }}}} (formerly Q1). In summer 2020, a section between Burgess Park and Q1 was co-designated {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C35 }}}}.[https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=4247567 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.

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! Route name

! Comment

! via these UK cities/towns

! Through these countries

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| EuroVelo 2 – The Capitals Route

| Follows the course of {{color|red|NCN {{Background color|red|{{color|white| 4 }}}}}} along the River Thames from west London to Greenwich, and then follows {{color|red|NCN {{Background color|red|{{color|white| 1 }}}}}} northwards towards Colchester.

| Holyhead - Bristol - Bath - Reading - London - Harwich

| {{Flagu|Ireland|size=14px}}, {{Flagu|United Kingdom|size=14px}}, {{Flagu|Netherlands|size=14px}}, {{Flagu|Germany|size=14px}}, {{Flagu|Poland|size=14px}}, {{Flagu|Belarus|size=14px}}, {{Flagu|Russia|size=14px}}

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| EuroVelo 12 – North Sea Cycle Route

| Within London this follows the course of {{color|red|NCN {{Background color|red|{{color|white| 1 }}}}}}, passing along the River Thames from Dartford to Greenwich and then continuing northwards towards Colchester.

| Dover - Canterbury - London - Norwich - Hull - Newcastle - Edinburgh - Aberdeen - Inverness

| {{Flagu|Norway|size=14px}}, {{Flagu|Sweden|size=14px}}, {{Flagu|Denmark|size=14px}}, {{Flagu|Germany|size=14px}}, {{Flagu|Netherlands|size=14px}}, {{Flagu|Belgium|size=14px}}, {{Flagu|France|size=14px}}, {{Flagu|United Kingdom|size=14px}}

AV

| Avenue Verte

| Beginning at the London Eye, this mainly follows {{color|red|NCN {{Background color|red|{{color|white| 4 }}}}}}, {{color|red|NCN {{Background color|red|{{color|white| 20 }}}}}}, {{color|red|NCN {{Background color|red|{{color|white| 21 }}}}}} and {{color|red|NCN {{Background color|red|{{color|white| 2 }}}}}} as it passes through south London, Surrey, West Sussex and East Sussex.

| London - Redhill - Crawley - Forest Row - Heathfield - Hailsham - Newhaven

| {{Flagu|United Kingdom|size=14px}}, {{Flagu|France|size=14px}}

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".{{Cite web|url=https://content.tfl.gov.uk/greenways-final-annual-monitoring-report.pdf|title=Greenways Final Annual Monitoring Report (2014)}}{{Cite web|url=https://content.tfl.gov.uk/london-greenways-report-2011.pdf|title=London Greenways Report 2011}}

Greenways in London have been developed by numerous different bodies, including Sustrans (who began the Greenways initiative in 1994{{Cite web|url=https://content.tfl.gov.uk/london-greenways-report-2010.pdf|title=Greenways Monitoring Report 2010}}), 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,{{Cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk.olympic-walking-and-cycling-routes-report.pdf|title=Olympic walking and cycling routes evaluation|date=2010|access-date=1 January 2020}} '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.

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|+ London Greenway routes:

style="color: #ffffff; background:#00703C; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Name

! style="color: #ffffff; background:#00703C; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Description

! style="color: #ffffff; background:#00703C; border-color: #BDA0CB;"| Map

style="text-decoration: underline;" colspan="3" | Routes in or connecting to parks, green spaces and nature reserves:
Tamsin Trail.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/tamsin-trail-richmond-park|title=Tamsin Trail at Richmond Park}}

|Circular route around Richmond Park

|[https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/9351283 map]

Avery Hill Park

|New and improved cycling and walking routes through this park in Greenwich.

|[https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/9704592 map]

Ravensbourne Greenway

|Route alongside the River Ravensbourne through Beckenham Place Park in Lewisham.

|[https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/9633939 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 {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C27 }}}}.

|[https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/8119460 map]

Redbridge Greenway.{{Cite web|url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?relation=7684800|title=OpenStreetMap}}

|

|[https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7684800 map]

River Beam Bridge

|Shared-use foot/cycle bridge over the River Beam, linking the Beam Valley Country Park with Bretons Outdoor Centre.

|[https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/9701326 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 {{Background color|#93d50a|{{color|black| C3 }}}} 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.

|[https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/8475648 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.

|[https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6707191 map]

Stanmore to River Thames Greenway

|Proposed Greenway with some completed sections, included Proyer's Path through Northwick Park, Harrow.

|[https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/9716567]

Enfield Chase to Arnos Park Greenway

|Route in Enfield linking several green spaces Enfield Golf Club and Grovelands Park.

|[https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/8457670]

Durant's Park to Brimsdown Greenway

|Route in Enfield

|[https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/8453971]

style="text-decoration: underline;" colspan="3" | River corridors:
Roding Valley Way.{{Cite web| title=Roding Valley Way - Map |url=https://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/roding-valley-way |website=sustrans.org.uk |publisher=Sustrans |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615035624/http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/roding-valley-way |archive-date=15 June 2015 }}

|Follows the green corridor of the River Roding.

|[https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1419188 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.

|[https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/9070280 map]

Hogsmill River Greenway

|Greenway linking Tolworth and Old Malden

|[https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/8316597 map]

‡ Lower Lea Valley

|Runs from the Olympic Park via the Greenway in Newham to the Greenwich Foot Tunnel on the Isle of Dogs.

|[https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/8475904 map]

style="text-decoration: underline;" colspan="3" | 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.

|

style="text-decoration: underline;" colspan="3" | Canal towpaths:
‡ Lee Valley North

|Sections of the River Lee towpath, upgraded for the 2012 Olympics

|[https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/9053650 map]

Regent's Canal towpath.

|Towpath of a portions of the Regent's Canal

|[https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/8905938][https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation=8475859][https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation=847597]

‡ Limehouse Cut

|Towpath of the Limehouse Cut waterway.

|[https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/8499429 map ]

‡ These routes were developed for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games

See also

References

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