As a man who narrowly avoids death every day cycling around kensington these are much appreciated! Keep doing the lords work
@Londoncycleroutes9 ай бұрын
Thank you sir! Safe travels!
@Jescar10 ай бұрын
Just had a lovely Sunday ride with my gf as we've both became cycling lunatics over the year and coming home to this video was just the icing on the cake! Always here to support this lovely gem of a channel!
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
That’s so lovely, I hope you guys managed to enjoy the last of the autumn sunshine! Chilly but bright! A great weather combo imo
@Jescar10 ай бұрын
Yup, definitely became a lot more chilly over the last few days but today's full day of sunshine was unmissable for a Sunday ride out! P.S: What's your honest opinion on which London borough has the best cycle network as of now?
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
@@Jescar I don't want to spoil a future video! there are a few up there with different strengths. Waltham Forest has a strong case certainly
@henreereeman852910 ай бұрын
Great to see improvements in London's cycle network!!
@lordgemini237610 ай бұрын
definitely! :)
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
Slowly getting better!
@courtneydaniel0810 ай бұрын
Lamborghini countach spotted… I on now we love our bikes, but that was a blast from my childhood! 😂 Great vid!!
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
It is an undeniably fun car!
@Unseh10 ай бұрын
Fun fact: behind the green gates at Dan Mason Drive is the Taskmaster house where all the challenges are filmed!
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
I should have mentioned - apparently the Bandstand is sometimes used as well
@Elfin9905 ай бұрын
The section by the Thames is a beautiful part of London
@Londoncycleroutes5 ай бұрын
Yes it’s a nice spot!
@vladimir.zlokazov8 ай бұрын
Beautiful bridge for sure!
@Londoncycleroutes8 ай бұрын
I wish we had more like it!
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
I'm amazed no one has yet pointed out that I misspelt Shepherd's Bush in the title card at the beginning of the video. I'll consider that having got away with it!
@anthonylloyd609410 ай бұрын
I guess everyone is being polite and not mocking you..... (FYI, I have only got round to watching this today. I was tempted to ask for help finding Sherperd's Bush on google maps. LOL). The bridge was opened in January this year.
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
haha I dont know how I got away with it @@anthonylloyd6094
@jameskelly711810 ай бұрын
Excellent route. Love the new bridge… takes out the old wiggle around the sports centre.
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
Yes so much more straightforward!
@fToo9 ай бұрын
in the high tides this week and the extra Storm Ciarán outflow - the Duke Meadows footbridge / cycle bridge was actually under water! it looked like it wasn't too deep and still passable on a bicycle - depending on how precious your bike is!
@Londoncycleroutes9 ай бұрын
Oh wow i knew there were tides around there but I didn’t expect them to go up to the bridge!
@acey85010 ай бұрын
Yey a west London route close to my heart, and place. I loved seeing how that bridge came to be since last year until it finished this year.
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
It’s fantastic!
@puppet-head10 ай бұрын
Thames bank after the brewery does tend to flood, though only really a problem on the spring tide I think. It used to smell great down there when brewing.
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
Very good local knowledge! Worth keeping an eye out for
@fToo10 ай бұрын
yeah, i miss the wonderful smell !
@mrigennegi652410 ай бұрын
Great route! Chiswick is slowly becoming one my favourite neighbourhoods to watch on your channel.
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
Cycleway 9 is certainly the gift that keeps on giving!
@mj89710 ай бұрын
@Londoncycleroutes only if it continued to kensington and on to central, I have heard its coming but it'll be an advisory lane and not segregated as it should be.
@TransportGeekery9 ай бұрын
The irony of the lack of contra flows is that there are quite a few in that area already, but on a specific LCN route rather than just a blanket exemption. Time to rectify that!!!
@Londoncycleroutes9 ай бұрын
Yes it’s odd- I think actually even weirder the specific LCN route has an asymmetrical route in either direction… and some of the contraflows have nothing to do with it!
@eBoard3R10 ай бұрын
🤙🏼 *Quite a nice new bridge!* 🤙🏼 Amazin how much if this is "hidden" That cyclist at 11mins 30secs, he didn't even look behind before jumpin into the bike lane, right in front of you 😱 what a ****.
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
Yeah that was a bit of a shock at the time, fortunately I was able to slow down!
