Cycleway 26 (C26): Blackhorse Lane to Haroldstone Road
Cycleway 26 runs 7.8 km from Blackhorse Lane to Haroldstone Road through Waltham Forest and Newham; 74% of it is on a cycle track or path of its own, and SuperSafe rates 99% of it quiet. 76% of it is lit after dark.
- 7.8 km
- 74% on a track or path of its own
- 99% rated quiet
Cycleway 26 route map
The built route as OpenStreetMap maps it. Blue is a cycle track or path of its own; black is on the road.
C26 at a glance
- Length
- 7.8 km
- Runs
- Blackhorse Lane to Haroldstone Road
- Grade
- Mostly protected
- On a track or path of its own
- 74%
- Rated quiet by SuperSafe™
- 99%
- Lit after dark
- 76%
- Boroughs
- Waltham Forest, Newham
- Built pieces
- One continuous route
- Planned extensions
- None mapped
The streets C26 follows
In route order as mapped, named streets and paths only.
- Blackhorse Lane
- Blackhorse Road
- Forest Road
- Hawarden Road
- Edward Road
- Coppermill Lane
- Morland Road
- Salop Road
- Essex Road
- South Access Road
- Black Path
- Argall Way
- Lea Bridge Road
- Orient Way
- Ruckholt Road
- Temple Mills Lane
- Northwall Road
- Maude Road
- Glenthorne Road
- Haroldstone Road
Cycleways C26 connects to
Routes that share a street or a junction with Cycleway 26, so you can change between them without leaving the signed network.
How Cyclemate routes it
Riding C26 with SuperSafe™
SuperSafe rates 99% of Cycleway 26 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 C26 it used and what it steered around.
- 74%
- on a track or path of its own
- 99%
- rated quiet by SuperSafe™
- 76%
- lit after dark
Notes and sources
Cycleway 26 is drawn from the 4 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 81% of the route it holds.
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Cycleway 26: your questions
Where does Cycleway 26 go?
Cycleway 26 runs 7.8 km from Blackhorse Lane to Haroldstone Road, through Waltham Forest and Newham. Along the way it follows Blackhorse Lane, Blackhorse Road, Forest Road, Hawarden Road and Edward Road.
Is C26 a protected cycle route?
Mostly. 74% of Cycleway 26 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 C26 to cycle?
SuperSafe rates 99% of Cycleway 26 quiet, on a cycle track, a low traffic street or a road with little motor traffic, and 76% of it is lit at night. Cyclemate’s directions use the quiet sections and route around the rest.
What does C26 connect to?
Cycleway 26 shares a street or a junction with Cycleway 16, Cycleway 23, Cycleway 24, Cycleway 25 and Cycleway 27, so you can change between them without leaving the signed network.
