List of cycle routes in London

This is a list of cycle routes in London that have been waymarked with formal route signage include 'Cycleways' (including 'Cycle Superhighways' and 'Quietways) and the older London Cycle Network, all designated by the local government body Transport for London (TfL), National Cycle Network routes designated by the sustainable transport charity Sustrans, and miscellaneous 'Greenways' created by various bodies. Most recently, in May 2020 TfL announced its 'Streetspace for London' in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Not all these routes are dedicated 'traffic free' cycle tracks: most of them also include ordinary roads shared with motor traffic and footpaths shared with pedestrians.

From summer 2019, TfL started branding new cycle routes (and re-branding and consolidating some existing routes) as 'Cycleways'.^[1][2] This was following feedback and criticism that the previous branding ('Superhighways' and 'Quietways') was sometimes "misleading".^[3]

All new and existing routes must meet new, stricter 'Cycling Quality Criteria' in order for TfL to sign them as Cycleways.^[3]

The Central London Cycle Grid is a partially completed scheme^[4] within central London which includes both numbered and unnumbered Cycleways, Cycle Superhighways and Quietways.

List of currently open Cycleway routes:

Name	Route	Boroughs	Comments	Approximate Length	Map
C1	Freezy Water – Ponders End – Lower Edmonton – Upper Edmonton – North Middlesex Hospital – Tottenham – Seven Sisters – Stamford Hill – Stoke Newington – Dalston – De Beauvoir – Hoxton – Shoreditch – The City (A10)	Enfield, Haringey, Hackney, Islington	CS1 route between Tottenham and the City was completed in April 2016.[5] Now rebranded as C1.	16.2 miles (26 km)[6]	map
C2	City – Whitechapel – Mile End – Bow – Stratford (A11 – A118)	Tower Hamlets, Newham	As an upgrade to the old LCN  11  route, Cycle Superhighway 2 initially consisted mostly of 'blue paint' cycle lanes. In 2016, after safety concerns and fatalities, the majority of the route was further upgraded to separated cycle tracks [1].[7] In September 2021, the whole section was signposted as C2.	9.3 miles (15 km)[8]	map
C3	Lancaster Gate – Hyde Park – Westminster – Embankment – Blackfriars – Tower Hill – Shadwell – Limehouse – Poplar – Canning Town – North Beckton – Barking (A4209 – A402 – Hyde Park – A3211 – A1202 – A13)	Westminster, City of London, Tower Hamlets, Newham, Barking and Dagenham	Main article: Cycleway 3 CS3 was rebranded as C3 during January and February 2023. The initial section of CS3 from Barking to Tower Hill was largely an upgrade to the old LCN  13  route. Sustrans has also designated much of this stretch as being part of their NCN  13 . In 2017, TfL constructed a lengthy extension of CS3 to Lancaster Gate.	14.3 miles (23 km)[9]	map
C4	London Bridge – Bermondsey – Surrey Quays – Deptford – Greenwich	Southwark, Lewisham, Greenwich	Main article: Cycleway 4 Originally announced as Cycle Superhighway 4, Cycleway 4 is open from Tower Bridge Road to Greenwich, although only the Bermondsey section is signed. As of May 2021, a temporary extension of the route to Monument station and a further temporary alignment of the route between Greenwich and Charlton were both open, funded by the Streetspace for London programme. The Surrey Quays section of the route is an interim alignment. Eventually C4 is proposed to run from London Bridge to Plumstead via Woolwich.	2.6 miles (4.2 km)[10]	map1 map2
C5	C14  – Waterloo – Vauxhall – Stockwell – Clapham Common	Lambeth, Wandsworth	Initially planned to link Waterloo to Croydon, but only the section from C14 (on Union Street) to Clapham Common has been launched. Initially named Q5, it also incorperates what was the southern most section of London's shortest Cycle Superhighway, the CS5. It was rebranded as Cycleway 5 in December 2021.	4.7 miles (7.6 km)[11]	map
