Cycleway 52 (C52): Newton Street to Long Acre
Cycleway 52 runs 1.7 km from Newton Street to Long Acre through Camden; 15% of it is on a cycle track or path of its own, and SuperSafe rates 76% of it quiet. 100% of it is lit after dark.
- 1.7 km
- 15% on a track or path of its own
- 76% rated quiet
Cycleway 52 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.
C52 at a glance
- Length
- 1.7 km
- Runs
- Newton Street to Long Acre
- Grade
- Mostly on-road
- On a track or path of its own
- 15%
- Rated quiet by SuperSafe™
- 76%
- Lit after dark
- 100%
- Boroughs
- Camden
- Built pieces
- 2 separate pieces
- Planned extensions
- None mapped
The streets C52 follows
In route order as mapped, named streets and paths only.
- Newton Street
- High Holborn
- New Oxford Street
- Bury Place
- Great Queen Street
- Malet Street
- Montague Place
- Russell Square
- Montague Street
- Great Russell Street
- Long Acre
Cycleways C52 connects to
Routes that share a street or a junction with Cycleway 52, so you can change between them without leaving the signed network.
How Cyclemate routes it
Riding C52 with SuperSafe™
SuperSafe rates 76% of Cycleway 52 quiet. Our directions follow the protected and quiet sections and leave the signed route where it runs along a busy road, picking a parallel back street instead, so a Cyclemate route may not match the signs for the whole way.
Plan a ride between its ends and tap "Why this route?" to see which parts of C52 it used and what it steered around.
- 15%
- on a track or path of its own
- 76%
- rated quiet by SuperSafe™
- 100%
- lit after dark
Notes and sources
Cycleway 52 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 89% of the route it holds.
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Cycleway 52: your questions
Where does Cycleway 52 go?
Cycleway 52 runs 1.7 km from Newton Street to Long Acre, through Camden. Along the way it follows Newton Street, High Holborn, New Oxford Street, Bury Place and Great Queen Street.
Is C52 a protected cycle route?
Mostly not. Only 15% of Cycleway 52 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 C52 to cycle?
SuperSafe rates 76% of Cycleway 52 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.
What does C52 connect to?
Cycleway 52 shares a street or a junction with Cycleway 10 and Cycleway 27, so you can change between them without leaving the signed network.
