Cycleway 39 (C39): Shepherd's Bush to Kensington High Street
Cycleway 39 runs 1.1 km from Shepherd's Bush to Kensington High Street through Kensington and Chelsea; 5% of it is on a cycle track or path of its own, and SuperSafe rates 100% of it quiet. 56% of it is lit after dark.
- 1.1 km
- 5% on a track or path of its own
- 100% rated quiet
Cycleway 39 route map
The built route as OpenStreetMap maps it. Blue is a cycle track or path of its own; black is on the road.
C39 at a glance
- Length
- 1.1 km
- Runs
- Shepherd's Bush to Kensington High Street
- Grade
- Mostly on-road
- On a track or path of its own
- 5%
- Rated quiet by SuperSafe™
- 100%
- Lit after dark
- 56%
- Boroughs
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Built pieces
- One continuous route
- Planned extensions
- None mapped
The streets C39 follows
In route order as mapped, named streets and paths only.
- Hansard Mews
- Lower Addison Gardens
- Elsham Road
- Russell Gardens
- Russell Road
How Cyclemate routes it
Riding C39 with SuperSafe™
SuperSafe rates 100% of Cycleway 39 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 C39 it used and what it steered around.
- 5%
- on a track or path of its own
- 100%
- rated quiet by SuperSafe™
- 56%
- lit after dark
Notes and sources
Cycleway 39 is drawn from the 2 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 98% 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 39: your questions
Where does Cycleway 39 go?
Cycleway 39 runs 1.1 km from Shepherd's Bush to Kensington High Street, through Kensington and Chelsea. Along the way it follows Hansard Mews, Lower Addison Gardens, Elsham Road, Russell Gardens and Russell Road.
Is C39 a protected cycle route?
Mostly not. Only 5% of Cycleway 39 is on a cycle track or path of its own; the rest is signed along the road, so its safety depends on how quiet those streets are.
How safe is C39 to cycle?
SuperSafe rates 100% of Cycleway 39 quiet, on a cycle track, a low traffic street or a road with little motor traffic, and 56% of it is lit at night. Cyclemate’s directions use the quiet sections and route around the rest.