C6	Belsize Park – Kentish Town West – (→Kentish Town} – {→Camden Town} – {→King's Cross } – Farringdon – Ludgate Circus – Blackfriars Bridge – Southwark – St. George's Circus – Elephant & Castle	Camden, Islington, Southwark	Includes all of the former 'North–South Cycle Superhighway' (CS6), plus a further northward extension to Belsize Park.	8.1 miles (13 km)[12]	map
CS7	City – Southwark Bridge – Elephant & Castle – Kennington – Oval – Stockwell – Clapham North – Clapham High Street – Clapham Common – Clapham South – Balham – Tooting Bec – Tooting Broadway – Colliers Wood (A3 – A24)	City of London, Southwark, Lambeth, Wandsworth	This route continues to be referred to as a Cycle Superhighway route by TfL. It featured few separated lanes, but during 2020, as part of the response to COVID-19, several sections were upgraded to segregated lanes, including the use of 'floating bus stops'.	9.3 miles (15 km)[13]	map
C8 /  CS8	Wandsworth High Street – Wandsworth Town – Battersea High Street – Battersea Park – Chelsea Bridge – Vauxhall Bridge – Lambeth Bridge	Wandsworth, Westminster	During 2020, the stretch of CS8 between Vauxhall Bridge and Chelsea Bridge (along Grosvenor Road and Millbank) was largely segregated from the carriageway with 'wands'; in early 2021 this stretch was re-signed as C8.	6 miles, 10 km[14]	CS8 map C8 map
C9	(Syon Park) – Brentford – Kew Bridge – Chiswick – (Hammersmith)	Hounslow, (Hammersmith and Fulham)	Partly launched in Hounslow, extending eastwards from Brentford as far as Hammersmith and Fulham (where the route is yet to be signed, as it is yet to be upgraded from its current temporary infrastructure.)		map
C10	Euston – Covent Garden – (Waterloo Bridge –) Waterloo – Borough – Bermondsey Spa – South Bermondsey – Deptford – Greenwich	Camden, Westminster, Southwark, Lewisham, Greenwich	Formerly Q1. The portion in Bermondsey/Southwark also forms part of NCN  425  (and includes stretches that were formerly LCN  2 ). Missing section of the route across Waterloo Bridge: Streetspace for London plans[15] included possible road restriction to only cyclists and buses on the bridge.[15]		map
C11	Angel – Hoxton – Old Street – Barbican ( C6 )	Islington, Hackney, City of London	Includes a large section of the former Q11 route. Runs from Islington's Essex Road to Farringdon Road via Barbican and provides a connection between  C27 ,  C13  and  C6 . It also connects to  CS7  and  C3  via a  C  link that previously was part of Q11.		map
C13	Old Street – Shoreditch – {→Bethnal Green} – {→Haggerston} – Broadway Market – London Fields – Hackney	Islington, Tower Hamlets, Hackney	Previously was Q13. Connects  C11  to  C27 .		map
C14	(Waterloo) – London Bridge – Rotherhithe – {→Canada Water} – (Deptford)	Southwark	Originally planned and partially signposted as Q14, C14 is waymarked from Blackfriars Road where it meets C6 as far as Tower Bridge Road, where it meets C4. It is also signed from the Jamaica Road/Dockhead junction, as far as South Dock near the Lewisham border, mostly following NCN  4 . The route will eventually extend along the rest of the partially-implemented Q14 route, running along the NCN  1  Thames path through Greenwich and Thamesmead.	4.1 miles (6.6 km)[16]	map
C16	(Hackney Wick –) Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park – {→Stratford} – Forest Gate – Manor Park – Aldersbrook – Valentines Park – Barkingside	Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Newham, Redbridge	Valentines Park is closed at night. Formerly signed as Q6, which was planned to extend from Mile End to Barkingside, but Tower Hamlets council's originally proposed section was not approved by TfL.		map
C17	Borough – Walworth – Burgess Park (– →Denmark Hill)	Southwark	Northern section of what was formerly known as Q7. There are proposals to extend C17 further south into Camberwell.	1.8 miles (2.9 km)[17]	map
C18	Greenwich – Catford – Lower Sydenham – New Beckenham – Kent House	Bromley			map
