Cycleway 38 (C38): Liverpool Road to Highbury Station Road
Cycleway 38 runs 5.9 km from Liverpool Road to Highbury Station Road through Islington and Hackney; 38% of it is on a cycle track or path of its own, and SuperSafe rates 90% of it quiet. 100% of it is lit after dark. An extension is proposed but not yet built.
- 5.9 km
- 38% on a track or path of its own
- 90% rated quiet
Cycleway 38 route map
The built route as OpenStreetMap maps it. Blue is a cycle track or path of its own; black is on the road.
C38 at a glance
- Length
- 5.9 km
- Runs
- Liverpool Road to Highbury Station Road
- Grade
- Part protected
- On a track or path of its own
- 38%
- Rated quiet by SuperSafe™
- 90%
- Lit after dark
- 100%
- Boroughs
- Islington, Hackney
- Built pieces
- One continuous route
- Planned extensions
- 1 proposed
The streets C38 follows
In route order as mapped, named streets and paths only.
- Liverpool Road
- Tolpuddle Street
- Gillespie Road
- Drayton Park
- Horsell Road
- Fieldway Crescent
- Madras Place
- Finsbury Park Road
- Somerfield Road
- Ambler Road
- Avenell Road
- Highbury Station Road
How Cyclemate routes it
Riding C38 with SuperSafe™
SuperSafe rates 90% of Cycleway 38 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 C38 it used and what it steered around.
- 38%
- on a track or path of its own
- 90%
- rated quiet by SuperSafe™
- 100%
- lit after dark
Notes and sources
Cycleway 38 is drawn from the 8 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 86% 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 38: your questions
Where does Cycleway 38 go?
Cycleway 38 runs 5.9 km from Liverpool Road to Highbury Station Road, through Islington and Hackney. Along the way it follows Liverpool Road, Tolpuddle Street, Gillespie Road, Drayton Park and Horsell Road.
Is C38 a protected cycle route?
Partly. 38% of Cycleway 38 is on a cycle track or path of its own, and the rest shares the road, so expect a mix of protected sections and on-street riding.
How safe is C38 to cycle?
SuperSafe rates 90% of Cycleway 38 quiet, on a cycle track, a low traffic street or a road with little motor traffic, and 100% of it is lit at night. Cyclemate’s directions use the quiet sections and route around the rest.
