Cycleway 25 (C25): Ruckholt Road to Colville Road
Cycleway 25 runs 6.4 km from Ruckholt Road to Colville Road through Waltham Forest, Hackney and Newham; 75% of it is on a cycle track or path of its own, and SuperSafe rates 97% of it quiet. 95% of it is lit after dark.
- 6.4 km
- 75% on a track or path of its own
- 97% rated quiet
Cycleway 25 route map
The built route as OpenStreetMap maps it, in 2 separate pieces where the signed route has gaps. Blue is a cycle track or path of its own; black is on the road.
C25 at a glance
- Length
- 6.4 km
- Runs
- Ruckholt Road to Colville Road
- Grade
- Mostly protected
- On a track or path of its own
- 75%
- Rated quiet by SuperSafe™
- 97%
- Lit after dark
- 95%
- Boroughs
- Waltham Forest, Hackney, Newham
- Built pieces
- 2 separate pieces
- Planned extensions
- None mapped
The streets C25 follows
In route order as mapped, named streets and paths only.
- Ruckholt Road
- Marshall Road
- York Road
- Maud Road
- Trelawn Road
- Waterden Road
- Grove Green Road
- Dyers Hall Road South
- Dyers Hall Road
- Kingswood Road
- Poppleton Road
- Ashbridge Road
- Teesdale Road
- Whipps Cross Road
- Temple Mills Lane
- Colville Road
Cycleways C25 connects to
Routes that share a street or a junction with Cycleway 25, so you can change between them without leaving the signed network.
How Cyclemate routes it
Riding C25 with SuperSafe™
SuperSafe rates 97% of Cycleway 25 quiet, so our directions follow it almost everywhere it goes your way, and pick up the signed route wherever a quiet street or protected track joins it.
Plan a ride between its ends and tap "Why this route?" to see which parts of C25 it used and what it steered around.
- 75%
- on a track or path of its own
- 97%
- rated quiet by SuperSafe™
- 95%
- lit after dark
Notes and sources
Cycleway 25 is drawn from the 5 OpenStreetMap route relations tagged with its number in the June 2026 London extract our routing map is built from. Length is the sum of the mapped ways. Protected means a cycleway in its own right or a road with a mapped separate track. Quiet and lit are SuperSafe™ ratings from the Cyclemate London map over the 82% of the route it holds.
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Cycleway 25: your questions
Where does Cycleway 25 go?
Cycleway 25 runs 6.4 km from Ruckholt Road to Colville Road, through Waltham Forest, Hackney and Newham. Along the way it follows Ruckholt Road, Marshall Road, York Road, Maud Road and Trelawn Road.
Is C25 a protected cycle route?
Mostly. 75% of Cycleway 25 is on a cycle track or path separate from motor traffic; the rest is on the carriageway, usually quiet streets or painted lanes.
How safe is C25 to cycle?
SuperSafe rates 97% of Cycleway 25 quiet, on a cycle track, a low traffic street or a road with little motor traffic, and 95% of it is lit at night. Cyclemate’s directions use the quiet sections and route around the rest.
What does C25 connect to?
Cycleway 25 shares a street or a junction with Cycleway 26, so you can change between them without leaving the signed network.
