I have not driven in central London for decades but I remember going westbound along Embankment in what is now the cycle lane - quite unnerving! It has taken me a minute or two to get my head around the traffic-free areas but I can see the huge benefits both for the environment and for people. I guess not all motorists would see this in the same way.
Thank you so much for your videos. I can no longer get out on my road bike due to an acquired disability, but I watch your channel while cycling my recumbent exercise bike, it's like being able to get out and about again!
This is genuinely so lovely to hear! Thank you for sharing, it means a lot. I don’t know if this would help in your case but I really hope sooner rather than later we’ll get proper cycle infrastructure everywhere that’s wide enough for people riding recumbents out and about, and which and doesn’t require people to dismount so more people whose mobility is limited can make use of it.
The moment you mentioned Cable Street I thought 'The Mural' and then on cue, you spoke about it. It's a marvellous inspiring piece. Just one of the many 'added value' extras in your work, thank you.
Great Channel!! Took up cycling again after 30 years and this vid just gave me that little bit of extra reassurance that it's not complete carnage out on the roads. Cycled to work from E14 to Central London this morning for the first time. Cheers 👍👍
I lived in London in the 90s, until 2002. I've cycled there a lot for many years. Mainly west/north London. AFAIR there were NO cycle lanes back then. London has changed a lot in the past 20-25 years. It's so amazing to see such a huge and congested city change so much towards the cyclists. Thank you for sharing this video! BTW, I've searched for the CS3, and the Wikipedia says it's about 24 km long, but some other sources (map) shows around 14km. Maybe the map is old.
Mate I recently moved to London from Chicago and just completed this route today.. thanks a lot for this! Looking forward to learning more about bike culture here
A nice scenic detour between Tower Bridge and Limehouse is to go down the Ornamental Canal (it's a little awkward to get on and off but generally think it's worth it)
I'd love to see the traffic flow rates along cable street, comparing the lane of parked cars, the wide one-way lane for cars, and the narrow bi-directional cycle lane. No prizes for guessing which one moves the most people!
@@priyenbatman That's a long way! It won't be as nice as one of these videos the whole way, but I would aim for Colliers Wood and from there follow the A24 and then A3 over Southwark Bridge (which is all signposted as Cycle Superhighway 7). The infrastructure varies - in some places (like Balham) it's quite good with nice lanes, elsewhere you get bus lanes which aren't awful if you're reasonably confident. Once over Southwark Bridge you'll join Cycleway 3 and go east on there to pick up this video For getting from Esher to Colliers Wood... I have no idea for Esher to Surbiton, probably the main road? Not an area I know unfortunately but if you live there you may know better than me! But from Surbiton to Colliers Wood, you could go on the road called Surbiton Hill Park, then use the cycle path across South Park. Then use Green Lane, South Lane, Grayham Road, Elm Road... and then join the cycle path/greenway along the railway to your right (called Cycleway 31)... then there are kind of cycle paths from Taunton Avenue along Coombe Lane past Raynes Park station. Then Kingston Road (not so good but brief), cycle path to Henfield Road, Church Lane, Sheridan Road, path to Melbourne Rd, High Path, a brief bit left up the river Wandle, then you're in Colliers Wood and can pick up Cycle Superhighway 7 It's definitely doable, although as you're probably aware, a long way!
In Shadwell, just after the Cable Street Mural, you passed a church on the LHS, near the DLR station, which still has embedded bits of WWII shell in it's outer walls.
Another great vid, used it for today's ride to remind me about the correct route (Blackfriars underpass, which you cant see on Googlemaps) for Cannon St. I've gone slightly astray inthe past staying on the elevated bike path
I love these vids even though I don’t live in London. I’m always amazed just how little traffic you encounter. Why would anyone drive? Keep ‘em coming 😀
Narrow Street is so quiet because it doesn't really connect to any other roads beyond the Limehouse Basin, all potential through routes bar one are cut off by the Limehouse Link (and the one available through route just takes you back towards the A13, which is where Narrow Street/Limehouse Causeway ultimately connects to at the Eastern end).
