London on Two Wheels by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781473503496
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
Published: 2015-08-13T00:00:00+00:00

Battersea Park

With 81ha (200 acres) of space, this Grade II-listed Victorian park has much to offer visitors. Waterfowl, including heron and grebe, can be seen on the lake, while sports lovers are well served too. In the 1950s, the northern section of the park was developed as gardens as part of the Festival of Britain, and the park now features a water garden. Relax at the café, visit the zoo, or sit and enjoy the fountains.

THE RAILWAY LANDS OF SURREY

Taking in the good, the bad and the ugly (architecturally speaking), this route is peppered with 19th-century terraces, but allows some respite in Burgess Park before you are enticed by the flavours of Brixton and some suggestions for sustenance.

DISTANCE 10km (6¼ miles), easily shortened to 8km (5 miles)

PROFILE Imperceptible climbing for a downhill finish

PICK UP DOCKING STATION Walworth Road, Southwark

DROP OFF DOCKING STATION Binfield Road, Stockwell

Ride south-east – away from the Elephant and Castle roundabout – on the Walworth Road, passing under the railway bridge.

Turn left onto Heygate Street.

Continue on Rodney Road, then Flint Street.

East Street – a turning to your right – has a street market everyday except Monday.

Flint Street becomes Thurlow Street.

At the traffic-light controlled T-junction, go straight on into Burgess Park.

At the corner of the pond turn right and continue – keeping the square brick chimney of the baths and laundry to your left – to join Wells Way.

The BMX track is ahead of you.

Turn left on Wells Way.

Turn right at the traffic-light controlled T-junction onto Southampton Way.

Turn left through a modal filter at the next traffic lights by an orange brick wall onto a cycle path.

Turn right onto Harris Street.

At the T-junction, turn right on Edmund Street and immediately left onto Picton Street.

At the T-junction by the British Queen pub, turn right into Brisbane Street, which becomes Caspian Street.

Turn left onto New Church Road.

Turn right just before the zebra crossing and left on the short cycle track to continue on New Church Road, and emerge on Camberwell Road with what was the Corrib Bar on your left.

Turn left on Camberwell Road and right at the traffic lights into Wyndham Road.

Go under the railway bridge, then left into Comber Grove.

Turn right by the Hollington Youth Club into Redcar Street.

Turn left into Councillor Street.

Cross Camberwell New Road into Flodden Street.

At the roundabout, take the first exit into Denmark Road, go under the railway bridge and turn right into Carew Street.

Turn left on Lilford Road, then right onto Flaxman Road.

At the crossroads, turn right onto Gordon Grove to repass under the railway.

At the T-junction, turn left on Minet Street, then left again onto Loughborough Road.

Turn right after the shops onto Barrington Road.

Go under two parallel railway bridges and – at the traffic lights – turn right onto Coldharbour Lane; Southwyck House is on your left.

At the next crossroads, pass under a railway bridge and turn right on Atlantic Road.

Brixton Market is in the streets to your left every day except Sunday.

At the light-controlled T-junction, turn right into Brixton Road.

Take the

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