A fantastic way to cycle from Bermondsey to Paddington

You can cycle from Bermondsey in south London to Paddington in west central London about 40 minutes, entirely on quiet streets and protected cycled lanes.
The route is about 6.4 miles long (10.3km) and makes use of Cycleway 4, Cycleway 14, the Baylis Road and Westminster Bridge cycle tracks, plus Cycleway 3. It also takes in the new Park Lane cycleway, a short section of Cycleway 27, and a few cut-throughs of my own creation... it covers a lot, actually!
The 40 minute journey time isn't much longer than taking the Tube, a journey for which you would normally have to change trains in any case.
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You can see a digital map of the route and download a GPS/GPX file to use on whatever device or app you want here: www.komoot.com/tour/607611485...
And thank you to viewer John Levermore for compiling a single map of all the London Cycle Routes videos, which you can see here: www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?...
I also highly recommend the Safe Cycle London map for route planning, which is compiled by @SafeCycleLDN on twitter: www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?...

[@hugovanjoolingen5089]

I have to say, I usually feel like the infra in London looks a bit worse for wear, but that new C4 section looks pretty amazing. As a Dutchie, I am impressed. Keep it up TfL!

[@Londoncycleroutes]

Yeah agreed on both counts - this is along the best

[@PeteLittle1970]

Another great video. One thing that I find difficult as a somewhat non confident cyclist is when the cycle path im following suddenly veers to the opposite side of the road and becomes a contra flow. So videos like yours are invaluable for, at the very least, increasing awareness of these odd spots so when I'm out and about at least I have a chance of recognising one from your videos Thank you!

[@Londoncycleroutes]

Thank you that’s really useful feedback! Will try to explain those carefully

[@howler95uk]

The best yet - keep 'em coming. I'm seriously considering a cycle touring holiday in London.

[@Londoncycleroutes]

Cheers! And that would be quite something! if the weather held it could be quite fun…

[@TheOtherAsian13]

I just started commuting to work by cycling in London and ended up binge watching all your videos. They are great keep them coming!

[@Londoncycleroutes]

That’s great to hear, thanks so much for watching and hope they’re useful! let me know if you’d like to see a particular route

[@mrigennegi6524]

I love watching your videos and have watched everyone of them,even though I do not live in London or England. Commenting for the first time for the algo bump. By the way, London has great cycling infrastructure.

[@Londoncycleroutes]

Thanks so much! 🙏 really appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment

[@dbak1094]

Great video as ever! My commute takes me through hyde park to Paddington. Nothing quite as glorious as the serpentine on a crisp sunny morning. Would be great to get your take on Shepherd’s Bush to Paddington!

[@Londoncycleroutes]

Oh yeah I used to cycle past that too! I’ll see what I can do on Shepherd’s bush to Paddington!

[@emmilia2952]

These videos are so well shot! I´ll be moving to London and am planning on commuting by bike. I was a little scared but seeing your videos makes me feel a little more prepared. Although having recently read yet another article in The Guardian about why everyone in the UK hates cyclists, I am still a bit worried not gonna lie :)) BUT! I was curious if you could show us your filming set up! The videos always look incredibly smooth and there are no disruptions when you dismount or turn! Tell us your secret please! I would also like to issue a video request if you have the time :) I would like to know your recommended route from Caledonian Road to Easton Square! Regards from The Netherlands

[@Londoncycleroutes]

Thank you! that's great to hear. Personally I wouldn't worry too much about the Guardian article, I genuinely think you'll find it a lot easier in London - my experience has been it's getting better and I agree with Isabel Hardman's quotes in that piece. (Though of course its nowhere near as good as the Netherlands) Set-up wise I have a GoPro Hero 8 Black and I have it mounted on my handlebars - I pretty much use it on stock settings and the image stabilisation takes care of the rest. For Caledonian Road to Euston Square, head for York Way which has good cycle lanes down it south of Hungerford Rd. Then Turn right into Goods Way, take Midland Road south, cross into Judd Street and use the Tavistock Place cycle lanes as far as Gordon street, which should take you to close to where you're going - very easy ride! I'm planning to do a video incorporating York Way cycle lanes but I've been waiting for Islington to put in a new low-traffic neighbourhood nearby which will mean I can reach a bit further with it. Good luck with the move!

