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NOTE This notice is about rides for Saturday 17th,
 
Rides for 17th June. Please register on Eventbrite to help limit numbers
 

Canada Water-South Bank - Deptford - Canada Water Loop. < https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/canada-water-to-south-bank-loop-tickets-654086419087 

10am to 12.30 noon. Bruce leading. Easy ride that uses the Cycleways across north Southwark. Start/finish next to Decathlon, London SE16 7FU, beside Canada Water and near the station. Note change in meeting point as Saturday Market makes Deal Porter Square congested.  Begin by picking up Cycleway 14 on the Albion Channel close to Canada Water. Follow C14 past the Brunel Museum and the Salter Statues to Jamaica Rd.  Cycle crossing to C14 (Tanner St), continue past Guys Hospital and through Flat Iron Square to Blackfriars Rd. Leave C14 and head north on C6 to Upper Ground and follow this to the South Bank. Possible coffee break there. Continue along Upper Ground and join C10 (Quietway 1) at Cornwall Rd. Route heads back on C10 past the Old Vic, through Trinity Square, past Crol Café on Dunton Rd and Millwall Stadium, through Folkstone Gardens, eventually to Deptford High St. Probably turn there and head for the river and pick up National Route 4, the Thameside route, back to Canada Water.  This becomes C14 at South Dock and continues through Russia Woodland to the Albion Channel where we first joined it.  Ride suitable for newish cyclists to show the E-W routes in the north of the borough.  Plenty of interest for experienced cyclists.  11 miles. Route at https://bit.ly/30lzAza. 

Greenwich to Lesnes Abbey    < https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/greenwich-to-lesnes-abbey-ride-tickets-654076569627 

9.30 am to 1.00 pm. Start/finish Cutty Sark, next to the tunnel entrance. Note the slightly earlier 9.30 start. Amanda leading. 20 mile route that largely follows the river, keeping to the south side. Outward takes the Thames path round the Greenwich peninsula and continues to Woolwich and Thamesmead. After an ascent of the famous Thamesmead Tor, heads inland to Lesnes Abbey, a well-deserved coffee break with time for a quick look at the ruins of the Abbey. On the return use more of the linear, elevated, Ridgeway path to Woolwich, then Thames path again until the Ecology Park at N Greenwich. Cut across the peninsula to save your legs and finish along a short stretch of Thames path to Cutty Sark. High proportion of this route is on off-road paths. Loads to see, including riding past the O2, Thames Barrier and the steel men (“Assembly” by Peter Burke) at Woolwich Arsenal.  

These rides are organised by Southwark Cyclists, and are part of a regular programme of Saturday rides, more information at https://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/healthy-rides/. 

 

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