I'm doing a cycle tour of Hampshire, starting off at Portsmouth and ending at Winchester. That means train to/from Kings Cross, other train at Waterloo. I'll have to cycle between the two stations - anyone got any tips? Last time I tried cycling through London I found it scary and I also got a puncture!
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Kings Cross to Waterloo & back
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Posted 5 years ago #
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I've done the first two miles of the route recently (as far as Blackfriars Bridge) and it's quite benign, on CS6 and various other routes. The only unpleasant bit is geting out of King's Cross, but there's a new cycle crossing there now.
https://cycle.travel/map?from=King%27s%20Cross%20Station%20Concourse&to=London%20Waterloo%20station&fromLL=51.530856,-0.123016&toLL=51.5019408,-0.11315764844991648Can't help with what happens south of the Thames though...
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South of the Thames you take something called The Cut which is a rat run with cycle lane to Waterloo but it does chuck you out at a massive multi lane junction
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As a temporary Londoner, I would follow @greenroofer's route, rather than chdot's.
Just walk the bits around King's Cross. As soon as you get across Euston road, the roads are heavily filtered and have cycle contraflows, making them very easy to cycle gently.
The Farringdon/Blackfriars bits of cycle infra are quite good, but be warned people cycle fast on them, especially at rush hour.
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Another option, bypassing the worst of central London, is to cycle to Blackfriars station and get a Thameslink train from there to St Pancras.
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Thanks hive mind, that's very helpful. I do have a reasonable amount of time to half walk/half cycle through the Great Metropolis. I have tried putting a cycle on the Underground before, and found it very uncomfortable.
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@greenroofer & SRD
Thanks very much. I found the list of street names a little daunting however in practice it was filtered and fairly obvious and when I hit Farringdon Street, pure joy along the segregated cycle lanes. At the other side of Blackfriars Bridge I made a fairly inglorious finish following a bus going to Waterloo, and ended up in the Underground station, going up a lift, and then just making my train.Return I botched up getting to Blackfriars initially (fortunately a Sunday morning) however once I got to the bridge easy-peasy and it’s signed better as well, with King’s Cross showing reassuringly. Nice quiet back streets linking to the super-highway.
Aren’t segregated cycle lanes and lights for cyclists a good idea! We should really try them in Edinburgh.
Had quite a sense of achievement cycling 3 miles across London.At first I was afraid, I was petrified,
I kept thinking, this is gonna be one ultra-scary ride,
And I spent so many nights thinking how I could go wrong,
But I was strong, I learned how to get along,
Cos they have filtered that motored place,
They’ve segregated lanes and designed a cycling space,
The streets have been made over,
They’ve given us a key,
They’ve lighted and they’ve signed, and they’ve changed priority,
Go on now go, head down the road,
Pedal ‘cross the city, balancing your load,
You’re on a super-highway, King’s Cross to Waterloo,
From northwards to the south
The streets belong to you.
I made it through,
I did survive,
Skimming over Blackfriars, flying and alive,
I was moving on a roll,
And I kicked my bike in goal
I did survive
I did survive hey heyPosted 5 years ago # -
Nice work @Rosie :)
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nice one!
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Hmm deffo the long way - takes 12-15 minutes straight over Euston Road & wiggle over to go down Judd Street with options to stay East of Kingsway to LSE via back lanes, or blast down to The Aldwych & across Waterloo Bridge.
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