[@Ru-ut4df]

I'm way too inexperienced/unconfident to cycle right now (even on bike-only paths) but these videos are really useful - thanks for making them! Would love to see more Lewisham/SE routes, maybe including one to/from Battersea? 🙂

[@Londoncycleroutes]

Thanks for watching! I’ll give Lewisham to Battersea a go!

[@theFlo90yd]

Thanks for the great video as always! Since you usually mention cool facts about the routes you take, I thought you might like to know that Birdcage Walk (and Pall Mall on the other side of St James' Park) still has gas lamps for street lighting - the ones on Birdcage Walk are apparently the oldest still in use in London, built during the time of George IV.

[@Londoncycleroutes]

That’s very interesting I’ll have to mention it next time I pass!

[@renancesararaujo6911]

Great Video as always, Jon!

[@Londoncycleroutes]

Thanks so much! and cheers for watching!

[@eBoard3R]

*Finally spotted another eBoarder in your video after all this time.* ⚡😂😂⚡ Pretty amazin cycle path, didn't realise south london had so much of it!

[@Londoncycleroutes]

I was wondering if you’d spot that one ahah I should have done a shout out!! It looks extremely fun

[@paulhargrave3421]

Great video. Thanks Jon.

[@Londoncycleroutes]

Thanks for watching!

[@seank784]

trying to work out how to get from hyde park to regents park - from what I can see on google street view, the suggested cycling routes dont have any cycle lanes, never mind protected ones haha

[@Londoncycleroutes]

yeah sadly there isn't a great way - I used to commute this way and I think the most pleasant way is Stanhope Place, Seymour Street, Seymour Place, then Crawford Street. there are various ways of doing the last bit, I used to go Devonshire Place and then cross on foot at the lights to Mcfarren place and York Terrace East. but it really isnt fantastic - hopefully should be improved fairly soon

[@NivagSwerdna]

Always enjoy your video... spurious unnecessary comment to help the YT algorithm promote!

[@Londoncycleroutes]

Thank you and please keep the comments coming, however superfluous!

[@mrigennegi6524]

And can you do another video to Lewisham, but via Greenwich park; as I believe (upon looking at the cycle maps of London), it to be really free of traffic and much easier.

[@Londoncycleroutes]

Good idea! I’ll give it a go

[@wclifton968gameplaystutorials]

Nice video but at 7:38, this is actually an illegal right-turn as the blue MANDATORY road sign says all traffic must turn left, so unless the rules have changed, I believe in the highway code and is stated inside the TSRGD (Government road sign manual), it says that the blue MANDATORY signs refer to ALL traffic road or pavement, so essentially a right turn outside this hospital is illegal until the council have placed an "Except Cycles" exception plate beneath, luckily though the police don't enforce this stupid rule though, but other than that, this is a really good cycling video and no doubt, most things shown has been somewhat improved by now.

[@Londoncycleroutes]

yes it really should have an except cycles sign on it as you say - technically the legal way to make the right turn into the lanes is to use the toucan crossing on the left rather than cross in the gap

[@pirate1012]

If you went down Lower Marsh and right onto Westminster Bridge Road, instead of Baylis Road and Hercules Road, you would’ve saved a few mins and a whole lot of lefts and rights.

[@Londoncycleroutes]

Possibly a minute, but there’s also a big scary tunnel!

[@jammin023]

Wow. I haven't been to London in a while and it's really impressive how far the infra has come in the past few years. And quite depressing how bad it is where I currently live, where the council seems to believe that painted gutters, shared paths, and "quietways" that take ridiculously round-the-houses routes, are all we need...

[@Londoncycleroutes]

There’s plenty of bad stuff here too but it’s getting better slowly!

[@richardknowles5818]

Great ride, but at one point you were turning right, and a pedestrian crossing the road, had to halt and give way to you. Under the new highway code rules, you should have defered to him, shouldn't you?

[@Londoncycleroutes]

yes good point - that looks a bit hairier sped up than it actually was, he was actually standing/walking around in the road talking on his phone and moved in my general direction while i was turning, rather than him trying to cross the road- I don’t think he was too bothered- but it was indeed his right of way

[@Londoncycleroutes]

(If you want to watch it at normal speed then set KZbin playback to 0.5x as the video is at 2x)

[@ruudmuststay]

Bird uncaged Walk Sorry.

[@Londoncycleroutes]

Haha very good

[@lancedorey2774]

Very enjoyable but disappointed you feel the need to speed it up to such an extent,feels like a Benny Hill sketch

[@Londoncycleroutes]

Haha thanks - I personally prefer it sped up but I know what you mean!