🚲 An amazing new way to cycle from Waterloo to Greenwich
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- You can cycle from Waterloo station just south of the river to Greenwich in south east London entirely on quiet streets and protected cycle lanes.
The route is 9km long (5.5 miles) and makes use of Cycleway 10, Cycleway 4, as well as parts of the Thames path and filtered streets around Waterloo and The Cut.
The journey takes around 30 minutes to ride, which is about the same time as public transport takes.
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Someone else suggested doing a route covering landmarks and other scenic parts of the city which I think is a great idea.
Yep I’m definitely going to do this! Will take a bit of planning
Re: Millwall, I cycle this route a lot - you do get a fair few shady characters around the station there...however, as you say, during the day there are always commuters about. I would avoid it outside regular hours and when C4 is completed I can avoid this route altogether for getting into town.
yeah I can’t wait for C4 to be done
It always surprises me to see how residential / suburban inner london can be
Yes it’s surprising - I think that bit in Bermondsey is unusual in being in 90s style detached houses, but even the regular Victorian streets or whatever are surprisingly suburban
The quality of the new camera is amazing!
Thank you! I’m really pleased with it - there will still be some footage to get through that I shot with the old camera but looking forward to doing everything with this one that I shoot from now on
Thanks
Cheers Mark, much appreciated! Hope the ride went/will go well!
Great vid. Well done for showing the link between C10 and C4. Regarding the Millwall path, there have been some incidents after dark involving bikejackings and robberies, but the Met police have started increasing the number of patrols along the route. Hopefully that will resolve the issue.
That’s good to hear that it’s on their radar
Thanks for mentioning behind Millwall section of C10. I live very close to the route and used to use it all the time, but have stopped since the reports of muggings and thefts, which I heard about through Lewisham Cyclists.
Very sad to hear that! I hope they can sort it out
Woolwich is in the borough of Greenwich and it’s in southeast London, not east London which is on the opposite side of the Thames. I live about 3 miles from Woolwich near to Greenwich Park, and I don’t need to cross the river to get there. It’s good to see you get off your bike at Cutty Sark Gardens, most cyclists just ride straight at pedestrians and I’ve seen them riding through the foot tunnel beneath the Thames as well.
Thanks for clarifying!
I like how positive you sound. I love London diverse architecture and enjoy strolling around. My bike got nicked during COVID, but your videos make me want to buy another one and get back on the road.
Definitely worth it! Sorry to hear about the old one though
One of my regular routes. The area is more east of Vauxhall than north as stated with Kennington, Lambeth North, Waterloo, Walworth, Elephant and Castle, and Old Kent Road in between. There are a couple of ways to bypass the Millwall/Den closure, so check during the football season when Millwall are playing at home. Overall a great route.
Thanks for watching, useful advice!
Thanks for the video. I just cycled Greenwich to Hammersmith and it was 12 miles and 1hr 26 min. Mostly protected cycleways but there’s got to be a 1 hour door to door way
Yeah the issue is High Street Kensington which really needs cycle lanes- would be really direct if they sorted it and probably take half the time
Great video and a really magical cycle route! Really like the architectural commentary too :D Cheers! Sadly I've not used that stretch of C10 as an evening commuter route since the news reports. Thankfully never actually witnessed any bike jacking but had some bad prior experiences including a motorcyclist riding head on towards me and also being assaulted by another cyclist. Having said that more regular cyclists at all times will make it safer for everyone so will endeavour to resume soon!!
Thanks Merlin - and very sorry to hear about those incidents, that doesn’t sound great! And I agree about safety in numbers, that’s one reason I’m a bit loathe to tell people definitely don’t go as it could end up making it dangerous. Think people will have to decide themselves
Nice route. Video looks fine on my Android phone.
Great to hear, and thanks for watching!
🤙🏼 *Congrats on the camera upgrade* 🤙🏼
Good shout on the transparency regardin the Millwall Path 👏🏼👏🏼
Personally I tend to avoid goin down too many super quiet paths/times.
Thanks and yeah I’m not sure what to recommend about the path, but I guess people can make up their own mind
A route that I have actually been on before, great to revisit this route in 4K (!) and to see the new lanes on Evelyn Street, looks pristine. Being from Copenhagen, I do not actually recognise the blue paint as denoting side roads. It's primarily used in intersections to indicate continuing cycle lanes. Side roads (w/o an intersection) rarely, if ever, have that blue paint. But I think it makes more sense to do that in London as drivers are less cognizant of cyclists than in Copenhagen.