C20	Enfield Town – Winchmore Hill – Palmers Green	Enfield	Route currently ends at the Enfield-Haringey border.	5.9 miles (9.6 km)[18]	map
C21	Bush Hill – Edmonton Green – Meridian Water	Enfield	Connects  C20  at Bush Hill Parade to Meridian Water train station.		map
C22	Stratford High Street ( C2 ) – West Ham – Plaistow – East Ham – North Beckton ( C3 )	Newham	An upgrade to the section of LCN  16  along The Greenway connecting  C2  and  C3 . Formerly known as Q22, this route is planned to be extended to Victoria Park.		map
C23	(Dalston – ) Hackney Downs – {→Hackney} – Lea Bridge – {→Leyton} – {→Walthamstow} – Bakers Arms – {→Walthamstow Village} – South Woodford	Hackney, Waltham Forest	This upgraded an 8 km section of the old LCN route along Lea Bridge Road.[19] Eastwards the route currently ends to the south of Waterworks Roundabout. A westwards extension towards Dalston is under development.	6.8 miles (11 km)[20]	map
C24	Tottenham Hale – Walthamstow Wetlands – Blackhorse Road – Bell Junction	Haringey, Waltham Forest	Signed as C24 in Waltham Forest.		map
C25	Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park – Leyton – Leytonstone – Wanstead	Waltham Forest	C25 launched in Waltham Forest in July 2024.		map
C26	Blackhorse Road – Argall – {→Leyton } – Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park – Stratford	Waltham Forest, Newham	Connects  C24  to  C16		map
C27	East Acton – Wormwood Scrubs – North Kensington – {→Notting Hill} – Paddington – Marylebone – Fitzrovia – Bloomsbury – {→Clerkenwell} – Angel – Canonbury – De Beauvoir Town – London Fields – Clapton – Lea Bridge – Argall – Walthamstow Central	Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster, Camden, Islington, Hackney, Waltham Forest	Part of a long east-west Quietway formerly known as Q2. The Waltham Forest section of the route now shares a section of  C23  and goes via Argall (instead of following the former Q2 alignment that passed outside the south entrance to Walthamstow Wetlands.)		map
C28	Kingston – {→Surbiton} – Dittons	Kingston upon Thames	An upgrade to part of the old LCN  3  route; initially waymarked as Quietway Q19 before being rebranded as Cycleway 28 in December 2019. Has a C-link to Kingston University and there is also a signed connection towards Surbiton (crossing over to Palace Road to get to  C29 ).	1.1 miles (1.8 km)[21]	map
C29	Kingston – {→Surbiton} – (Tolworth)	Kingston upon Thames	An extension to Tolworth is under construction.		map
C30	Kingston Town Centre – Kingston Hospital – Kingston Vale	Kingston upon Thames	Route is open, although there are short sections where the proposed mini-holland cycling infrastructure has not yet been delivered (due to reduced funding post-COVID).		map
C31	New Malden – Raynes Park	Kingston upon Thames, Merton	First section between New Malden and Raynes Park opened on 13 July 2019. There are proposals to extend this to Wimbledon.	1.6 miles (2.7 km)[22]	map
C32	(Kingston Town Centre) – New Malden	Kingston upon Thames	Partly signed at the New Malden end of the route		map
C33	Queen Elizabeth Hospital – Woolwich Town Centre	Greenwich, Lewisham	Will be a link off a future 'Woolwich to Lee Green' Cycleway route. Was previously signed as an unnumbered 'Q' route		map
C34	North Acton – East Acton – White City – Hammersmith - Fulham	Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham	Construction started in March 2019. First section opened in May 2020. This route was formerly planned to be Cycleway 10.[23]		map
C35	Bermondsey Spa – Peckham	Southwark	Opened in summer 2020. Connects directly to  C10  at Bermondsey Spa and mostly follows the routes of the old LCN  22  and part of NCN  425 .	1.3 miles (2.1 km)[24]	map
C36	Kennington Park – Burgess Park –  C35	Southwark	Only signed at one modal filter (beside Chandler Way)!		map
C37	Hackney – Mile End – Westferry (– Island Gardens)	Hackney, Tower Hamlets	Planned route. At Mile End, some of the route has had temporary 'Streetspace for London' infrastructure installed.		map
