Recommendations for 20ish mile bike ride

[mayo]

Hi - wanting to do a bike ride on Sunday - 20 - 30 miles - either through London on quietways or out of London but want to stick to mostly quiet roads and probably not country lanes. Any recommendations? Ideally with a pub en route!

[malumbu]

Greenwich then onto Woolwich along Thames, foot tunnel, onto Greenway (with a nice view to the airport), over to Olympic Park. River Lea to the Thames, through Wappping, onto Tower Bridge then back via Quietway 1, canal path and into Peckham

[womanofdulwich]

If you are on "let's ride" HSBCspinsored cycle website, you can download lots of good local rides.

[zerkalo]

I second malumbu's recommendation, that is a good route that avoids a lot of traffic.

Strava will also give you suggested routes as well as Cycle Travel. Have fun!

https://cycle.travel/map

[womanofdulwich]

I think that part from Greenwich to Woolwich is very busy with pedestrians at the weekend, especially the first part.

[oimissus]

Husband cycled out to Greenwich yesterday, didn?t like cycling along the path there at all, I think he said lots of cobbles? He goes very early so don?t know about number of people.

Today he cycled to Keston Common, took him about 90 minutes there (uphill) and back. Couldn?t give you the route as he weaves about all over the place. He came back via the Pool River.

[malumbu]

Some parts of the Thames path are narrow, but most bikes and pedestrians seem to manage. If you are on thin tyres the cobbles around the Cutty Sark pub can act like tram tracks, beware! The Anchor and Hope pub is a nice stop near Charlton as it is the only riverside pub that I know that has not been tarted up/gastro'd/over priced. It's Greene King though which is a shame.

Thinking of East Dulwich you can miss some of the worst traffic out going via the Rye, over the pedestrian bridge to Crofton Park then down to Ladywell where you can get on the Waterlink Way.

You can also combine a hills of Lewisham ride - One Tree Hill, Blythe Hill, Telegraph Hill, and possibly Horniman Hill. Although this can involve the race track aka Brenchley Gardens.

Southwark Cyclists (that anarchy group trying to bring down the state - my joke) do some nice gentle rides. I'd recommend Penge Cyclists rather than Dulwich Paragon if you want some more testing social rides but at a reasonably relaxed speed. Southwark Cyclists usually post on the Whats On section of this site.