This is good and interesting to know, perhaps I had misunderstood! I think the purpose is the same but maybe a different application given the context
I have been hanging out for this video as I saw the start of that path being built last time I was in the UK. It's good to see it in use at last.
What a fabulous view of the cutty sark and tunnel building. I lived in Greenwich as a child but always walked through town to get there sot his was a very revealing image for me.
The ship looks gorgeous doesn’t it! Thanks for the lovely comment Amanda
I have a cycle hoop ( see video @ 11:40 mark ) in Queens park at the bottom of my street, love it, so convenient for leaving my bike. I pay £80/year for mine and I've had it two years now.
The waiting lists are long though so my suggestion is if you ever see a new one being installed near where you live then put your name down on it in the first instance, like stop riding there and then, go online with your smartphone and do it ( Website, contact and hanger number is actually printed on the hanger itself ) this is how I got mine.
Nice route though, I'll give this a try.
This is really good advice! A lot of councils are expanding their hanger fleet (if that’s the right word) now but demand still hugely outstrips supply. Big barrier to a lot of people cycling
I use C10 (past Millwall) often during the daytime and it is absolutely fine then.
That’s good to know - not run into any trouble myself
Amazing video. Would you consider posting a video riding around the Stratford Olympic Park area?
Thank you and yes definitely! I already have a few that use it but am planning more
this video really gives me germany vibes🚴
Interesting! just the infrastructure or what?
I think it’s going to be great when they finish the Woolwich to London Bridge section. Have you thought about doing some guided rides? I’d sign up for one, especially from or to south east London.
Very nice idea- it would require a lot of planning, I’ll have to think about it! I like the principle though. I’ve done similar stuff with friends and family and I’ve enjoyed it, so maybe it’s something that could work!
Short note: They’ve filled in the potholes on rosendale road, for the Dulwich route
Great news, it was badly needed!
Nice camera, nice video! Beautiful street at 11:30 , shame most houses there will cost you millions! Also appreciated the comments about London and it's history!
Thanks you!! Yes, those houses are very pricey haha!!
Greate Route and video! Congrats on the camera upgrade, I wonder if you can share what is the camera used? Quality was so good made me wanna buy one
Ah amazing! It’s a GoPro Hero 11 Black - I was previously using a GoPro Hero 8 Black, there’s definitely an improvement
I find those tiny arrows quite hard to notice, although I remember riding through this area a couple of years ago and the wayfinding was tiny signs on lamp posts so it's an improvement. As a staunch north Londoner I'd probably cross Southwark bridge then use C3 and roughly follow NCN1 for this route. 🤣
Haha yes the way-finding could do with some, let’s say, reinforcement in places
Re C10 safety, had personal experience of what I believe were potential thieves just on the corner of Senegal & Surrey Canal Road in August. I was on an folding ebike and 2 men staggered one near the lights one and one further up the path talking to each other, assessing the bikes and asking each other to get 'that one'? Thankfully my bike didnt interest them (maybe targeting Bromptons?) but ill definitely look into going on C4 where possible getting back to Lewisham, when it opens up from London Bridge will be perfect. Also really appreciate the channel, your videos helped me figure out and start commuting to work by bike!
There were two recent reports in Hackney, a pregnant woman on an ebike was pursued by teenagers again shouting "that one" on Churchwell Path, she managed to get away. A woman was robbed at knife point in Mt Pleasant Rd Clapton of her Brompton in front of her young child. I'm glad I mostly ride old bikes covered in mud.
Really interesting thanks Rob - and sorry to hear about it, sounds like an unnerving situation, but glad you got out of it. Full C4 can’t come soon enough!
Sounds terrifying, I wonder if it’s e-bikes thieves are targeting
Yet again, another fantastic video. Shame about the dodgy path past the Millwall stadium. For novices and strangers to the area (like me) it would be great to see an alternative route which could bypass that stretch of the route. Also I’m looking forward to seeing a video of Walthamstow Central to the heart of London like Oxford Street or Leicester Square as the end point.
Thanks very much - do check out the newest videos with Cycleway 4 in them as a good alternative to the Millwall path!
Can we have Dalston to Hampstead Heath? Regularly cycling to Parliament Hill Fields Lido via Holloway Rd, which is horrible
That’s a good one! I’ll add it to the list
@@Londoncycleroutes Many thanks. Brilliant channel btw!
OK I guess I'll get a new Hero10 tomorrow :D Quality is absolutely stunning!!