Great video, CS3 is so great I use different parts of it all the time. It’s great for leisure and commuting! I wish they would do a similar west / cycle lane in south London
This is excellent thank you. I did my first hire cycle in London yesterday from Bank to Waterloo. Much better than the tube for many reasons. Knowing how to choose the best route has put me off cycling for a long time so this info is great. I think the pedways are stupid when we already have pavements.
The Narrows doesn't lead on to anywhere significant. It comes out to Rotherhithe tunnel and the other entrance is westferry. It is much faster to go via commercial road. This is only useful to bypass traffic on commercial road or in the Limehouse link. I live in poplar High St and use cs3 route until getting to Tower Bridge and cross over and cycle up the south Bank via potters field. I'll record it and upload on my new channel I'll be launching. Check it out if ldnrides
@@francisvernon432 I don’t know for sure but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was the first substantial one this side of the 1950s (I believe there are a few knocking around from the the 1920s or something)
Wow! That is so much better than it used to be! Lower Thames Street up to the Tower of London used to be a death trap (literally) with Tipper trucks racing each other from the city building sites and heading out east to dump their rubble.
during the winter when regulations permitted they were selling hot mulled wine out the front and I joined a gaggle of people drinking in the crisp but cool sun on the patch of grass, it was ace
Fantastic video! Thanks! I love the facts in the video too, it helps promote cycling infrastructure with the government! I notice some of the MPs retweet your videos (cross parliamentary committee for walking and cycling). I think a lot of tourists will use this too as an excuse to (Santander) cycle safely in London. I will with my friend (he’s new to cycling) - Canary Wharf and Westminster are two popular tourist attractions and they both have underground DLR connections. Many thanks!
@@Londoncycleroutes yes please! That would be a hit for anyone planning on using the Santander cycles but don’t want to use the roads with no cycle track. I can imagine Americans planning their trips using your videos.😄
I go the other way every day. That part where the sewer construction is going on is dodgy. They didn't put a pedestrian walkway in and often joggers are in there, as in your vid. So they have cross the wide road to avoid it and I get why some don't. Accident waiting to happen. Coming out of Castle Baynard St I met a jolly fellow going the wrong way out of that blind corner. Smashed straight into me and buckled my front wheel. I slow down a lot there now.
Love your videos buddy. Would be great to see the CS3 in its entirety as I think the paths between Naval Row and East India Dock Road have been recently repainted and redesigned. There is a bit of a blindspot on Google Maps here and historically the CS3 was poorly signposted at this section. Love to know what camera and software you use. Keep up the great work.
That’s a good idea, will see what I can do - camera wise I use a GoPro Hero8 and edit in Final Cut Pro (though older videos I used iMovie and it’s not that different for basic stuff)
Another excellent video. Great when cycling is so simple with great infrastructure. I have a suggestion for future videos, perhaps you could cover areas of London that will likely never have cycle infrastructure, like Bexley, Bromley, Havering, RBK&C. A series of back street and quiet routes would be exceptionally helpful to connect up to all of your other routes.
I do my best to do videos like that (e.g. have done a few around Wembley stringing stuff together) but sometimes there just isn't a coherent backstreet route - they're definitely no replacement for proper infrastructure. Will see what I can come out with in those areas though
This is definitely the most requested feature but I’ve not been able to get one to work - the issue is to make it a useful size you have to make it so big it covers quite a lot of the screen
Thank-you - second time using your videos - did Brixton to Stratford safely three times last week. I am now going to try to get to Royal Docks for a week of work - any advice on how to get from Canary Wharf to Royal Docks - I am finding it tricky to connect it all up!