C38	Finsbury Park – {→Highbury & Islington } – Angel (– Pentonville)	Hackney, Islington	Formerly planned as the Q10 route.		map
C39	Shepherd's Bush – Kensington Olympia	Kensington & Chelsea	Opened in spring 2020.	1300 yards (1.2 km)[25]	map
C40	Greenford Broadway – Ealing Broadway ... Ealing – {→South Ealing} – Brentford ... Syon Park – Twickenham	Ealing, Hounslow	Current route is not continuous. First section opened in Hounslow in 2021.[26] More sections opened in Ealing in 2024.		map
C41	Euston – Holborn	Camden	Shares much of the route with  C6		map
C42	Ilford – Barking Town Centre – Barking Riverside	Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham	Mostly completed route with a notable gap on Wakering Road, just north of Barking station.		map
C43	Hyde Park – Marylebone – Fitzrovia	Westminster	Planned route that will have links connecting to  C27  at Norfolk Crescent.
C44	(Queen's Park) – Grand Union Canal – North Kensington – Notting Hill	Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster	Opened in August 2020. Follows the old LCN  45  route for almost all of its length.	1.5 miles (2.4 km)[27]	map
C48	(Clapham Old Town) – Brixton – Herne Hill	Lambeth	Opened in December 2022, although a safe crossing of Brixton Road has yet to be delivered by Transport for London.		map
C49	East Acton – Chiswick	Hammersmith and Fulham, Ealing, Hounslow	Launched in March 2023. At its southern end, a safe crossing to  C9  is yet to be installed.		map
C50	Camden Town ... Holloway – Finsbury Park (– Tottenham Hale)	Camden, Islington,( Haringey)	The initial section of C50 is from  C6  at Camden Town to York Way. An interim route has opened between Holloway and Finsbury Park, but is not yet signed as being C50.		map
C51	Burnt Oak – Colindale (– Kilburn – Marylebone)	Barnet, (Camden, Westminster)	First section opened in Barnet in March 2024.		map
C52 / Q1	Euston – Bloomsbury – Covent Garden	Camden, Westminster	Passes by the British Museum. A short section is yet to be fully rebranded from Q1 to C52.		map
C55	Lancaster Gate – Marble Arch – Hyde Park Corner	Westminster	The section on Park Lane was introduced as one of the first Streetspace for London schemes.		map
C56	Westminster Bridge – {→Waterloo} –  C5	Lambeth	Opened in 2022.		map
C57	Hammersmith – Hammersmith Bridge (– Barnes)	Hammersmith & Fulham	Northern end of the route is shared with  C34		map
C58	Southgate – Palmers Green (– Meridian Water)	Enfield	Launched in 2023.		map
C59	New Southgate – Edmonton	Enfield	Partly built but unsigned, apart from being included on  C58  signs at one junction.
C60	North Chingford – Chingford Mount – Walthamstow	Waltham Forest	Launched in 2024.		map
C61	North Chingford – Highams Park – Walthamstow	Waltham Forest	Launched in 2024.		map
	West Drayton – Stockley Park – North Circular Road – Old Oak Lane – Regent's Canal	Canal & River Trust	Unsigned route that was previously planned to be Q16. Majority of route is along the upgraded Grand Union Canal towpath.[28]		map
Link routes (  C  )	Central London Grid (various)	Camden, City of London, Lambeth, Kensington & Chelsea	Cycleway link routes are usually way-marked with an un-numbered  C : Route linking  C11  to  CS7  and  C3  (map) Route linking  C11  to Liverpool Street (map) Route linking  C2  (Aldgate) to  C3  (Tower Gateway) (map) Cycleway linking  C6  to King's Cross (map) Cycleway linking  C6  and Cycleway linking  C3  (map) Links off  C5  in Vauxhall (map1, (map2) Link off  C27  to Hyde Park
	Greenwich – Charlton	Greenwich	A pop-up Streetspace route as an intermediate version of Cycleway 4. This route is signed as  C .		map1 map2
	Stratford – Forest Gate – Manor Park	Newham	Largely runs parallel to a future extension of Cycleway 2 along Romford Road.	4.2 km	map
	Surbiton	Kingston upon Thames	A link between  C29  and Surbiton, running along St. Mark's Hill.		map

