Cycleway 8 (C8, formerly Cycle Superhighway 8): Old York Road to Fairfield Street
Cycleway 8 runs 10.3 km from Old York Road to Fairfield Street through Wandsworth and Westminster; 35% of it is on a cycle track or path of its own, and SuperSafe rates 43% of it quiet. 99% of it is lit after dark.
- 10.3 km
- 35% on a track or path of its own
- 43% rated quiet
Cycleway 8 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.
C8 at a glance
- Length
- 10.3 km
- Runs
- Old York Road to Fairfield Street
- Grade
- Part protected
- On a track or path of its own
- 35%
- Rated quiet by SuperSafe™
- 43%
- Lit after dark
- 99%
- Boroughs
- Wandsworth, Westminster
- Built pieces
- 2 separate pieces
- Planned extensions
- None mapped
The streets C8 follows
In route order as mapped, named streets and paths only.
- Old York Road
- York Road
- Battersea Park Road
- Macduff Road
- Prince of Wales Drive
- Chelsea Bridge Road
- Grosvenor Road
- Millbank
- Queen's Circus
- Queenstown Road
- Ram Street
- Armoury Way
- Barchard Street
- Fairfield Street
How Cyclemate routes it
Riding C8 with SuperSafe™
SuperSafe rates 43% of Cycleway 8 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 C8 it used and what it steered around.
- 35%
- on a track or path of its own
- 43%
- rated quiet by SuperSafe™
- 99%
- lit after dark
Notes and sources
Cycleway 8 is drawn from the 5 OpenStreetMap route relations tagged with its number in the June 2026 London extract our routing map is built from, including those still tagged Cycle Superhighway 8. 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 78% of the route it holds.
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Cycleway 8: your questions
Where does Cycleway 8 go?
Cycleway 8 runs 10.3 km from Old York Road to Fairfield Street, through Wandsworth and Westminster. Along the way it follows Old York Road, York Road, Battersea Park Road, Macduff Road and Prince of Wales Drive.
Is C8 a protected cycle route?
Partly. 35% of Cycleway 8 is on a cycle track or path of its own, and the rest shares the road, so expect a mix of protected sections and on-street riding.
How safe is C8 to cycle?
SuperSafe rates 43% of Cycleway 8 quiet, on a cycle track, a low traffic street or a road with little motor traffic, and 99% of it is lit at night. Cyclemate’s directions use the quiet sections and route around the rest.
Is C8 the same as Cycle Superhighway 8?
Yes. Transport for London renamed the Cycle Superhighways and Quietways as Cycleways in 2019, so Cycle Superhighway 8 is signed as C8 today; the route is the same.
