🚲 Brixton to Tulse Hill is such a nice cycle thanks to LTNs

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Жыл бұрын

You can cycle from Brixton in south London to Tulse Hill entirely on quiet streets and protected cycle lanes.
The route is 4km long (2.5 miles) and makes use of the Railton LTN and Streatham Hill LTN, as well as paths in Brockwell Park.
The journey takes 15 minutes to ride, which is quicker than the public transport options available.
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@mrigennegi6524 Жыл бұрын

Another nice route!!!👏

@Londoncycleroutes Жыл бұрын

Thank you glad you liked it!

@mrigennegi6524 Жыл бұрын

@@Londoncycleroutes You are showing the world, there is more to London cycling than just super highways.

@stephensaines7100 Жыл бұрын

@@mrigennegi6524 Absolutely noted! Other than the bozo on the E-Bike, it was all predictable and relaxed, albeit moving at a good pace. E-Bike riders are the new motorists.

@CanafYerHasan Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your walks!

@Londoncycleroutes Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@avinashbhogun Жыл бұрын

Love that Herne Hill station approach and of course + The Lido cafe 😊

@Londoncycleroutes Жыл бұрын

Excellent choice

@petercole2376 Жыл бұрын

I use all your video's on my VR headset on my indoor bike. Keeps this 75 year old fit. Although I have to reduce the speed to 0.5. Many thanks and keep it up.

@Londoncycleroutes Жыл бұрын

That’s so lovely to hear, glad you’re enjoying them! happy pedalling

@Jason-Clark235 Жыл бұрын

I have one question. What is a 75 year old doing with a Vr headset 😂. It is a great idea and I might just steal the idea. And you must be extremely fit for a 75 year old, well done! 👍

@stephensaines7100 Жыл бұрын

@@Jason-Clark235 [What is a 75 year old doing with a Vr headset?] Cycling! I'm only a year younger, and although it's been two years since doing 100km trips (Covid and a major accident interrupted) I'm doing 50km ones to start (late season this year) I'll be doing 70-80km ones soon. It's time more than effort. And a good machine. Unfortunately the wildfire smoke is a limiting factor right now here in Southern Ontario (it blows south from northern Ontario, and leaves the throat raw). It's so ironic seeing the air in London so clear compared to here right now. I'm envious! Watching these vids, I'm

@danrkelly Жыл бұрын

So many former 'Quietway' programme routes have been since massively improved by reducing the overall number of driver short cuts via minor roads (i.e. LTN approach).

@Londoncycleroutes Жыл бұрын

Yeah it was the missing element of quietways! Funny that they’ve come into their own since it was officially wound up

@saturnsandjupiters358 Жыл бұрын

Nice seeing the realisation of Lambeth council's ambitious LTN plans! I can't help but wonder why other borough councils don't follow suit though; Lambeth seems to be an anomaly rather than the standard

@Londoncycleroutes Жыл бұрын

There are definitely other good ones- Hackney and Islington come to mind! but they’re def doing a great job with Railton and others. Although they’ve slowed the pace a little and not put a new one in since 2020!

@rich32uk Жыл бұрын

@@Londoncycleroutes Slightly incorrect, they've been busy turning temporary measures into permanent features. I'm afraid these things take time to deliver but it doesn't mean things have stopped.

@Londoncycleroutes Жыл бұрын

@@rich32uk yep but that's not a new one! I think some people inside the council are a bit frustrated at the speed as well.

@loveulez Жыл бұрын

I do Brixton to West Norwood at least once a day. If the park is shut i go along the start of Norwood rd then go left onto Rosendale all the way across the south circular then down through Idmiston/Chestnut into SE27. If the park is open i’d take the earlier exit from the one you took and same way up Rosedale. Actually all being well i’d enter the park at Water Lane after quickly leaving Railton via Rattray Rd etc, then go right over the top of the park and up Rosendale on exit. Anything to avoid Norwood Rd going south. If i was going to Tulse Hill i’d use Lovelace/Elmcourt off of Rosendale. There may be a route off Rosendale and through those allotments too but i still haven’t investigated that.

@Londoncycleroutes Жыл бұрын

Nice- sounds like a good way to do it

@jonfrance2537 Жыл бұрын

The allotments are on Peabody Hill, a nice walk, but not a cycle route.

@loveulez Жыл бұрын

@@jonfrance2537 Yeah thanks i went one way through there today and another yesterday, many steps both ways and barriers at the start. Which is a shame. Nice little walk anyway.

@andrewjohnson6535 Жыл бұрын

An alternative if you're entering Brockwell via Water Lane and going to Tulse Hill would be to keep right in the park and use the Tulse Hill exit into Leander Road via the toucan over Tulse Hill itself. Then left at Elm Park, right into Ostade Road, left into Upper Tulse Hill, right into Maplestead Rd, left around Holmewood Gardens into Cotherstone Road, then using the toucan across the South Circular into the Brixton Hill end of Palace Road, then straight on picking up Jon's route at the mini roundabout. The Upper Tulse Hill LTN is very quiet and Palace Road is filtered at the South Cricular end (and has an ancient gate about half way down too). By the way, does anyone know when work is to start on extending the cycle lane down Rosendale Road? Think the plans include a parallel crossing at Lovelace.

@andrewjohnson6535 Жыл бұрын

Just to add, if your destination is West Norwood, then at the Palace Rd mini roundabout, you can turn right into Hillside Road, straight on through the mini pedestrianised bit into Mount Nod Road, then left at Leigham Court Road, left into Knollys Road, right at the mini roundabout, then a thrilling descent via Knollys Road and York Hill to Norwood Rd / Lancaster Avenue crossroads. I use this route quite a lot when I get bored of going up and down the Rosendale Road.