London's Cycle Superhighways were a set of Bike freeways, that were aimed principally at commuters and more experienced cyclists, providing faster and more direct radial routes between outer and central London.^[1] In addition to route signage with a pink logo, other distinctive features included blue cycle lanes on some of the routes (the brand colour of the scheme's original sponsor, Barclays) and 'totem' style signage pillars.

London's Cycle Superhighways were first announced in 2008 by Mayor Ken Livingstone.^[29] The original proposal consisted of 12 radial routes, with routes numbered in 'clock face' fashion.^[30] However, several of these proposed routes were never built, due to opposition from the respective London boroughs.^[31] Initial implementation of the cycle superhighways also drew criticism on safety grounds, with poor design at some junctions, insufficient segregation of cyclists from motor traffic and slippery surfaces all contributing to numerous fatalities.^{[32][33][34][35]}

In 2018 TfL dropped the 'cycle superhighway' name from use on any further projects. All the existing Cycle Superhighways are now part of the Cycleways network and will be rebranded as a numbered 'Cycleway'.^{[citation needed]}

First announced in 2015, TfL's Quietways^[36] targeted less confident cyclists who want to use routes with less traffic, whilst also providing for existing cyclists who want to travel at a more gentle pace. The route numbers were shown in purple on signs.

The scheme lasted only three years before TfL decided to drop the Quietways brand, using 'Cycleways' for further new routes. All Quietways are now formally part of the Cycleways network and the delivered Quietways are being gradually rebranded as 'Cycleways' (and renumbered in most cases).

In May 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting need to maintain social distancing, TfL announced a programme of measures that includes additional cycling provision.^[39] Some of these measures are described as 'temporary', although others appear to include fast-tracking of permanent cycle routes. TfL implemented routes delivered under this programme have so far included:

Additionally, numerous pop up cycle routes have been funded by TfL or the Department for Transport as part of Streetspace, but implemented by boroughs. Funding has also been provided for Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, which have filtered roads to prevent through traffic through residential areas, having a knock on effect on cycling by improving links through these areas. As of January 2021, TfL's website^[46] listed over 30 different Streetspace schemes. Sustrans published a map of streetspace interventions.^[47]

Examples of route confirmation signage and road markings for London Cycle Network routes.

The London Cycle Network Plus (LCN+) aimed to provide a 900 kilometre network of cycle routes throughout Greater London. It was funded by Transport for London and managed by the LCN+ Project Team at the London Borough of Camden. It was launched in 2001, replacing the earlier London Cycle Network (LCN) project (which had begun rollout in 1981, originally planning 3000 miles of signposted routes^[48]), and wound up in 2010.

Although some LCN routes have been upgraded to TfL's new Quietways and Cycle Superhighways, the majority throughout Greater London still exist and are signposted and/or indicated by carriageway markings (although not all the signage uses route numbers). Where route numbers are used in signs, this is usually the LCN route number, but on some route sections the 'LCN+ link' number has been used on signs. (LCN+ link numbers were usually internal reference numbers used for project management.)^[49]

The LCN route numbering used a radial and orbital scheme, as shown by the groupings in the table below. Some routes were also part of the Sustrans National Cycle Network – these are signposted with route numbers on a red background.^[50] There were also a comparable number of un-numbered routes in the scheme. These are not listed in the table below.

