good bike route to west london?

[professordingo]

sorry to go back to bike routes again, but does anyone know the best cycle route from ED to shepherds bush? and roughly how long does it take? (i'm hoping there are a few BBC-ites who cycle and would know!) thanks.

[AndrewP]

The quickest (about 50 minutes), easiest and most pleasant route (takes you through Hyde Park) is:

- go down Camberwell New Road

- bear right at Oval Cricket Ground (either immediately before or after the ground)

- go round the Oval and turn right (or left if you turned right after the ground) up Vauxhall Street

- go across Kennington Lane and turn left on to Black Prince Road

- turn right on to Albert Embankment and left on to Lambeth Bridge

- go straight down Horseferry Road and turn left onto Artillery Row

- cross over Victoria Street and go down Buckingham Gate

- turn right and go round front of Buckingham Palace

- use cycle path to get across Hyde Park Corner

- cycle inside Hyde Park (parallel to Park Lane) on cycle path/round round to Lancaster Gate

- turn left on to Bayswater Road and follow road all the way to Holland Park roundabout

- go across to SB green and up Wood Lane.

Hope this helps

[professordingo]

Wonderful, thanks very much Andrew.

[Ma]

why dont you try using transport for London's website, it is very informative.

www.tfl.gov.uk

[professordingo]

yep, they send out maps and stuff, and is useful... but word-of-mouth tried-and-tested recommendations can't be beaten!

[beatnic]

That looks like a good route AndrewP, I'll give it a go.

I cycle to the Media Centre up Wood Lane most days and put this route up in another thread on the forum. It's anywhere between 45 and 55 minutes depending on conditions and has the same final stretch after Hyde Park Corner.