@goawayimsleeping509 Жыл бұрын

Inspired by this channel, I'm going to cycle all of London's cycleways in numerical order over the summer. Did all of C1 from Enfield to Bank last Wednesday. Thanks as ever, keep it up!

@Londoncycleroutes Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a great project! Has the Bull Lane connection between Enfield and Haringey been sorter on C1 yet?

@goawayimsleeping509 Жыл бұрын

@@Londoncycleroutes Just south of the North Circular underpass? I didn't know there was something needing to be sorted, but I didn't notice any problems when I went on it. All seemed pretty good apart from a few roadworks in the north of Enfield on the western side of the road.

@GentleFactory Жыл бұрын

Nice video! It's great to learn new ways to avoid the Tulse Hill gyratory because it is very cycle un-friendly and polluted. Typically (seeking the least hilly route) I would just follow the main road and push my bike on the pavement when I get to that roundabout, but you still get the bad air that way! 🚲☁

@Londoncycleroutes Жыл бұрын

That gyratory really needs to be removed imo and turned into a normal road

@loveulez Жыл бұрын

@@Londoncycleroutes A bridge over it would help

@lordgemini2376 Жыл бұрын

The improvement of the public realm on Railton should be the blueprint for every LTN and road quitening measure in London both existing and those to come. Amazing stuff!

@Londoncycleroutes Жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s interesting because they do the public realm after the traffic calming trial, when they make the scheme permanent - it arguably creates more buy-in from residents so I wonder if there’s a case for doing it at the beginning of the scheme (the issue being it’s the expensive bit and not really doable as a trial)

@danrkelly Жыл бұрын

New public realm at entrach to Railton was designed by Sustrans on behalf of Lambeth. #justsayin

@Londoncycleroutes Жыл бұрын

It’s nicely done!

@jainee4507 Жыл бұрын

I only take back streets when cycling in this kind of heat. All the fumes from stationary traffic is suffocating in the summer.

@Londoncycleroutes Жыл бұрын

Interesting!

@howler95uk Жыл бұрын

Railton Road and the park look lovely . Thanks for the video.

@Londoncycleroutes Жыл бұрын

It’s a lovely bit of street isn’t it!

@user-vx4zx1tf3r Жыл бұрын

I love your cycle route videos! I'm from New York (where I get around a lot bike Citi Bike) and will be visiting London for a few weeks in July and hope to try to become comfortable riding there. Anyway, your videos are extremely helpful in picking out routes as well as introducing me to the whole quiet streets areas. Please keep posting more amazing videos!

@stephensaines7100 Жыл бұрын

Even though I'm Brit born and raised, and have lived back in London a couple of times since leaving is a kid, and I'm now culturally North American (Toronto) I used to cringe at memories of cycling in London, last time about a decade ago. But these vids have helped immeasurably at showing how London has changed incredibly in terms of being safer and more welcoming for cyclists. Plus the place is looking good, even if Blighty is on hard times in other ways. There's a real 'flow' to the way these routes are depicted. I'm actually missing London watching these.

@Londoncycleroutes Жыл бұрын

That’s brilliant to know, glad you’re enjoy! Thanks for watching

@Londoncycleroutes Жыл бұрын

That’s a v interesting perspective on it- thanks for watching!

@lktz100 Жыл бұрын

I haven't done this in a while but instinctively, I would go via Rosendale road and Lovelace rd. There is definitely a cycle lane on rosendale and it's quiet all the way. Not quite arriving exactly at Tulse Hill station but not far off and avoids going up the Stockwell hilly bit.

@Londoncycleroutes Жыл бұрын

how is Lovelace road, quiet? The rosendale cycle lane doesn’t go that far up there yet but it will hopefully soon when they build the next phase

@jonfrance2537 Жыл бұрын

@@Londoncycleroutes Lovelace is quiet and wide. There is a signalised crossing of A205 allowing you to walk across. The better choice if/when the cycle lane extends that far, the gradient is easier as well.

@Londoncycleroutes Жыл бұрын

@@jonfrance2537 might have to give that a go when they extend the lane next

@andrewjohnson6535 Жыл бұрын

@@Londoncycleroutes Work on the next phase of Rosendale road has now started (24/.07/23) ...

@Londoncycleroutes Жыл бұрын

@@andrewjohnson6535 I can’t wait!

@azoo6269 Жыл бұрын

Can you show us Primrose Hill to Heath Extension? I cycle that route a lot but some parts can be really nasty like Hampstead High Street or North End Way and i've been looking for a less intense route

@Londoncycleroutes Жыл бұрын

I’ll see what I can do, looks tricky to bypass the centre of Hampstead but might be a way

@rich32uk Жыл бұрын

Great video, Some of the issues you've raised are already being reviewed so perhaps do an update in 12 / 18 months time.

@Londoncycleroutes Жыл бұрын

Interesting, do you have more info about what’s planned?

@rich32uk Жыл бұрын

@@Londoncycleroutes not at the moment but the route forms of part of a healthy route so I guess they'll be putting in measures across the whole route, subject to consultation etc.

@Londoncycleroutes Жыл бұрын

@@rich32uk yeah fingers crossed the plans are good!

@garygrant2000 Жыл бұрын

3:26 That guy was being a bit of a idiot there. I slowed down the video by 50% and yep, he was going way too fast.

@Londoncycleroutes Жыл бұрын

Yeah it was a bit of a shock!

@stephensaines7100 Жыл бұрын

@@Londoncycleroutes I couldn't help but to blurt out a few expletives when that happened, even though I wasn't there. I was in spirit, though. I was loving it.