I'm using a Hero 11 by the way!
@@Londoncycleroutes I see but it's a bit pricey at the moment! I was actually watching a comparison video, the 10 seemed close enough, but also way better than what I currently use! I'll upgrade later I suppose!
@@EKsUrbanTracks yes the 10 is very good too as well I think! it also has the larger batteries the 11 also uses
TfL HQ @2:02, cabbie diesel refuelling 2:23, 9:20 Millwall FC (The Den) - good use of blue paint at junctions as you say - thanks
Thanks for watching!
avoid that stretch of Q1 after dark at all costs - me and a friend were cycling home through it at around 8:30pm and were ambushed by a big group of young men waiting with bikes by south bermondsey station. thankfully we weren't attacked (i guess we got lucky) but i have heard stories of cyclists being knocked off their bikes and robbed at knifepoint by groups of men who fit the same description
Very sorry to hear this and glad you got away - plus thanks for sharing the story (I’ve ‘loved’ the comment not because I love you getting assaulted but so it is pinned to the top of the comment section for others to see!)
This is my fav cycle route, looking forward to the new sections opening for a bit of variation.
It’s gonna be brilliant
Fantastic video and commentary. Thanks for sharing. What a great route.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a nice comment!
Another nice video!!!
Sad that West Ham and Millwall play in different tier, now that rivalry is raw, unrestrained passion.
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I’ve got some football-adjacent ideas for routes coming up soon, keep an eye out!
@@Londoncycleroutes That would be nice!
This video in particular fills me with so much nostalgia... I used to cycle this route while it was still Quietway 1 between work in Westminster and home in Charlton and it's by far the biggest part of living in London I miss the most. It makes me happy to see how much things have improved since I used it. I even struggled along through Greenwich and past the Blackwall tunnel junction before they built the absolutely lovely separated tracks. I would have adored those if I still lived there today!
I can’t wait for the last bit to be done; will show them off on the channel!
Just noticed that the links to Safe Cycle London and John Levermore maps are reversed
Good spot! Will fix now
Can't wait to see the next video when C4 is completed!!
Can’t wait to ride it myself!
@@Londoncycleroutes I've got to come over to London next year to skate some of these routes.
Heh just as you start to tell us how much better the video will now look, my CZcams stream started to break up and I got a jerky version full of compression artefacts! 🙂
Haha, good to know it had a sense of humour
Someone tried to mug me in Folkestone Gardens. It was a bit no-go-area-y back in 94.
I can imagine!
There are cases of bike jacking near Millwall. I suggest people to avoid that section of C10
Yes I mention this in the commentary - do you have any extra info about this or is it just news reports?
@@Londoncycleroutes It's from reports and people saying in my CC. I would avoid that section though for now
Someone should make a London Cycle Routes Bingo... what would be on it?
"Shared use path, so be courteous to pedestrians"
"Low-traffic neighbourhoods are not a new thing"
"Make sure to subscribe, like and comment - then we'll be boosted by the algorithm."
"The pub on the left there has a lovely beer garden. Perfect for a sunny day"
They all do tbf
Hahah please do this
Lower road is _supposed_ to have started construction but would love to know any eyes on the road that see it actually started?
There are some works taking place on lower road at the junction with Surrey Quays, not sure if they’re related, directly or indirectly. It is definitely funded, though given the delays with previous sections I wouldn’t be surprised if things took a while!!
good work. just a short note with the camera, not sure why but on my end it starts fine then at 0:15 to 1:05 it goes all blurry.
ah weird, I can’t seem to replicate the same problem - could be a CZcams processing issue that might work itself out?
@@Londoncycleroutes now a few hours later, it's all good. weird.
@@hhgttg69 yeah it was probably a CZcams processing issue- glad it's sorted!
What is the new camera, by the way? Also, Folkestone Gardens at 11:05 has a bike repair and pump stand outside the cafe.
That’s a great tip I didn’t know about it! The camera is a GoPro Hero11 Black - upgraded from a Hero 8
the bus speeding through a red light at 00:52 T_T
The bus most definitely stopped there. It looked close though.
I think he managed to stop in time just about
Love the videos. Seeing so many cyclists without lights about 60% on my regular commute. Do you say anything, do you think they would listen, not worth it?
Lights are definitely a no-brainer, I don’t tend to police other people on them though
@@Londoncycleroutes Yes i get annoyed but i guess its not worth commenting. I need to let it go as they are unlikely to care.