For Royal Docks I think your best bet is keep following CS3 eastbound instead of turning off to Canary Wharf at the shared pavement, (so use the crossing to go through Ming Street).. This sends you down Poplar High Street which isn’t great frankly but also isn’t the end of the world. (You can see it on the Barking to Bank video elsewhere on the channel, though in the westbound direction). But then leave CS3 at the giant roundabout after Saffron Ave and use the shared pavement around it. Then there’s a pretty scrubby pavement cycle path on the southern side of Lower Lea Crossing goo.gl/maps/oAaCqSr2f79HMG7p6 last I heard there was some building work at the entrance to Royal Docks around Dock Road (which I think is the way to get in) so I’m really not sure how to get in, but you can always dismount. Unfortunately I haven’t done a video of this last bit… a few people have asked me about getting to the new City Hall and as far as I can tell it’s a right mess for cycle access at the moment. Would be interested to know what it’s like if you do try it…
@@Londoncycleroutes Huge thanks - will check out the video as you suggest and yes please to City Hall would be amazingly helpful - thanks for taking time to respond really appreciated
Yep great question! When the mayor started building new cycle routes in the 2010s they were originally blue but people complained about the colour as a reason to object to the cycle routes. So the next phase of routes they left the colour off to head off criticisms and make sure they got built. It’s sort of stuck since then though some local authorities use other colours - red or green are more usual elsewhere in the U.K. (and better imo). The blue was actually linked to sponsorship by Barclays Bank of the city’s cycle hire system, strangely
No offense meant, but, I'm watching this on mute while playing Pink Floyd's On The Run. Feels more like I'm riding those streets. Thanks for the subtitles though.
Just found your channel. Superb stuff. Quick question, are there any routes or locations you’d recommended for family cycles? I’ve got a 6 year old and 4 year old and am looking for new places to take them.
Good question! So I’ve never had a 4 year old so I don’t really know how good at cycling they are… one nice family route is C10/Quietway1 from Waterloo to Greenwich which is mostly traffic free but 4 may be a little bit young? Somewhere like Hyde Park with no traffic at all at all might be a good idea?
Another great video. Last week, I was going to message you and ask can you do a video to the Docklands, so you've partially covered the route. I'm planning a ride from Paddington to Docklands to stay there for the weekend, I'm riding with my 9yo son. So beyond Canary Wharf, how are the lanes/tracks? Streetview doesn't cover all the streets well beyond CW, Poplar High Street seems to be a continuation of CS3 but looks patchy and not how how busy it is as there seems to be a lot of cars.
It depends where in the docklands you’re heading really - I’ve only done CS3 on poplar high st once and yes once you get past Ming street it is really just on a road. But there are a few tracks and LTNs knocking around to its north and east, any particular bit you’re aiming for?
@@Londoncycleroutes I was looking to going to the Crowne Plaza. I;'ve had another look the bit from Ibis Canary Wharf to CP has an off-road road, so it's matter of getting from CW to the IBIS goo.gl/maps/NXdpuUhF8ohbaRPC8
I love your videos and appreciate the work you have done in putting the video. However, what I am going to say next is n't pretty. At 3:53 you were fair minded and understanding about the vehicles which were unloading in the tunnel, but then at 4:16, I found your remark about the parked van highly offensive and disheartening. Just because it is a cycle lane and it is red route, does n't mean people can't park there. That van may well have got dispensation from the Corporation of London and/or TfL. This is a work van and doing some essential work in one the buildings. They are n't there for a joy ride. Tfl charge £48 per day to get dispensation and they need six days to process the application. Sometimes, these things are unplanned emergencies (and the authorities don't respond in time to give dispensation). They get stung with silly fines, just trying to do a job. They would n't have been scorned for parking there, if the cycle lane were n't there. Someone is paying the price for cycle lanes. All the various cycle lanes around London, are causing a great deal of inconvenience to businesses, shops, disabled..... Some businesses have lost trade, some struggling with deliveries or delays. Disabled or less mobile people can't be dropped of due to cycle lanes. Everywhere they have put cycle lanes, there is always someone paying a price and suffering or doing a work around. They may not have a voice or shout loudly about their problem, but it is something the cycling community should be sensitive to.... However, in my mind, it is deeper then this. I sense an ignorance of the working class workers who keep the city going.... The problem this is just you, but the entire cycling community who sees it that way. Upper Thames Street was never congested until they built the cycle lane. Everyone is trying to accommodate cyclists, but it seems that cyclists are not tolerant of other roads users, who may be doing essential work. At 4:33 you jump through a red light, meant for pedestrians to cross.
you're entitled to your opinion but I disagree with a lot of this! re: that van the access to the worksite is via trinity lane goo.gl/maps/xCXeKUynYPEAbtq18 and he didn't just park on a red route, he went through a no motor vehicles sign and no entry road markings so I'm not sure parking dispensation would have been enough (or granted). anyway I appreciate the feedback!
