🚲 The best way to cycle from Paddington to Waterloo
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- You can cycle from Paddington in central London to Waterloo south of the river almost entirely on quiet streets and protected cycle lanes.
The route is 6.3km long (3.9 miles) and makes use of Cycleway 3 and Westminster bridge.
The journey takes around 30 minutes to ride, which is a similar amount of time as by public transport.
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I ride this route (or a variation) every week but this showed me that I could improve my route! Helpful.
Glad to have helped you tweak it!
this channel is a gem! I wish I have an app to use your routes!
Thank you! And there are a lot of free apps that will run them! Komoot should work
Cycled between Hyde Park and Waterloo yesterday. And yes another one of those ice cream vans was parked dangerously on the double red lines. Shouted out he shouldn’t be parked there. Don’t think he liked that.
They’re awful- there’s literally a metropolitan police operation to get rid of them and they’ve managed to persist, in full view of the Houses of Parliament! it’s embarrassing
Don't forget for leaving Fenchurch St, turn left out of the main exit, for a filtered Mark Lane and left again for Cycleway 3.
I’ve got footage of this waiting to be edited up into a vid!
I never knew that about constitutional hil and the mall. Thanks
It’s good fun! Worth a look
@8:23 another place in Westminster where the junction gets blocked by vehicles is heading westbound from Shaftesbury Avenue onto Piccadilly - vehicles heading northbound from Regent Street St James regularly block both buses and cycles trying to cross over
Westminster Council need to break out the yellow paint there too !
Agreed!
Another excellent video to encourage cycling in London! I was not at all surprised that the cycle lane on Sussex, in Kensington, was unprotected. Good luck getting through to that lot, from the sound of it, they represent the old English guard, of course, and for them, the realm is at stake - THEIR realm. But keep up the good work!
Thanks very much! I think Sussex Gardens is actually just in Westminster, if it was in RBKC it would be even worse haha! Hopefully some change coming to Westminster though due to change of administration, but not much on the horizon for Kensington and Chelsea…
Great video as always. Ive done done this route several times to catch trains at Paddington Station, and my two cents of advice would be to leave far in advance on sunday mornings, as this route goes right around the buckingham palace area which is often closed to all traffic on sundays. Almost missed a train once because traffic was stopped for 10 minutes due to troop movements, and another time because the area was closed completely which took me through a maze of streets in mayfair!
Love the videos man keep it up👍
Good point about the area being closed to traffic! Thanks for the nice comment and for tuning it!
Always love to watch your videos on a Sunday :) thanks for all your work
Enjoy!
I agree with your thoughts about tourists in the cycle lanes on Westminster Bridge taking photos and also the ice cream vans. But generally if you end up sharing space with pedestrians, just accept it. It's not worth the bother of getting uptight and won't achieve anything.
It’s more the safety of the pedestrians I’m worried about in this case!
Worth another look at Westbourne Terrace - in the last few weeks they seem to have changed the phasing of the traffic lights so you don't have to stop at every single one. Let's hope it stays that way because it's been much less annoying
Interesting, this is useful intel! there is so much side switching it’s just frustrating - especially on a video where you’re being religious about stopping for every light!
@@Londoncycleroutes I generally find I don't have to stop between the bottom of Westbourne Terrace and entering the park heading south. In the opposite direction you generally get a clean run between the park and the end of the physically segregated lane. I do it every day so I've got used to the side switching but it is a bit convoluted (for everyone). Not sure what the answer is - maybe pedestrianise one side of the gyratory at Lancaster Gate station?
I do westbourne terrace northbound and there is only one side swap which doesn't bother me.
The lights alongside Sussex gardens are annoying. Always seem to be green for motor traffic when there is none, and I'm sitting waiting in the cycle lane.
Never bothered with it southbound, just head down London road, Stanhope terrace, Brook Street. Which doesn't really look a lot busier than the Hyde park estate with all that rat running. There can be large queues of motor vehicles but none moving at any speed, where as I bet those rat runners can be gunning it.
Oooh, this is a bit of a find, nice work !
Thanks for watching!
Nice video. I think the best routes in London are the ones that go through or by parks, even better if those parks are Hyde Park, Green Park and St James's Park.
They are definitely a great feature of the city!
Great video. I'm going to London next week and planning Paddington to Embankment, then to Canary Wharf, across to Greenwich then back along the South Bank.
2nd day will be Paddington to Regents park.
Have fun!
Wonderful as always!
Thanks for watching as always!
Another good video Jon - thanks! All the routes around the parks are good ones.
Thank you! I love the parks they link up nicely
With westbourne terrace the lights are timed for North south, so you can get through all of those quickly, however for east west (on the C27) you do end up waiting a long time at red lights
The timings are bad and worst of all most of the lights are just so needless - the lane is switching back and forth for no reason
@5:50...you got it right! As an ex-Brit, and still a distance cyclist in North Am in my seventies, I often long for cycling in the UK, which is why I watch this and some other channels. I get to do it in virtual ways until/when I get back there to do it in the flesh again. So I'm on edge much of the time thinking "what would I do in this situation, knowing I can't rely on reflexes imbued from driving on the right"?
And persons in my situation defer to the *safest* of options, even if it's not the most direct way. And that arch was a prime situation where I too would go around the left of it rather than under, as there were pedestrians milling in the archway, line of sight is poor, and there's nothing on the left of the arch, and if there's something not yet obvious, the arc to the left allows time to react to it. In the event, sixth sense was right. It was the best option. You may have done that intuitively yourself, and not crediting your sixth sense.
Love these videos!
