Cycleway 48 (C48): Herne Hill to South Circular Road
Cycleway 48 runs 6.3 km from Herne Hill to South Circular Road through Lambeth; 12% of it is on a cycle track or path of its own, and SuperSafe rates 98% of it quiet. 84% of it is lit after dark. An extension is proposed but not yet built.
- 6.3 km
- 12% on a track or path of its own
- 98% rated quiet
Cycleway 48 route map
The built route as OpenStreetMap maps it, in 4 separate pieces where the signed route has gaps. Blue is a cycle track or path of its own; black is on the road.
C48 at a glance
- Length
- 6.3 km
- Runs
- Herne Hill to South Circular Road
- Grade
- Mostly on-road
- On a track or path of its own
- 12%
- Rated quiet by SuperSafe™
- 98%
- Lit after dark
- 84%
- Boroughs
- Lambeth
- Built pieces
- 4 separate pieces
- Planned extensions
- 1 proposed
The streets C48 follows
In route order as mapped, named streets and paths only.
- Norwood Road
- Brockwell Park Gardens
- Trinity Rise
- Upper Tulse Hill
- High Trees
- Roycroft Close
- Hillside Road
- Palace Road
- Hillside Passage
- Lydhurst Avenue
- Mount Nod Road
- Leigham Avenue
- Conifer Gardens
- Gracefield Gardens
- Leithcote Gardens
- Angles Road
- Sunnyhill Road
- Voltaire Road
- Aristotle Road
- Ferndale Road
- Atlantic Road
- Railton Road
Cycleways C48 connects to
Routes that share a street or a junction with Cycleway 48, so you can change between them without leaving the signed network.
How Cyclemate routes it
Riding C48 with SuperSafe™
SuperSafe rates 98% of Cycleway 48 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 C48 it used and what it steered around.
- 12%
- on a track or path of its own
- 98%
- rated quiet by SuperSafe™
- 84%
- lit after dark
Notes and sources
Cycleway 48 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 93% of the route it holds.
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Cycleway 48: your questions
Where does Cycleway 48 go?
Cycleway 48 runs 6.3 km from Herne Hill to South Circular Road, through Lambeth. Along the way it follows Norwood Road, Brockwell Park Gardens, Trinity Rise, Upper Tulse Hill and High Trees.
Is C48 a protected cycle route?
Mostly not. Only 12% of Cycleway 48 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 C48 to cycle?
SuperSafe rates 98% of Cycleway 48 quiet, on a cycle track, a low traffic street or a road with little motor traffic, and 84% of it is lit at night. Cyclemate’s directions use the quiet sections and route around the rest.
What does C48 connect to?
Cycleway 48 shares a street or a junction with Cycleway 7, so you can change between them without leaving the signed network.
