Cycleway 5 (C5): The Cut to Venn Street
Cycleway 5 runs 7.6 km from The Cut to Venn Street through Lambeth and Southwark; 25% of it is on a cycle track or path of its own, and SuperSafe rates 95% of it quiet. 59% of it is lit after dark. An extension is proposed but not yet built.
- 7.6 km
- 25% on a track or path of its own
- 95% rated quiet
Cycleway 5 route map
The built route as OpenStreetMap maps it. Blue is a cycle track or path of its own; black is on the road.
C5 at a glance
- Length
- 7.6 km
- Runs
- The Cut to Venn Street
- Grade
- Mostly on-road
- On a track or path of its own
- 25%
- Rated quiet by SuperSafe™
- 95%
- Lit after dark
- 59%
- Boroughs
- Lambeth, Southwark
- Built pieces
- One continuous route
- Planned extensions
- 2 proposed
The streets C5 follows
In route order as mapped, named streets and paths only.
- The Cut
- Baylis Road
- Kennington Road
- Westminster Bridge Road
- Larkhall Lane
- Larkhall Rise
- Meadow Road
- Dorset Road
- Bolney Street
- St. Stephen's Terrace
- Aldebert Terrace
- Thorne Road
- Lansdowne Gardens
- Lansdowne Way
- Vauxhall Walk
- Hercules Road
- Clapham Manor Street
- Cresset Street
- Stonhouse Street
- Bromell's Road
- Union Street
- Sail Street
- Juxon Street
- Ingram Close
- Harleyford Road
- Old Paradise Street
- Newport Street
- Black Prince Road
- Venn Street
Cycleways C5 connects to
Routes that share a street or a junction with Cycleway 5, so you can change between them without leaving the signed network.
How Cyclemate routes it
Riding C5 with SuperSafe™
SuperSafe rates 95% of Cycleway 5 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 C5 it used and what it steered around.
- 25%
- on a track or path of its own
- 95%
- rated quiet by SuperSafe™
- 59%
- lit after dark
Notes and sources
Cycleway 5 is drawn from the 17 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 94% of the route it holds.
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Cycleway 5: your questions
Where does Cycleway 5 go?
Cycleway 5 runs 7.6 km from The Cut to Venn Street, through Lambeth and Southwark. Along the way it follows The Cut, Baylis Road, Kennington Road, Westminster Bridge Road and Larkhall Lane.
Is C5 a protected cycle route?
Mostly not. Only 25% of Cycleway 5 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 C5 to cycle?
SuperSafe rates 95% of Cycleway 5 quiet, on a cycle track, a low traffic street or a road with little motor traffic, and 59% of it is lit at night. Cyclemate’s directions use the quiet sections and route around the rest.
What does C5 connect to?
Cycleway 5 shares a street or a junction with Cycleway 6, Cycleway 7, Cycleway 10, Cycleway 14, Cycleway 56 and Cycleway 62, so you can change between them without leaving the signed network.
