Routes

The following information has been provided by Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Safe Cycle Route Planning & Navigation

App	Symbol	Pros	Cons
City Cyclist		Slick app Directs you to safest routes	Only available on Apple devices
Komoot		Slick app Directs you to safest routes Bike Touring = Quietest Road Ride = Fastest	Free access to one geographic area e.g. London only
Cycle Streets		Directs you to safest routes: Quietest, Balanced & Fastest route options	App is rather tired and needs to be modernised
GoogleMaps		Easy to use	Does not direct you to safest routes

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Routes in London

Transport for London illustrates their programme’s existing cycling infrastructure routes https://tfl.gov.uk/maps/cycle

If you wish to share, or review other people’s feedback on a route, you can do that here: https://routeplanrate.com/

London Boroughs have been building cycling infrastructure for years, so there are loads of safe, quiet routes near you: http://www.opencyclemap.org/  Also check out https://www.routeplanroll.com/

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Looking at a map to plan a bicycle ride

National Cycle Network – Sustrans / Ordnance Survey information

 

 

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Route video guides

Some very helpful cyclists are recording and publishing videos of quiet routes around London

For example, here is the work of Jon Stone, a journalist who has made these well received videos and posted them on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Londoncycleroutes/videos  

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