route-finding free cycle rides December 10th

[Sally Eva]

Get some exercise and learn safe, quiet ways around our bit of London

NOTE. You must register on Eventbrite so we can limit numbers, links below. 

We have 2 rides for Dec 10th, one 3.5 hours, one 2.5 hours. Remember you should register on Eventbrite, details below. If you cannot make it, please cancel so that someone else can take the place. Even at the last minute it is worth cancelling (How to cancel).

Ride 1. Hidden Treasures – A Ride from Peckham to the Thames < https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hidden-treasures-a-ride-from-peckham-to-the-thames-tickets-480874617927 > 

Start 10am, Peckham Square (by Peckham Library and Peckham Pulse Leisure Centre, SE15 5RY). Plan is a flat ride from Peckham to London Bridge and return via Blackfriars Bridge using mostly quiet streets, parks and cycleways.

Route passes several points of interest many of which are relatively little known. Hence the “Hidden Treasures” title. These include Stompie the Soviet-era tank, Del boy’s Reliant Robin, some WWII stretchers, Iliffe Yard artisan workshops, the (ex-) Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens (Pasley Park) and the Walworth Low-Traffic Neighbourhood. Will be about 11miles, 2.5 hours, which gives us time for a coffee stop at the Little Cat Café in Myatt's Field Park. Simon Saville leading.

Route:

GPX file attached.

Ride 2. Burgess Park to Wandsworth Park < https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/burgess-park-to-wandsworth-park-healthy-cycle-ride-tickets-480873705197 > 

Start/Finish Burgess Park (Fuorvito Cafe, Chumleigh Gardens, Off Albany Rd. SE5 0RJ). Start 10am, finish 1.30pm. Idea is to explore a bit further west on the south side of the river. Outward route will go via Vauxhall and Battersea Power Station to Battersea Park. Then round the park and on to the nice paths along the Battersea and Wandsworth riverside, eventually reaching Wandsworth Park. Coffee break in Wandsworth Par, but sadly no time for a round on the well-maintained Crazy Golf Course.

Return route has great contrasts. Back along the river to the bridge over Bell Lane Creek, the mouth of the River Wandle. Then head south into Wandsworth town centre along shared use pavement and across cycle crossings to avoid the traffic on the 1-way system. Next King George’s Park with a nice path by the Wandle. At the south end of the park, turn left and start heading home via Wandsworth and Clapham Commons. 26km, some upgrades on return leg, a lot of park and riverside is flat and traffic free. Bruce leading. Route at https://goo.gl/94U3Ve. Report from ride on May 7th here. Not likely to extend to Putney in December… 

These rides are part of the Healthy Riders group, organised by Bruce Lynn on behalf of Southwark Cyclists https://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/. Like everything else we do, our activities are all free. We co-operate with other London Cycling Campaign groups like Greenwich Cyclists. The LCC details are here: https://lcc.org.uk/.