Cycleway 61 (C61): North Chingford to Walthamstow
Cycleway 61 runs 6.5 km from North Chingford to Walthamstow through Waltham Forest; 10% of it is on a cycle track or path of its own, and SuperSafe rates 99% of it quiet. 41% of it is lit after dark.
- 6.5 km
- 10% on a track or path of its own
- 99% rated quiet
Cycleway 61 route map
The built route as OpenStreetMap maps it. Blue is a cycle track or path of its own; black is on the road.
C61 at a glance
- Length
- 6.5 km
- Runs
- North Chingford to Walthamstow
- Grade
- Mostly on-road
- On a track or path of its own
- 10%
- Rated quiet by SuperSafe™
- 99%
- Lit after dark
- 41%
- Boroughs
- Waltham Forest
- Built pieces
- One continuous route
- Planned extensions
- None mapped
The streets C61 follows
In route order as mapped, named streets and paths only.
- Beresford Road
- Long Deacon Road
- Normanton Park
- Friday Hill East
- Waterhall Avenue
- The Avenue
- Nightingale Avenue
- Sheredan Road
- Clivedon Road
- Handsworth Avenue
- Hale End Road
- Beech Hall Road
- Bridge End
- Queenswood Avenue
- Fulbourne Road
- Brookscroft Road
- Sturge Avenue
- Spruce Hills Road
- Forest Road
- Whitehall Road
Cycleways C61 connects to
Routes that share a street or a junction with Cycleway 61, so you can change between them without leaving the signed network.
How Cyclemate routes it
Riding C61 with SuperSafe™
SuperSafe rates 99% of Cycleway 61 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 C61 it used and what it steered around.
- 10%
- on a track or path of its own
- 99%
- rated quiet by SuperSafe™
- 41%
- lit after dark
Notes and sources
Cycleway 61 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 99% of the route it holds.
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Cycleway 61: your questions
Where does Cycleway 61 go?
Cycleway 61 runs 6.5 km from North Chingford to Walthamstow, through Waltham Forest. Along the way it follows Beresford Road, Long Deacon Road, Normanton Park, Friday Hill East and Waterhall Avenue.
Is C61 a protected cycle route?
Mostly not. Only 10% of Cycleway 61 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 C61 to cycle?
SuperSafe rates 99% of Cycleway 61 quiet, on a cycle track, a low traffic street or a road with little motor traffic, and 41% of it is lit at night. Cyclemate’s directions use the quiet sections and route around the rest.
What does C61 connect to?
Cycleway 61 shares a street or a junction with Cycleway 24 and Cycleway 60, so you can change between them without leaving the signed network.