Just for the record - this is rubbish. I commuted on the embankment and Upper Thames St for many years on both motorbike and bicycle before the lane was put in and it has always been massively congested…and only getting worse due to the extra number of cars. Where the cycle lane in now was previously parked cars and near Big Ben, a coach park. No space was lost to cars for much of the route!
I have not driven in central London for decades but I remember going westbound along Embankment in what is now the cycle lane - quite unnerving! It has taken me a minute or two to get my head around the traffic-free areas but I can see the huge benefits both for the environment and for people. I guess not all motorists would see this in the same way.
Glad it’s grown on you!
You can tell how good the cycle track is when you have to think of so many other things to talk about! CS3 on the embankment looks so effortless!
Haha yes exactly! It’s not like I have many directions to read out on it
Thank you so much for your videos. I can no longer get out on my road bike due to an acquired disability, but I watch your channel while cycling my recumbent exercise bike, it's like being able to get out and about again!
This is genuinely so lovely to hear! Thank you for sharing, it means a lot. I don’t know if this would help in your case but I really hope sooner rather than later we’ll get proper cycle infrastructure everywhere that’s wide enough for people riding recumbents out and about, and which and doesn’t require people to dismount so more people whose mobility is limited can make use of it.
Really loving these vids for all the facts and knowledge on development, planning and cycling infrastructure you share as you ride along.
thank you! that's so kind
The moment you mentioned Cable Street I thought 'The Mural' and then on cue, you spoke about it. It's a marvellous inspiring piece. Just one of the many 'added value' extras in your work, thank you.
It’s wonderful, wish we had more!
Great Channel!! Took up cycling again after 30 years and this vid just gave me that little bit of extra reassurance that it's not complete carnage out on the roads. Cycled to work from E14 to Central London this morning for the first time. Cheers 👍👍
Brilliant, very pleased to hear it!
I lived in London in the 90s, until 2002. I've cycled there a lot for many years. Mainly west/north London. AFAIR there were NO cycle lanes back then. London has changed a lot in the past 20-25 years. It's so amazing to see such a huge and congested city change so much towards the cyclists. Thank you for sharing this video!
BTW, I've searched for the CS3, and the Wikipedia says it's about 24 km long, but some other sources (map) shows around 14km. Maybe the map is old.
I think it probably depends on which bit you measure!
Thanks for this! So useful for me 👍
Glad it’s come in handy!
Dude, your knowledge of the in-between cycle routes in London is mind boggling. Loving the videos!
Thank you!
Mate I recently moved to London from Chicago and just completed this route today.. thanks a lot for this!
Looking forward to learning more about bike culture here
Welcome!! How does it compare so far?!
Just a week into the move, I can already say it's definitely safer. Can you share some long distance routes that go along the Thames?
A nice scenic detour between Tower Bridge and Limehouse is to go down the Ornamental Canal (it's a little awkward to get on and off but generally think it's worth it)
Interesting, I’ve actually never been down Wapping way at all, I’ll have to check it out
@@Londoncycleroutes it's generally not the best area to cycle through with all the cobbled streets, but that part is a nice exception
Wow....beautiful cycling lanes
Thank you for watching!
You make me travel with something as basic as cycle lanes. Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
I'd love to see the traffic flow rates along cable street, comparing the lane of parked cars, the wide one-way lane for cars, and the narrow bi-directional cycle lane. No prizes for guessing which one moves the most people!