@ADAMEDWARDS1710 ай бұрын
Great to see the new bridge
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
really handy! great to see investment
@goawayimsleeping50910 ай бұрын
3:45 Is that where I think it is? Cycle from Mortlake to Shepherd's Bush. You have 35 minutes. Your time starts now.
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
haha apparently it is filmed there!
@goawayimsleeping50910 ай бұрын
@@Londoncycleroutes And at 6:35 - that bandstand is also used in some episodes! What a bit of fun.
@ciaranmcnulty571310 ай бұрын
Yes, the famous green doors!
@johnmcshane451510 ай бұрын
I included this route in a loop i did from Hackney - very picturesque - many thanks for all the route suggestions
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching and glad you liked!
@ruthmayorcas992910 ай бұрын
Gt video - must have been very recent as I had 'nagged' both Richmond and Hounslow Councils for a couple of years to sweep Chiswick Bridge and they finally did last week!! But there is already a new pothole on A316 which causes grit/gravel to be chucked up on the the cycle path annoyingly. If people do Water Lane in reverse in Mortlake it is worth knowing that after the tide has been up there is a lot of mud and the corner can be seriously dangerous, making falling highly likely (I know as it happened to me.). Plus that you might come off the slipway from the bridge to find the tide is up so the road is impassible and there is an alternative route. Also people might want to know that Dan Mason drive Sats and Sundays is very busy w parents who drive their kids to sport so to be really careful on the corners. Finally along Chiswick Mall the tide might be fully up and again it is not possible to cycle along there. Thanks.
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
Thanks Ruth this is all great local knowledge! and yes I shot it on my day off on Wednesday so very recent. I didn’t realise Thames Bank flooded so regularly, that’s definitely something I should have mentioned!
@ruthmayorcas992910 ай бұрын
thanks for responding - not being critical - just trying to help! Shame you cannot do a mini edit!! @@Londoncycleroutes
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
no very helpful! @@ruthmayorcas9929
@fToo10 ай бұрын
I do sometimes cycle through the water if I can see that it's not too deep! After the golf and ski club there's a hockey club (on the corner) and a rugby club (opposite the right turn to the new bridge)
@ruthmayorcas992910 ай бұрын
I do too but at times of the year it is really too deep and the corner by the pub in Mortlake has a lot of mud which is so risky to cycle over/through. Also in reverse avoid the tiny cycle lane at the western most end of Chiswick Mall as that gets full of mud. @@fToo
@ammarmalik777510 ай бұрын
The new bridge looks glorious!
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
It’s a dream!
@howler95uk10 ай бұрын
A very interesting part of London. Thanks for posting.
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching and commenting!
@user-pq5wy3si3o10 ай бұрын
great video, and good to see a brief sensible contra flow rebellion. word to the wise on the junction at 13.18, the timing of the bike and car lights is a little off, the bike light goes amber whilst the cars are also still getting an amber light. so if you are quick off the mark and a driver accelerates to get through before the red it's a disaster waiting to happen.
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
That’s good local knowledge on the lights, will keep that in mind. I really hope they sort out the contraflows because it would be so easy and make such a difference. And people are already going that way!
@ickledotco10 ай бұрын
We cycled on that new bridge section (in the opposite direction) just last week - and commented about how fantastic it is!
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
I’m a big fan!
@dorsettyke10 ай бұрын
Another great route 👍 thanks!🙂 As you say, that new bridge! Straight out of the Netherlands Infrastructure handbook! 🚴♀️🚴♂️
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
It’s a great addition
@blahqwe10 ай бұрын
That's a great bridge! There's a similar one under the south side of Chelsea Bridge.
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
Oh I didn’t know about that one!
@wayinfront110 ай бұрын
I watched the vid just to see old haunts. I lived in London from April '67 till May '89. and from early '74 I was in Chiswick, then from about '78 I was in a road off the top of Hammersmith Grove. Watching the vid I felt like a ghost whizzing along roads I knew well but find difficult to recall now. I didn't cycle - I drove or walked. It all looks much more pedestrian and cycle friendly now, which is deffo good. The only bit I really recognised was Shepherds Bush Green, but that'd changed a lot too. That was a great route you took us on, and if I was decades younger and lived in West London I'm sure I'd find it very useful. But I'm in a lil village in the countryside, and I couldn't stand the bustle of city life now, though there are bits of the vid that feel intimate, quiet or quietish, and countrified. London is still an amazing place.
