Best cycle route to victoria

[mayo]

Moving jobs and new office is in Victoria (well near the Tate on the river) - seem to be various options for cycling routes - any recommendations of best way to go? (am reasonably confident cyclist, don't need to go a really long way round to avoid busy routes, cycle up Bishopsgate daily currently but would prefer quiet/ scenic route if not adding much distance)

Thanks

[northernmonkey]

Probably depends where you’re coming from in Ed but I tend to go up Greendale and over Herne Hill, through Ruskin park and out under the railway bridge and cut through until myatts field through new dev and then over Clapham road (lots of options this way depending on how much you’d prefer to be on more peaceful routes). Cross Clapham road and go into the oval LTN and then onto the cycle lane round the oval and over Vauxhall bridge.

Main weird bit is the right turn onto the embankment coming off the north end of Vauxhall bridge. You have to cross the embankment at the lights and turn right- you can’t use the section that looks like a 2 way cycle path on the south side but goes no where!

[Jakido]

You could also go via Camberwell Grove, vicarage grove and then Benhill, Edmund st, addington square, bethwin, cooks Road, ravendson st, cardigan at, sancroft, black prince Road and then over Lambeth bridge. There’s lots of LTNs / cycle only bits en route so is reasonably pleasant whilst not being too indirect.

You could also go via bellenden road if you wanted to avoid the hill and spend more time cycling through burgess pk

[BeatrixPaddler]

I used to do Greendale, then wiggle through the alley and past Bessemer Grange to Redpost Hill, over the top of Redpost and then Loughborough, Akerman, Eythorne to Vassal road, then along Brixton Road to the Oval and up to Vauxhall Bridge. It’s not particularly quiet but it’s pretty quick.

[mayo]

Thanks all, really appreciate you taking the time to respond. I'll try out the various suggestions and see what suits me best

[malumbu]

I rode from SE London to Victoria Street for decades. I was very conservative in that I kept the same route for many years before I was persuaded otherwise

1. Court Lane (now appreciating the easier junction at the end), onto the Village, Red Post Hill, Hene Hill Road, Loughborough Junction, Brixton Road, Kennington (now complete with cycle paths), Black Prince Road (admiring the pub in the Kingsman, and noting how this road has now got much more trendier at the North End), right onto the embankment, over Lambeth Bridge, hey presto.

- Brixton Road muh better and nice cycle routes, a bit of a hill (Herne/Denmark hill), congestion at Lambeth Bridge and poorly phased (and mainly unecesary) ligts Lambeth Bridge South Side.

2. An earlier route took me over Vauxhall Bridge, lots of cycling infrastructure, slow crossing the river with numerous traffic lights. Sometimes a bit of a traffic jam of bikes. Don't recommend.

3. Up Greendale, down Champion Hill into Camberwell, cut through at or near Burgess Park, come out back end of the Elephant.

Lots of cycling infrastructure. Hills.

4. My preferred route. Peckham - Rye Lane, Canal path by the swimming pool, coming out on Peckham Hill Street, Old Kent Road, Elephant, a clunky right takes you past the Imperial War Museum, Left towards Lambeth Bridge and over

Quickest and flatest route. Bit clunky by Elephant but you get used to it. Old Kent Road traffic, mainly bus lanes. Can be very busy by Peckham Rye.

I'll send you a route map if you want to know more.

[Sally Eva]

cycle.travel is a good one to consult.

[malumbu]

Just tried cycle.travel, and also TfL and none of the routes match mine! The latter takes you to Vauxhall Bridge, and the quietest route via South Lambeth road going to the west of Brixton. Cycle.travel very convoluted and includes Crystal Palace Road which is horridly congested during the school runs. But I think this is very much what works best for you.

[Sally Eva]

Yes, that's probably fair. I think cycle.travel does find the quietest routes and everyone values time/drama their own way. As I get older and uglier I'm not sure whether I get more safety conscious or less.