🚲 A great way to cycle from Peckham to Kensington with no traffic
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
- You can cycle from Peckham in south London to Kensington high street in west London in about 40-45 minutes, entirely on quiet streets and protected cycled lanes.
The route is a little over 7 miles long (11.5km) and makes use of Surrey Canal Walk, Burgess Park, Cycleway 17, the Walworth low traffic neighbourhood, the Kennington Road cycle tracks, Westminster Bridge, and Cycleway 3 up through Hyde Park.
By public transport the journey takes longer, around an hour - so this is a good one to cycle.
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You can see a digital map of the route and download a GPS/GPX file to use on whatever device or app you want here: www.komoot.com/tour/748932679...
And thank you to viewer John Levermore for compiling a single map of all the London Cycle Routes videos, which you can see here: www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?...
I also highly recommend the Safe Cycle London map for route planning, which is compiled by @SafeCycleLDN on twitter: www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?...
These videos are like a drug for me. Very mesmerising and low-key addicting. I ought to try one of these routes now that the weather is getting warmer. And more West London routes please!
So true! (For the 1st and 2nd sentence).
Just go outside for a cycle mate
Haha thanks for watching!!
"That's Kensington Palace on the right, by the way.." (thinks of something interesting to say about it ...) ... "It's a Palace."
Classic :-) These videos are raised above the ordinary by the excellent commentary. :_)
Hahah… what more can I say! Cheers John
@11:28 you went at a quiet time! It's fun but mayhem around Parliament square, especially now that the tourists are back and there seem to be more people commuting... fun but mayhem! Thanks for the video... keep them coming!
thanks and don't worry I will!!
As long as people clearly with shares in petrochemical operations (they clearly love their Range Rovers and BMW X’s so much to make sure their shares aren’t for nothing) continue live in Kensington and Chelsea, they’ll never allow “those damn cyclists who always cause the accidents and definitely not us with our unwieldy luxury SUVs that we so desperately want” to have cycle lanes through.
It is eternally frustrating that virtually every other local council in London is cooperative in understanding the need for good continuous cycle infrastructure, Kensington and Chelsea is the black sheep.
Bloody toffs.
Love your channel, I’m actually not from London at all, I’m from Burton on Trent in the Midlands, but I was down in London week before last, and pretty wowed by how much the city has improved in terms of cycling infrastructure. So if anything, other than I find videos like this oddly relaxing, it’s helping me learn the ins and outs of how to get around London by bike if I’m down there again, so I really appreciate what you do.
Some councils are better than others even ignoring RBKC!
Man I'm so happy I found this channel, this is such a good concept. Any more West London routes would be amazing!
Thanks so much! definitely got more in the works
A totally useless anecdote:
Many, many moons ago I was riding my bike eastbound on Kensington High Street when a car emerging from Kensington Palace Gardens stopped to give way to me. I made eye contact with the driver only to find Princess Di smiling politely back at me. Which was nice. 🙂
Aw that’s lovely!
Awesome route! ty very much, jon
Thanks for watching and the nice comment!
Thanks for sharing
And thanks for watching!
Wonderful to see such infrastructure for cycling away from motor-vehicles. I wish such routes were extensive across the country.
I completely agree! Cheers for taking the time to watch
Amazing…thanks so much!
Thanks so much for watching!
The one thing that is sooo clear in all of these videos is how popular cycling in London is becoming. C- mom TFL and local councils keep building them lanes and LTNSs.
Preach!
Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
The cycle lanes around Buckingham palace are so poorly marked especially the one up constitution hill. I saw a cyclist and some tourist get in an argument that almost got physical recently. They just need to put the bicycle picture on the path more often. The same is true heading north through Hyde park towards Paddington.
Yeah I agree completely - ideally a different surface colour would be good, but I think the Crown Estate is very picky about the road layout because it’s a ceremonial spot etc
Do you think it would be possible to remove the rumble strips in Hyde Park on the grounds of they discriminate against adapted-bikes/trikes/wheelchairs? Must be very uncomfortable to go over in a pram/wheelchair too, and at a much lower speed
I think there’s a good chance they’re illegal under the equality act yeah, thought it will probably take someone quite committed to convince the Royal Parks authority of that
What a fantastic route! I've cycled portions of it but to see it all linked together like this is great. Almost half of it is through parks which is very nice.
I do really dislike those Hyde Park rumble strips, it occurred to me the side barriers were to stop cyclists mounting the grass but then I thought that was crazy and there must be some other reason. The strips are effective in one respect, if I'm travelling east though the park I'll just head on to Kensington Road to avoid them.
Thanks so much - and that’s such a shame about the rumble strips, we realllly need a main road route!
It's not just the southbound Westminster bridge cycle lane that's hazardous. I hit the deck on the northbound lane on Sun when an idiot walked onto the cycle lane right in front of me (not at a crossing point) without looking and I was going about 7 mph. I would go as far as to say those cycle lanes are simply too dangerous to ride at weekends and I think you should add a note to this effect in the description..
Very sorry to hear this, that’s awful - I’ll try and mention it next time I do a video through there. I think they really have to sort out the design
@@Londoncycleroutes thanks for getting back. In all honesty I was nearly brought down there twice more in the space of about 100 yards. People were just walking in and out of the cycle lane without looking as if it was an extension of the pavement. Totally unsafe for riding. Not so bad during the week but I won't even consider riding on it at the weekend now.
Couldn't agree more as the same thing nearly happened to me a couple of weeks ago.
I guess you have been asked this before. Have you considered using a 3d camera to film the routes? To keep sane and fit during Lockdown last year I used my Quest 2 with my exercise bike to tour virtually various cycle routes around the world. It was fantastic to get that all-around visual experience. I can watch your work on a massive 2d screen in VR but if it were in 3d then I am actually in the video. (virtually) If you were able to it would certainly open up your channel to virtual headset users around the world.