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
That is fascinating - thank you for joining me on the ride and I hope it jogged some memories! That’s really interesting about it being a bit more pedestrian these days and how unrecognisable everything is
@CDN_Store8 ай бұрын
❤ Lamborghini Countach at 6:47
@Londoncycleroutes8 ай бұрын
Good spot!
@AyoHues10 ай бұрын
Excellent vid, thank you! I spotted that new footbridge from the other side of the river in Barnes a month ago as I was cycling from Kingston along the Thames Path to Wandsworth. I’d marked the spot on Google Maps to return and investigate and so your video is extremely timely. If you begun your journey a little further East along the river bank in Mortlake you’d have see the plaque marking the site of the house of the C16th mathematician, astronomer, alchemist & magus John Dee.😊 Your description is spot on - it does look like some transplanted from Copenhagen! We need more structures like this along the Thames and also on the Wandle river at Earlsfield.
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
Great call on a bridge for the Wandle- it could bypass that horrible bit of Garratt Lane!
@danwiddon385410 ай бұрын
Lovely work and a very reasonable route. From out here where the distances and gradients are greater, my visits to friends in Mortlake before we had kids, give me a greater appreciation of your product. Meanwhile, I'm working on our LTP in a voluntary capacity and pushing for rural routes (behind the hedge) to link Shrewsbury with the many small towns and villages for those able to leave the car on the drive.
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
Best of luck- I’ve lived in a similarly rural area before and cycling could be a fantastic mode between and around villages but currently is so under served!
@stephensaines710010 ай бұрын
Loved all except Hammersmith King Street, which I'm familiar with as a pedestrian. Just too manic for me to handle as a cyclist imprinted with being on the other side. Route along the Thames was superb! And the rest was great to wonderful. I'd love to do that trip, albeit walk my machine along King Street...which would bring back memories and be very interesting anyway. Watching your channel is not only stimulating, it's therapy!
@fToo10 ай бұрын
in case you don't know, you can actually continue beside the Thames (past the Dove pub and through Furnivall Gardens) ... and then use the traffic lights to cross the A4 under the Hammersmith Flyover and into Bridge Avenue ... which brings you onto King Street opposite Primark ... or you could even use Angel Walk and Black Road to get to the Hammersmith Gyratory without using King Street at all
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
Really interesting! There are definitely lots of pedestrians and you need to keep and eye out… personally I just go slow to make sure I can stop if someone jumps out
@matt_1221_hk10 ай бұрын
Interestingly, in France, the equivalent of 20mph zones on one way streets automatically allow contraflow cycling by law. This has caused some issues with the generalisation of 20mph areas across entire cities though with some orders going in place in some cities to ban contraflow cycling where it would be dangerous, but contraflow on 20mph one-way roads is very much the rule rather than the exception!
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
That’s interesting - I think it varies by borough here. My understanding is it’s a lot less common outside London
@SleepscapeSerenity10 ай бұрын
at the mortlake brewery, they are currently filming "A Thousand Blows" the new Stephen Graham and Stephen Knight series for Disney Plus, sometimes they are filming on the tow path.
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
Great fact!
@maxdonaldson86110 ай бұрын
I had always reached Shepherd's Bush by going down Glodhawk Road. That's a much nicer route. Super excited for the CS9 extensions into Brentford and darkest Hounslow
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
it's going to open up a lot in west London!
@anthonylloyd609410 ай бұрын
FYI, Chiswick Mall can be unpassable during high tide.... My wet feet can testament to that.
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
This is good to know!!
@anthonywalsh216410 ай бұрын
The new bridge at 5:45 reminds me of the Indooroopilly Riverwalk in Brisbane.
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
I’ll have to check it out!
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
I’ll have to check it out!
@ciaranmcnulty571310 ай бұрын
Wish you'd pointed out the entrance to the Taskmaster house at 3:47 :)
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
I should have done!
@CompletelyDifferentToBefore7 ай бұрын
"London's newest cycling bridge" now has signs at both ends saying "NO CYCLING".
@Londoncycleroutes7 ай бұрын
lolll ffs
@user-fb3yf2xb2z10 ай бұрын
+ Random parked car Lamborghini Countach at 06:48!
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
I’m not normally a car fan (or even a supercar fan) but I did think that one had a cool retro charm!
