Cycleway 3 (C3): Tower Hill to Lancaster Gate
Cycleway 3 runs 23.2 km from Tower Hill to Lancaster Gate through Westminster, Tower Hamlets, Newham, City of London and Barking and Dagenham; 85% of it is on a cycle track or path of its own, and SuperSafe rates 96% of it quiet. 98% of it is lit after dark.
- 23.2 km
- 85% on a track or path of its own
- 96% rated quiet
Cycleway 3 route map
The built route as OpenStreetMap maps it. Blue is a cycle track or path of its own; black is on the road.
C3 at a glance
- Length
- 23.2 km
- Runs
- Tower Hill to Lancaster Gate
- Grade
- Mostly protected
- On a track or path of its own
- 85%
- Rated quiet by SuperSafe™
- 96%
- Lit after dark
- 98%
- Boroughs
- Westminster, Tower Hamlets, Newham, City of London, Barking and Dagenham
- Built pieces
- One continuous route
- Planned extensions
- None mapped
The streets C3 follows
In route order as mapped, named streets and paths only, the first forty.
- Poplar High Street
- Naval Row
- Nutmeg Lane
- Saffron Avenue
- Oregano Drive
- Sorrel Lane
- Leamouth Road
- East India Dock Road
- Barking Road
- Sussex Gardens
- Westbourne Street
- Bayswater Road
- Brook Street
- North Carriage Drive
- West Carriage Drive
- South Carriage Drive
- Narrow Street
- Limehouse Causeway
- Salter Street
- Premiere Place
- Garford Street
- West India Dock Road
- Ming Street
- Petra Way
- Newham Way
- Blackfriars Underpass
- Upper Thames Street
- Puddle Dock
- Castle Baynard Street
- Lower Thames Street
- Byward Street
- Prince Regent Lane
- Tollgate Road
- Cable Street
- Butcher Row
- St James' Gardens
- Spert Street
- Horseferry Road
- Beckton Roundabout
- Alfred's Way
Cycleways C3 connects to
Routes that share a street or a junction with Cycleway 3, so you can change between them without leaving the signed network.
How Cyclemate routes it
Riding C3 with SuperSafe™
SuperSafe rates 96% of Cycleway 3 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 C3 it used and what it steered around.
- 85%
- on a track or path of its own
- 96%
- rated quiet by SuperSafe™
- 98%
- lit after dark
Notes and sources
Cycleway 3 is drawn from the 19 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 83% of the route it holds.
Last checked 6 October 2026. See every London Cycleway for the full network, or the Thames bridges ranked for cycling if it crosses the river. Spotted a change? Tell us.
Cycleway 3: your questions
Where does Cycleway 3 go?
Cycleway 3 runs 23.2 km from Tower Hill to Lancaster Gate, through Westminster, Tower Hamlets, Newham, City of London and Barking and Dagenham. Along the way it follows Poplar High Street, Naval Row, Nutmeg Lane, Saffron Avenue and Oregano Drive.
Is C3 a protected cycle route?
Mostly. 85% of Cycleway 3 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 C3 to cycle?
SuperSafe rates 96% of Cycleway 3 quiet, on a cycle track, a low traffic street or a road with little motor traffic, and 98% of it is lit at night. Cyclemate’s directions use the quiet sections and route around the rest.
What does C3 connect to?
Cycleway 3 shares a street or a junction with Cycleway 7, Cycleway 22, Cycleway 27, Cycleway 54, Cycleway 55 and Cycleway 56, so you can change between them without leaving the signed network.