Interesting, I’d not thought of a 3D camera (some people have asked for 4K)- I think I’d have to get a new piece of kit so won’t happen too soon, but could be interesting!
@@Londoncycleroutes if you get access to a vr system you'll see for yourself how addictive these 360 videos can be. The metaverse needs someone like you.
Good video for cycling to HSK. Probably you could do a video from HSK to Barking
Good idea actually!
The connection between Amelia Street and crossing the A3 (where Jon decides to take the route with the annoying chicane) isn't as good as it should be, but for what it's worth I find going via Robert Dashwood Way to be a bit less cumbersome
Will have to check it out!
Any chance of a Surrey quays to Victoria? Many thanks!
Definitely! Will do
Another long one and after a long wait. Nevertheless, good to see the Peckham route in high definition.
do you prefer the shorter ones?
@@Londoncycleroutes i prefer to have a london cycle routes every Monday. (:D) just kidding! Videos of any length will do. Keep up the good work.
On a side note: i think UA-cam algo prefers longer videos.
@@mrigennegi6524 haha yes sorry! I try to get them done Sunday night but sometimes I have a busy weekend...
@@Londoncycleroutes Another reason why we need your views very high. Then, you can quit your day job and can focus on the important stuff (i.e: promoting cycling).
@@mrigennegi6524 I would love this, one day! quite a way to go yet though
I don't think John Levermore is keeping his map up to date. I haven't seen any of the routes you published in 2022 on it.
Good to know, I might re-phrase my intro to that map and/or have a word
I've seen some videos from other youtubers that say cycling in London is impossible, would u say that's true? for me i don't think it does because when i did live in London for brief time i mostly took the tube, didn't own a bike. Only time i biked was when I lived in Cambridge with my family this was back in 2012 i think when my brother n sister took their masters at queens college there i biked quite a lot everyday and it's really chill. Now i live in Copenhagen and while i do agree it's easier to bike here due to the many bike paths, i don't think it would be too different to London, because we have all the crazy people out on the road over here as u guys do over there so i'm used to the chaos when biking. Idk how do u guys find i cycling over there?
It’s nowhere near as good as Copenhagen but it’s definitely not impossible! it’s getting better all the time as well
The only time I don't like cycling in London is when I have to cycle up a hill. Otherwise I think cycling is a great way to travel around London, and the more time passes the more infrastructure we seem to get and the easier and more pleasant it becomes.
Hi. Have you ever worked as courier in Landon?
Yes! I’ve done food delivery
@@Londoncycleroutes I have never tried that, suppose its a pretty short workday. I have done some general deliveries on a push bike around 2011-2013, it was a great time, practically no rain and doing it on fixed gear without breaks was a thing then. I enjoy watching your vids and remember routes around central and south.
How do you keep your bike safe in London. Surely if you go to say Kensington, chain it to a lamp post and go for lunch somewhere or shopping, by the time you get back, the bike would have gone surely (unless its a cheap/old bike)?
No not at all, London’s a pretty safe city, I have a road bike and I just use of D-lock to lock it to stuff and it’s always been fine. Bike thefts do happen and it’s not uncommon but it’s not like there’s danger lurking around every corner. When I’m at home I keep it inside rather than out overnight
@@Londoncycleroutes "Using the Freedom of Information Act, Cycling Weekly has obtained exclusive figures from the Metropolitan Police about just how successfully the force is clamping down on bike thieves in the capital. The data paints a grim picture.
In the past five full calendar years - 2017 to 2021 - a huge 162,943 bicycles were reported stolen in London. That’s roughly one every 16 minutes. The true figure is likely to be higher still, as many people do not bother reporting thefts.
Combined, these stolen bikes were worth £93m - about £570 each on average."
@@bojack3827 yep - but London has a population of nearly 9 million people so while about 32,000 a year sounds like a lot, you're still not likely to have your bike nicked!
@@Londoncycleroutes Yeah, but 9 million people don't own bikes. I live in a fairly decent area of London and people around here have their bikes stolen all the time. Unless you're using a £250 bike lock, theft is just too easy.
@@bojack3827 I've cycled in London nearly every day for five years with a basic lock and never had a problem. My step dad had his bike stolen four times in two years when he lived on the south coast but never in London in over 15 years. It's not so rampant it makes cycling in London unworkable.
I dont cycle...and I dont live anyhwere near london....why did I watch this start to end?
Haha well I’m glad you did anyway!
It was never a working canal. Nice video tho.
Google ‘grand Surrey canal’!
From Burgess Park I take a completely different route to Westminster past The Oval cricket ground and over Vauxhall Bridge but I'll try this route next time
Interesting, which way do you usually go?
Your route looks more bike friendly and just a better route all round. One advantage of mine is it avoids that annoying series of lights in Parliament Square but that's about it. Anyway, instead of turning right just after the kiln in Burgess Park, continue then turn left just before the tennis courts, and pick up Bethwin St. At the end turn right into John Ruskin St, then left into Dale Rd, then left into Otto St, then right into Kennington Park. Cross the A3 and Kennington Rd, then turn left into Bowling Green St. Turn right and follow the outside of The Oval cricket ground. Turn right onto CS5. Continue over Vauxhall bridge. Turn right into Regency St, then right into Horseferry Rd, left into Monck St, right into Great Peter St, left into Great Smith St, then right at Victoria St, then a quick left into Storeys Gate. Continue to the end and you're pretty much at Birdcage Walk
@@ViN-kr3ri interesting, yeah those lights can be annoying! will have to check this out as well
STAY AWAY FROM KENSINGTON HIGH STREET
haha yes…
You really should wear a helmet.
Views differ on this! This channel is officially helmet-agnostic