Absolutely, I remember when they put in part of CS3 Andrew Gilligan talked in terms of ‘district line trains per hour’ for the Westminster bit
Really helpful
Enjoy!
I’m just plucking up the courage to cycle from Esher to Canary Wharf as a commute. Any recommendations?
@@priyenbatman
That's a long way! It won't be as nice as one of these videos the whole way, but I would aim for Colliers Wood and from there follow the A24 and then A3 over Southwark Bridge (which is all signposted as Cycle Superhighway 7). The infrastructure varies - in some places (like Balham) it's quite good with nice lanes, elsewhere you get bus lanes which aren't awful if you're reasonably confident. Once over Southwark Bridge you'll join Cycleway 3 and go east on there to pick up this video
For getting from Esher to Colliers Wood... I have no idea for Esher to Surbiton, probably the main road? Not an area I know unfortunately but if you live there you may know better than me!
But from Surbiton to Colliers Wood, you could go on the road called Surbiton Hill Park, then use the cycle path across South Park. Then use Green Lane, South Lane, Grayham Road, Elm Road... and then join the cycle path/greenway along the railway to your right (called Cycleway 31)... then there are kind of cycle paths from Taunton Avenue along Coombe Lane past Raynes Park station.
Then Kingston Road (not so good but brief), cycle path to Henfield Road, Church Lane, Sheridan Road, path to Melbourne Rd, High Path, a brief bit left up the river Wandle, then you're in Colliers Wood and can pick up Cycle Superhighway 7
It's definitely doable, although as you're probably aware, a long way!
@01:38 the cycle counter is quite fun
Yes! Very handy
In Shadwell, just after the Cable Street Mural, you passed a church on the LHS, near the DLR station, which still has embedded bits of WWII shell in it's outer walls.
Good fact!
Only just found this channel and it’s brilliant. The running commentary is so helpful. Keep it up.
Thanks very much, cheers for tuning in!
Bit of trivia: at 7:04 on the left there's a 2ft high cylinder (just past the crossing) it's a bike pump. Saw a guy using it this morning. 👍
This is really useful I should mention next time I go past!
My Grandad used to drive one of those cranes when Canary Wharf was still dock lands.
Very cool! Amazing how different the area is even from a few decades ago
Another great vid, used it for today's ride to remind me about the correct route (Blackfriars underpass, which you cant see on Googlemaps) for Cannon St. I've gone slightly astray inthe past staying on the elevated bike path
Glad you found it handy! That junction is indeed a bit confusing if you’re not used to it
I love these vids even though I don’t live in London. I’m always amazed just how little traffic you encounter. Why would anyone drive? Keep ‘em coming 😀
Thanks for watching and the nice comment!
Great channel! Makes me miss London.
You’re welcome back any time!
cyleway 3 started as CS3 the strech Tower Hill to Barking was the first Cylesuper highway built
Interesting!
Narrow Street is so quiet because it doesn't really connect to any other roads beyond the Limehouse Basin, all potential through routes bar one are cut off by the Limehouse Link (and the one available through route just takes you back towards the A13, which is where Narrow Street/Limehouse Causeway ultimately connects to at the Eastern end).
good point! I suppose it does have a through route but there's no reason to use it
Great video, CS3 is so great I use different parts of it all the time. It’s great for leisure and commuting! I wish they would do a similar west / cycle lane in south London
completely agree, if we had something like this on all the main trunk routes it would be brilliant
This is excellent thank you. I did my first hire cycle in London yesterday from Bank to Waterloo. Much better than the tube for many reasons. Knowing how to choose the best route has put me off cycling for a long time so this info is great.
I think the pedways are stupid when we already have pavements.
Glad it was helpful!
Just found your channel, great stuff. Gives me hope for the future to see all these new cycle lanes being used
That’s what I’m aiming for! Thanks for the kind comment
The Narrows doesn't lead on to anywhere significant. It comes out to Rotherhithe tunnel and the other entrance is westferry. It is much faster to go via commercial road. This is only useful to bypass traffic on commercial road or in the Limehouse link. I live in poplar High St and use cs3 route until getting to Tower Bridge and cross over and cycle up the south Bank via potters field. I'll record it and upload on my new channel I'll be launching. Check it out if ldnrides
Loving all your vids!