I think you're absolutely right! there was good reason not to go under it this time. I'll have my triumphant entrance under the arch another time when it is clear! and thank you for the lovely comment about the videos
Great video! Really good to learn about that Park Lane option because Broadwalk can be a bit intense/scary... will look out for the turning and try it out soon. Cheers 🚲🌳
Yeah I used to go that way on my very first cycle commute but there are better options now!
I avoid the bumps in Hyde Park by going round the other way, down W Carriage Drive but obviously depends on exactly where you're coming in/out of the park as to whether that's efficient.
Yeah depends which way you’re going!
Interesting that the bloke you were following in the park came out onto the lights at exactly the same time. But avoid shared paths is my motto, so I'll stick with your route.
Good spot! I should have mentioned that. Also we got held up at the lights for a bit (which is a risk of my route)
Great videos, very helpful.😁
Thanks!
I do like the cycle route from Hyde park to Paddington but those traffic lights are shocking. Out of the park left is fine. Right turn great and then you are stuck not knowing what is going on & either have to dismount or risk it... Sussex gardens looks good will keep that in mind tho the bottom of Albion Street is a lil steep and wobbly like the street at Waterloo which has been like that for time x
Yes agreed!
@@Londoncycleroutes oh and the wobbly pavement on the outside of Hyde park. I do both, as it's either bumps or wobbly pavement, my god in the rain when they move and catch the side of your tyres and pedestrians on top.... Lol I sometimes go down the other side of the road (cause the pub is there) and cross at the lights before the bottom x
I think that’s a bicycle police officer that’s helping a tourist rather than a police officer stopping a cyclist!
oh yes you're right the bike even says police on it, whoops
Another option for the start of the cycle is to head into the park at Victoria Gate ... then south down West Carriage Drive ... and then east along the north side of the Serpentine (shared space) towards Hyde Park Corner
Sometimes the pollution on Park Lane can be a bit unpleasant
yes the west carriage drive is great, I wish they Kensington and Chelsea would filter Exhibition Road so it would be a nice north south route through the city!
I had no idea the park lane cycle lane was there, as I do exactly that on my way from Paddington to Charing cross or Victoria.
I never knew the park was reduced to increase the road size there. Should have guessed!
@6:38 i think that's the copper's own bicycle (copper is wearing a cycle helmet)
i think they're talking to a pedestrian.
yes you're right, the bike even says police on it!
I go south on London steeet, straight on to thw mini roundabout, right, follow the road left, then over into the park. No protection and a decent amount of traffic but I'm just aiming to get to the park in the shortest distance. Having seen how much rat running traffic there is on the hyde park estate in your video I'm going to stick with it!
Once at the park I take west carriage drive which is very safe, quick and pedestrian free, but adjacent to queueing motor traffic.
Then serpentine road. Here you have to be wary of pedestrians but its super wide and no speed bumps.
Sounds like a reasonable way to do it!
Did you see there is a new section of C34 by Hammersmith?
might be worth checking out
oh yes is this down by Fulham riverside? funnily enough I think it's just a signposting of a backstreet route I've already taken but worth checking the signs out
@London cycle routes yeah, I'm having a hard time figuring out how to get onto the C9 from it though 😂
Can you do more videos in the suburbs, like Harrow to Heathrow or Croydon to Bromley?
I do try! One issue is that a lot of other London boroughs don’t really make any provision for cycling. Bromley for example is very poor. Will see what I can do though
Croydon is surprisingly good. I have a decent route from east Croydon station to Beckenham (home).
You can really tell when you get to Bromley.
The Waterlink way is of course fantastic and just skirts Bromley (borough, not town).
Surely, the fines would be progressively greater for subsequent tickets? (i.e. for icecream trucks)
You would think, but apparently that’s not how it works! The police are applying for some kind of order that will allow them to use more severe punishments on repeat offenders I think
🤙🏼 *Lots of ridin next to / through larks* 🤩🤙🏼
Good shout avoidin the "walkers", shared paths can be frustratin when it's a long one.
Glad the police are crackin down on those ice cream vans puttin customers at risk 😱 but they should leave eBikers alone.
Agreed!
Very pleasant video! Please, How safe is it to go from Paddington to Ladbroke Grove? Is the C27 okay, or is there a better route?
I reckon C27 is probably the best way - it’s not brilliant but I think manageable. Another alternative depending on where in Ladbroke Grove you’re doing is to take the canal from Paddington and exit at say Golborne Road, depending on your preference
Nice video. The ice cream vans should be confiscated if they continually flout the enforcement there.
Yeah I think there’s some kind of process where the police are applying for it to become a criminal matter if they do it again. Can’t remember what the terminology is called
Whats the best smart phone based GPS / route planner for London trips on the go? - CityMapper, Google Maps, Kamoot....Something I haven't heard of?
I have to admit I don’t really useful so I’m not the best person to ask, I mostly plan routes manually from my own knowledge, maps and a bit of street view plus trial and error. I’ve heard people say good things about Apple Maps cycle directions recently but not tried them myself
Are you off twitter? I can't seem to find you there??
Yeah I’ve deactivated my account, at least for now
What on earth are all those wands for at 4:13 lol. Seems like a complete waste of money/manpower installing them all next to a wall.
Oh ahah I think they’re to keep people away from the edge- health and safety thing as they’ll be worried about people falling in the pit! Seems a bit over the top to me
Been really hacked off with this route the last week as a billionaire wants a crown on his head which obviously means the cycle Lanes past his Palace have been closed. Alternative routes around this area are not good! 🙄
I agree it’s annoying!
To say something is "over engineered" doesn't make sense. Engineering is good, we want as much science and knowledge and trained professionals as possible. The more the better... unless it's "poorly engineered". This is a term that better describes a bad intersection.
Interesting perspective!