@user-fb3yf2xb2z10 ай бұрын
For anyone who remembers playing Top Trumps supercars card game, the Lamborghini Countach was the winning car/card you wanted to hold !! sleek design, awesome performance .... long before the rise of the Tesla... @@Londoncycleroutes
@jontownsend809010 ай бұрын
Just found your channel, i am looking to ride from Lincolnshire to West Sussex via London, so a suitable North to South route through London would be great.
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
Sounds fun! For this one I think best check the map of past routes in the link below the videos and there will be a few ways of doing it, take your pick!
@bensamuel55048 ай бұрын
I didn't notice the new bridge
@Londoncycleroutes8 ай бұрын
It’s a good one!
@fToo10 ай бұрын
@8:08 i suspect the reason for the huge roundabout is that double decker buses use it to effectively do a u-turn at the end of their route ... and some of the drivers don't like cyclists ... but it doesn't happen too often here
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
Ahh that is interesting! I hadn’t considered
@fToo10 ай бұрын
@15:27 if you're heading for the east end of Shepherd's Bush Green (Central Line / Overground / Westfield), instead of going (the wrong way) down Blyth Road, you can go straight on into Addison Gardens ... and then bear left into Richmond Way ... and at the end there's a lane up to the main round, which brings you to the traffic lights if you want to cross to the north side
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
Ah yes… I just wish the routes were symmetrical!
@fToo10 ай бұрын
@@Londoncycleroutes yeah - it's a confusing sets of roads. i cycle through here regularly, and often have to get out my phone to work out which way i need to turn!
@nuazak10 ай бұрын
thanks for this route, i've tried to cycle a number of times around that area and it's tricky with the amount of private roads and chancers who try to limit people's enjoyment of the riverside. as the light fades, would you be able to discuss cycling routes with good lighting throughout?
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
Yes good call, I always try to note if there’s somewhere with bad lighting and go a well lit way if there’s an option - will redouble my efforts!
@donmacdon10 ай бұрын
My understanding of Road Traffic law is that there has to be a regulation (or some other written device) that imposes a legal requirement to comply (no parking, or no entry, for example). Changing a one way street to 'except bikes' is more than just putting up a cheap sign, sadly. The lawyers have to get their cut!
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
yes, they do have to publish a traffic regulation order, but in the grand scheme of things it's not a lot - under £5,000 or so to cover the legal fees, staff costs etc as I understand it
@fToo10 ай бұрын
@11:44 sometimes the cars turn across the cycle lane after clearly seeing the cyclists! LB Hounslow put a lot more money into the Chiswick section of the cycle lane to encourage car drivers to behave considerately. the section further east (outside Hammersmith town hall building site) is particularly sketchy at present, but should improve once the works are (finally) finished.
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
Fingers crossed it improves
@davidbuick84017 ай бұрын
Can I be the only person on here to have been forced to run as far as that bandstand and back on wet sports days?
@Londoncycleroutes7 ай бұрын
Haha sorry to bring back potentially traumatic memories!
@tonybarfield514810 ай бұрын
I love your latest video. Your wouldn't be very popular with the people with Conservative party, as they are Anti any further Low Traffic neighbourhoods and anything to do with active travel including cycling. Question what public cycle parking is there in the Shepherds Bush area?
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
Thank you! There are a few cycle stands outside the Sainsbury’s opposite Shepherd’s Bush Green, I know because I locked up there for a bit!
@fToo10 ай бұрын
there's plenty outside the Central Line station, and at different places around the green - I've never had a problem finding somewhere to lock my bike
@GreenJimll10 ай бұрын
I think that should be "some people with the Conservative party". I know some Tories who are perfectly happy with LTNs, cycle paths and 20mph residential zones - in fact they've campaigned for some of them in the past. The current "culture war" and "war on motorists" nonsense hasn't quite seeped into all the corners of the Conservative party quite yet.
@lenniet10 ай бұрын
Nice video, but why the American pronunciation of 'mall'?
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
that's how I would usually say it I'm afraid!
@mjyt10010 ай бұрын
Cycling is prohibited on the steel bridge as it is not wide enough. You should remove that from this video.
@Londoncycleroutes10 ай бұрын
They’re certainly keeping that quiet if it’s the case- I didn’t see any signs and there’s lots of council statements and documentation saying it’s for cyclists too, including the leader of the council this year when it opened