Cycling from Bloomsbury to South Bank
The SuperSafe™ route is 3.7 km and takes about 15 min, with 84% on quiet streets and cycleways. It is flat the whole way.
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The SuperSafe™ route is 3.7 km and takes about 15 min, with 84% on quiet streets and cycleways. It is flat the whole way.
SuperSafe™
via Wellington Street, Victoria Embankment and Blackfriars Bridge
3.7 km
Detours around the roadworks on Kingsway. It also takes the quiet Strand and Bedford Place rather than busy Southampton Row and Aldwych. Most of the ride is on cycleways and quiet streets, keeping you off main roads.
SAFETY, BY DISTANCE
AVOIDED ALONG THE WAY
Avoids High Holborn and Holborn
Busier roads or shared pathsRoadworks on Kingsway
Department for TransportRoadworks on Long Acre
Department for TransportELEVATION
6 m of climbing on the SuperSafe™ route, 2 m on the direct route.
Cycling from Bloomsbury to South Bank on the SuperSafe™ route covers 3.7 km in about 15 minutes. This flat ride includes a gentle climb of 6 metres and a descent of 29 metres. With about 84% of the journey on quiet streets and cycleways, it offers a peaceful ride through the city. You'll start on Southampton Row, Russell Square, and Bedford Place, and follow cycleways C52, C10, C3, and C6. The route takes you along streets like Great Queen Street, Wellington Street, and Victoria Embankment, before crossing Blackfriars Bridge and finishing on Upper Ground and Hatfields.
Compared to the direct route, which is 2.8 km and takes about 11 minutes, SuperSafe™ adds about 3 minutes to your journey. However, it avoids busier roads like High Holborn and Holborn, as well as construction areas on Kingsway and Long Acre. The direct route has about 43% of its path on busier roads or shared paths, while SuperSafe™ offers a calmer alternative. The ride concludes on Blackfriars Bridge, Upper Ground, and Hatfields, bringing you smoothly into South Bank.
About 15 min at an easy pace on the SuperSafe™ route, which is 3.7 km. The most direct route is 2.8 km and takes about 11 min, with more of it on busier roads.
SuperSafe™ goes via Wellington Street, Victoria Embankment and Blackfriars Bridge, using C52, C10, C3, (C6) and C6. 84% of the route is on quiet streets and cycleways; the rest is short stretches with some traffic, mostly at crossings.
No. It climbs 6 m in total and is flat for almost all of it.
Yes, in the Cyclemate app for iPhone and Android. Open this page on your phone and tap Open in Cyclemate: the route loads in the app, ready to start with turn-by-turn navigation from Bloomsbury.
After dark, Cyclemate plans a SuperSafe™ Night route that prefers well-lit roads, and shows how much of the ride is lit next to how much is quiet. Plan the trip in the app with a night-time departure to compare.
Yes. Cyclemate is free to download on iPhone and Android, and SuperSafe™ directions and the live London map are included.
It is planned live on Cyclemate's London map, which picks up new cycleways, roadworks and closures, and reports from riders. When the streets change, so does the route.