two free sociable cycle rides Sat March 18th

[Sally Eva]

NOTE. Please register on Eventbrite so we can limit numbers, links below. If you cannot make it, please cancel so that someone else can take the place (How to cancel).

For Saturday Mar 18th we will have 2 rides, one 2 hours and one 3 hours, details below. Note 9.30 start for Ride 1 to Kings Cross.

Ride 1. Peckham to Kings Cross < https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peckham-to-kings-cross-cycle-ride-tickets-583949969077 >

9.30am start from Peckham Square (next to Peckham Library and Peckham Pulse Leisure Centre, SE15 5RY). 3 hour ride. Everyone loves the new developments at Kings Cross. Ride will stop in Granary Square with time for a coffee break (in market, under cover) and a bit of a look round. Outward route down Canal Path to Cycleway 10 (Q1). Ride this to Blackfriars Rd, then switch to Cycleway 6.

This goes over Blackfriars Bridge and up Farringdon Rd before branching off through quiet back streets and over safe crossings to Kings Cross. Return leg will take a more easterly route: The Angel, City Rd (passing the Eagle pub of “Pop goes the Weasel” fame), then Bunhill Cemetery, Guildhall, Southwark Bridge and local routes back to Peckham. Flat route with lots to see, come and join us. Amanda leading. Ride report from May 2022.

Ride 2. Charles Dickens in Southwark < https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/charles-dickens-in-southwark-cycle-ride-tickets-583960249827 >

Start 10am, Peckham Square (next to Peckham Library and Peckham Pulse Leisure Centre, SE15 5RY). 2 hour ride.. Gentle ride passing (and sometimes stopping) at locations associated with Charles Dickens. Dickens was imprisoned in Southwark at the Marshalsea and located his novel Little Dorrit there. He also referenced many Southwark locations in his books.

In addition to Dickens, Southwark has many more literary associations and the ride will note Shakespeare and others along the way. 10 miles, route map at

Bruce leading. This ride is based on Charlie Holland’s route published at https://www.cycleconfident.com/media/public/downloads/Southwark_Shakespeare_and_Dickens_Cycle_Route.pdf where there is a lot of interesting information. 10 miles, Bruce leading.

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/.