Thank you for watching!
I'm surprised you don't have more subscribers. Your channel's brilliant. Thank you. Can't wait to try out some of these routes on my bike.
Thanks so much, that’s really kind! hope you enjoy riding them
Great video. It brings back good memories of my cycle commuting when I worked in Islington. I've been along Cable Street but never noticed the mural!
It’s a great mural imo!
@@Londoncycleroutes is it right that the route on Cable Street was the first segregated track built in London? I heard that somewhere.
@@francisvernon432 I don’t know for sure but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was the first substantial one this side of the 1950s (I believe there are a few knocking around from the the 1920s or something)
I usually don't like to ride a bike outside the Netherlands..... but this looks good! Next time I am in London I will give it a try.
Very jealous of the infrastructure in the Netherlands!
Wow! That is so much better than it used to be! Lower Thames Street up to the Tower of London used to be a death trap (literally) with Tipper trucks racing each other from the city building sites and heading out east to dump their rubble.
Genuinely a massive improvement isn’t it!
I'm excited to learn I could cycle over to The Grapes in about 30 minutes. Hadn't considered it before.
during the winter when regulations permitted they were selling hot mulled wine out the front and I joined a gaggle of people drinking in the crisp but cool sun on the patch of grass, it was ace
Owned by McKellen, yes, but also Lebedev! Funny one, that one
Another fantastic video.
Thanks very much for watching again!
They need to have bike maps and turn signs at strategic points like we do in Toronto. Visitors to the city will not know all of these turns.
There are some for the official routes but they could be better often!
This is a great one thanks !
thank you!
A route so straight forward, I suspect all your research was in the bit after seeing "Andy Murray". Nice way to flatten the entry to Canary Wharf.
Haha yes exactly! I’d always used the stairs before but did a bit of scouting
Oooo, my go to route!!
Thanks for watching!
I love your videos ❤️
Thank you for watching! Really kind
Cute watching the biker in blue cheerio his mate as they went their different ways.
yes I loved that bit too, I thought I would leave it unremarked on!
Fantastic video! Thanks! I love the facts in the video too, it helps promote cycling infrastructure with the government! I notice some of the MPs retweet your videos (cross parliamentary committee for walking and cycling). I think a lot of tourists will use this too as an excuse to (Santander) cycle safely in London. I will with my friend (he’s new to cycling) - Canary Wharf and Westminster are two popular tourist attractions and they both have underground DLR connections.
Many thanks!
thank you! that's a good point about tourists, I might make a video like 'how to see the sights of London by bike' or something
@@Londoncycleroutes yes please! That would be a hit for anyone planning on using the Santander cycles but don’t want to use the roads with no cycle track. I can imagine Americans planning their trips using your videos.😄
I go the other way every day. That part where the sewer construction is going on is dodgy. They didn't put a pedestrian walkway in and often joggers are in there, as in your vid. So they have cross the wide road to avoid it and I get why some don't. Accident waiting to happen. Coming out of Castle Baynard St I met a jolly fellow going the wrong way out of that blind corner. Smashed straight into me and buckled my front wheel. I slow down a lot there now.
Yes the diversion is quite decent as far as they go but that blind corner is a problem and pedestrians are always walking around it
Love your videos buddy. Would be great to see the CS3 in its entirety as I think the paths between Naval Row and East India Dock Road have been recently repainted and redesigned. There is a bit of a blindspot on Google Maps here and historically the CS3 was poorly signposted at this section. Love to know what camera and software you use. Keep up the great work.
That’s a good idea, will see what I can do - camera wise I use a GoPro Hero8 and edit in Final Cut Pro (though older videos I used iMovie and it’s not that different for basic stuff)
This is so great! Any chance of doing Westminster to Herne Hill? I get so demoralised going along with bus after bus.
This is a good one, I’ll try and figure a route out!
