Cycleway 42 (C42): Roden Street to Mallards Road
Cycleway 42 runs 7.7 km from Roden Street to Mallards Road through Barking and Dagenham and Redbridge; 21% of it is on a cycle track or path of its own, and SuperSafe rates 97% of it quiet. 86% of it is lit after dark.
- 7.7 km
- 21% on a track or path of its own
- 97% rated quiet
Cycleway 42 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.
C42 at a glance
- Length
- 7.7 km
- Runs
- Roden Street to Mallards Road
- Grade
- Mostly on-road
- On a track or path of its own
- 21%
- Rated quiet by SuperSafe™
- 97%
- Lit after dark
- 86%
- Boroughs
- Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge
- Built pieces
- 2 separate pieces
- Planned extensions
- None mapped
The streets C42 follows
In route order as mapped, named streets and paths only.
- Roden Street
- Riverdene Road
- Kenneth Avenue
- Lowbrook Road
- Uphall Road
- Victoria Road
- Loxford Road
- Tanner Street
- Loftus Road
- Church Road
- Pickering Road
- Wakering Road
- Station Parade
- Ripple Road
- St. Erkenwald Road
- St. Awdry's Road
- Wedderburn Road
- Gordon Road
- Eldred Road
- Sparsholt Road
- Sutton Gardens
- Felton Road
- Saxham Road
- Alfred's Gardens
- Charlton Crescent
- Maybury Road
- Endeavour Way
- Ripple Greenway
- Thames Road
- Marine Drive
- Mallards Road
How Cyclemate routes it
Riding C42 with SuperSafe™
SuperSafe rates 97% of Cycleway 42 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 C42 it used and what it steered around.
- 21%
- on a track or path of its own
- 97%
- rated quiet by SuperSafe™
- 86%
- lit after dark
Notes and sources
Cycleway 42 is drawn from the 3 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 93% 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 42: your questions
Where does Cycleway 42 go?
Cycleway 42 runs 7.7 km from Roden Street to Mallards Road, through Barking and Dagenham and Redbridge. Along the way it follows Roden Street, Riverdene Road, Kenneth Avenue, Lowbrook Road and Uphall Road.
Is C42 a protected cycle route?
Mostly not. Only 21% of Cycleway 42 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 C42 to cycle?
SuperSafe rates 97% of Cycleway 42 quiet, on a cycle track, a low traffic street or a road with little motor traffic, and 86% of it is lit at night. Cyclemate’s directions use the quiet sections and route around the rest.
