Cycleway 6 (C6): Belsize Park to Elephant & Castle
Cycleway 6 runs 14.7 km from Belsize Park to Elephant & Castle through Camden, Southwark, City of London and Islington; 69% of it is on a cycle track or path of its own, and SuperSafe rates 89% of it quiet. 93% of it is lit after dark. An extension is proposed but not yet built.
- 14.7 km
- 69% on a track or path of its own
- 89% rated quiet
Cycleway 6 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.
C6 at a glance
- Length
- 14.7 km
- Runs
- Belsize Park to Elephant & Castle
- Grade
- Mostly protected
- On a track or path of its own
- 69%
- Rated quiet by SuperSafe™
- 89%
- Lit after dark
- 93%
- Boroughs
- Camden, Southwark, City of London, Islington
- Built pieces
- 2 separate pieces
- Planned extensions
- 1 proposed
The streets C6 follows
In route order as mapped, named streets and paths only.
- Rosslyn Hill
- Haverstock Hill
- Prince of Wales Road
- Castlehaven Road
- Castle Road
- Kentish Town Road
- Royal College Street
- St. Pancras Way
- Pancras Road
- Crowndale Road
- Goldington Crescent
- Midland Road
- Judd Street
- Tavistock Place
- Regent Square
- Sidmouth Street
- Ampton Street
- Cubitt Street
- Pakenham Street
- Phoenix Place
- Warner Street
- Ray Street
- Farringdon Road
- Herbal Hill
- Saffron Hill
- Greville Street
- Farringdon Street
- New Bridge Street
- Blackfriars Bridge
- Blackfriars Road
- Lambeth Road
- St George's Road
Cycleways C6 connects to
Routes that share a street or a junction with Cycleway 6, so you can change between them without leaving the signed network.
How Cyclemate routes it
Riding C6 with SuperSafe™
SuperSafe rates 89% of Cycleway 6 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 C6 it used and what it steered around.
- 69%
- on a track or path of its own
- 89%
- rated quiet by SuperSafe™
- 93%
- lit after dark
Notes and sources
Cycleway 6 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 92% of the route it holds.
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Cycleway 6: your questions
Where does Cycleway 6 go?
Cycleway 6 runs 14.7 km from Belsize Park to Elephant & Castle, through Camden, Southwark, City of London and Islington. Along the way it follows Rosslyn Hill, Haverstock Hill, Prince of Wales Road, Castlehaven Road and Castle Road.
Is C6 a protected cycle route?
Mostly. 69% of Cycleway 6 is on a cycle track or path separate from motor traffic; the rest is on the carriageway, usually quiet streets or painted lanes.
How safe is C6 to cycle?
SuperSafe rates 89% of Cycleway 6 quiet, on a cycle track, a low traffic street or a road with little motor traffic, and 93% of it is lit at night. Cyclemate’s directions use the quiet sections and route around the rest.
What does C6 connect to?
Cycleway 6 shares a street or a junction with Cycleway 5, Cycleway 7, Cycleway 10, Cycleway 14, Cycleway 27, Cycleway 41 and Cycleway 50, so you can change between them without leaving the signed network.