Another excellent video. Great when cycling is so simple with great infrastructure. I have a suggestion for future videos, perhaps you could cover areas of London that will likely never have cycle infrastructure, like Bexley, Bromley, Havering, RBK&C. A series of back street and quiet routes would be exceptionally helpful to connect up to all of your other routes.
I do my best to do videos like that (e.g. have done a few around Wembley stringing stuff together) but sometimes there just isn't a coherent backstreet route - they're definitely no replacement for proper infrastructure. Will see what I can come out with in those areas though
It would be nice to show a tracking map on the corner.
This is definitely the most requested feature but I’ve not been able to get one to work - the issue is to make it a useful size you have to make it so big it covers quite a lot of the screen
Narrow Street is blocked at the Shadwell end so its not a rat run
Yep! There is a way through via Branch Road but I think most people stay on the main highway as it’s not that useful as a cut through
Thank-you - second time using your videos - did Brixton to Stratford safely three times last week. I am now going to try to get to Royal Docks for a week of work - any advice on how to get from Canary Wharf to Royal Docks - I am finding it tricky to connect it all up!
For Royal Docks I think your best bet is keep following CS3 eastbound instead of turning off to Canary Wharf at the shared pavement, (so use the crossing to go through Ming Street).. This sends you down Poplar High Street which isn’t great frankly but also isn’t the end of the world. (You can see it on the Barking to Bank video elsewhere on the channel, though in the westbound direction).
But then leave CS3 at the giant roundabout after Saffron Ave and use the shared pavement around it. Then there’s a pretty scrubby pavement cycle path on the southern side of Lower Lea Crossing goo.gl/maps/oAaCqSr2f79HMG7p6 last I heard there was some building work at the entrance to Royal Docks around Dock Road (which I think is the way to get in) so I’m really not sure how to get in, but you can always dismount. Unfortunately I haven’t done a video of this last bit… a few people have asked me about getting to the new City Hall and as far as I can tell it’s a right mess for cycle access at the moment. Would be interested to know what it’s like if you do try it…
@@Londoncycleroutes Huge thanks - will check out the video as you suggest and yes please to City Hall would be amazingly helpful - thanks for taking time to respond really appreciated
@@aysetashkiran7567 No problem, good luck!
Great vids! Do you have a video that covers part of the journey for Streatham to Liverpool Street?
Cheers! I’ll give it a go and see what I can do, I’ve been meaning to do a few more routes to and from Streatham
Nice VDO and useful content.
Could you please let me know what camera did you use and how could you film it?
I use a GoPro hero 8 and it’s mounted on the handlebars with a generic fixed mount
Thank you very much.
Fun videos - one question though Why are some cycle lanes painted blue while others are just black ?
Yep great question! When the mayor started building new cycle routes in the 2010s they were originally blue but people complained about the colour as a reason to object to the cycle routes. So the next phase of routes they left the colour off to head off criticisms and make sure they got built. It’s sort of stuck since then though some local authorities use other colours - red or green are more usual elsewhere in the U.K. (and better imo). The blue was actually linked to sponsorship by Barclays Bank of the city’s cycle hire system, strangely
No offense meant, but, I'm watching this on mute while playing Pink Floyd's On The Run. Feels more like I'm riding those streets. Thanks for the subtitles though.
I respect this! I’ve sometimes wondered whether they’d be better with music, though people seem to like the chill vibe
@@Londoncycleroutes Either way is good. Depends on the mood really. Thanks for video. Looking forward to more, mate.
Just found your channel. Superb stuff.
Quick question, are there any routes or locations you’d recommended for family cycles? I’ve got a 6 year old and 4 year old and am looking for new places to take them.
Good question! So I’ve never had a 4 year old so I don’t really know how good at cycling they are… one nice family route is C10/Quietway1 from Waterloo to Greenwich which is mostly traffic free but 4 may be a little bit young? Somewhere like Hyde Park with no traffic at all at all might be a good idea?