The last edition of the LCN route map to be published was the 5th edition (2004).^[51]

The sustainable transport charity Sustrans describe their National Cycle Network (NCN) as "a network of safe traffic-free paths and quiet on-road cycling" that "criss-cross the country, linking up villages, towns and cities".^[53] Eleven of these pass through London. NCN routes are signed with white lettering on a blue background, save for the route number, set on a small red rectangle.^[54] In July 2020 Sustrans de-designated nearly a quarter of its National Cycle Network on safety grounds,^[55] including some in London. Alternative text

Per the notes column above, sections of the National Cycle Network are co-opted by the European Cyclists' Federation as forming part of their international EuroVelo network, which is largely aimed at promoting cycling tourism in Europe. Additionally the Avenue Verte international route between London and Paris begins in central London.

Neither EV2 nor EV12 are signed as EuroVelo routes, so cyclists would instead need to rely on the relevant national route (NCN) signage.

Route number	Route name	Comment	via these UK cities/towns	Through these countries
	EuroVelo 2 – The Capitals Route	Follows the course of NCN  4  along the River Thames from west London to Greenwich, and then follows NCN  1  northwards towards Colchester.	Holyhead - Bristol - Bath - Reading - London - Harwich	Ireland,  United Kingdom,  Netherlands,  Germany,  Poland,  Belarus,  Russia
	EuroVelo 12 – North Sea Cycle Route	Within London this follows the course of NCN  1 , passing along the River Thames from Dartford to Greenwich and then continuing northwards towards Colchester.	Dover - Canterbury - London - Norwich - Hull - Newcastle - Edinburgh - Aberdeen - Inverness	Norway,  Sweden,  Denmark,  Germany,  Netherlands,  Belgium,  France,  United Kingdom
AV	Avenue Verte	Beginning at the London Eye, this mainly follows NCN  4 , NCN  20 , NCN  21  and NCN  2  as it passes through south London, Surrey, West Sussex and East Sussex.	London - Redhill - Crawley - Forest Row - Heathfield - Hailsham - Newhaven	United Kingdom,  France

London's "Greenways" are a loosely defined collection of mostly traffic-free shared cycling and walking routes, predominantly within (or connecting to) various parks and open spaces within Greater London. TfL and Sustrans claimed that "Greenways should be suitable for use by a novice adult cyclist, a family with young children or a sensible, unaccompanied 12-year-old".^[58][59]

Greenways in London have been developed by numerous different bodies, including Sustrans (who began the Greenways initiative in 1994^[60]), Transport for London, the Canal and River Trust, the London Boroughs, the Royal Parks, the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority and the 2012 Olympic Delivery Authority, under various different funding programmes (including the 2009–2014 London Greenways scheme, the 2012 Games Walking and Cycling Routes programme,^[61] 'Connect2', the National Cycle Network, and others).

The routes tend to have names rather than numbers, and many of them use waymarking signs or markers in the carriageway, but there is no consistent scheme covering all of them. Some of the Greenways have been co-opted into the other TfL or Sustrans schemes listed earlier in this article.

The table below lists the most notable Greenways in London.

‡ These routes were developed for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games

• Cycling in London
• Santander Cycles
• National Cycle Network
• Cycleways in England
• List of cycleways
• London greenways
• Segregated cycle facilities

• Transport for London (TfL)
• Transport for London's Cycle map
• National Cycle Network map
• Best (National Cycle Network) routes in London (Sustrans)
• Where Are London's Cycle Superhighways? (YouTube video from Londonist Ltd)
• Detailed map and video of full Quietway 1 route
• London Cycle network +
• Greenways Report