Another great video. Last week, I was going to message you and ask can you do a video to the Docklands, so you've partially covered the route. I'm planning a ride from Paddington to Docklands to stay there for the weekend, I'm riding with my 9yo son. So beyond Canary Wharf, how are the lanes/tracks? Streetview doesn't cover all the streets well beyond CW, Poplar High Street seems to be a continuation of CS3 but looks patchy and not how how busy it is as there seems to be a lot of cars.
It depends where in the docklands you’re heading really - I’ve only done CS3 on poplar high st once and yes once you get past Ming street it is really just on a road. But there are a few tracks and LTNs knocking around to its north and east, any particular bit you’re aiming for?
@@Londoncycleroutes I was looking to going to the Crowne Plaza. I;'ve had another look the bit from Ibis Canary Wharf to CP has an off-road road, so it's matter of getting from CW to the IBIS
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Some extra info about the pedways can be found in one of Jago Hazzard’s videos: czcams.com/video/TvCUgWnptUc/video.html
very informative thank you!
whens the first tour de london then?
Lol good question
10:00 Guilty as charged ✋
Haha I’m not exactly going slowly in the video either!
How long does this journey take you approximatley?
About half an hour
How many miles please was that ride?
5.5 miles! there's a link to a map in the description if you need it
Can you get a cheaper microphone? The sound could be more tinny and raspy.
Haha… this video is quite old and I’ve upgraded since!
CS3 from shadwell towards aldgate is utter crap. very narrow lanes.. and who the hell thought of raising the cycle lane at sidewalk level??
Personally don’t mind it myself!
I wish Victoria embankment wasn’t so polluted
I’ve not found it that bad, it’s next to the river for one thing
I love your videos and appreciate the work you have done in putting the video. However, what I am going to say next is n't pretty. At 3:53 you were fair minded and understanding about the vehicles which were unloading in the tunnel, but then at 4:16, I found your remark about the parked van highly offensive and disheartening.
Just because it is a cycle lane and it is red route, does n't mean people can't park there. That van may well have got dispensation from the Corporation of London and/or TfL. This is a work van and doing some essential work in one the buildings. They are n't there for a joy ride. Tfl charge £48 per day to get dispensation and they need six days to process the application. Sometimes, these things are unplanned emergencies (and the authorities don't respond in time to give dispensation). They get stung with silly fines, just trying to do a job. They would n't have been scorned for parking there, if the cycle lane were n't there. Someone is paying the price for cycle lanes.
All the various cycle lanes around London, are causing a great deal of inconvenience to businesses, shops, disabled..... Some businesses have lost trade, some struggling with deliveries or delays. Disabled or less mobile people can't be dropped of due to cycle lanes. Everywhere they have put cycle lanes, there is always someone paying a price and suffering or doing a work around. They may not have a voice or shout loudly about their problem, but it is something the cycling community should be sensitive to.... However, in my mind, it is deeper then this. I sense an ignorance of the working class workers who keep the city going.... The problem this is just you, but the entire cycling community who sees it that way.
Upper Thames Street was never congested until they built the cycle lane. Everyone is trying to accommodate cyclists, but it seems that cyclists are not tolerant of other roads users, who may be doing essential work.
At 4:33 you jump through a red light, meant for pedestrians to cross.
you're entitled to your opinion but I disagree with a lot of this! re: that van the access to the worksite is via trinity lane goo.gl/maps/xCXeKUynYPEAbtq18 and he didn't just park on a red route, he went through a no motor vehicles sign and no entry road markings so I'm not sure parking dispensation would have been enough (or granted). anyway I appreciate the feedback!
Just for the record - this is rubbish. I commuted on the embankment and Upper Thames St for many years on both motorbike and bicycle before the lane was put in and it has always been massively congested…and only getting worse due to the extra number of cars. Where the cycle lane in now was previously parked cars and near Big Ben, a coach park. No space was lost to cars for much of the route!
Eyes down for bike lane bingo!
Hahaha, classic cyclist. Complaining against cars while ignoring most road signs
which signs are those?
C'mon, put your money where your mouth is.