Cycling from Brixton to Westminster
The SuperSafe™ route is 5.9 km and takes about 24 min, with 88% on quiet streets and cycleways. It is flat the whole way.
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The SuperSafe™ route is 5.9 km and takes about 24 min, with 88% on quiet streets and cycleways. It is flat the whole way.
SuperSafe™
via Loughborough Road, Vassall Road and Vauxhall Bridgefoot
5.9 km
Detours around the roadworks on Albert Embankment. The SuperSafe route also takes Loughborough Road and avoids busy Clapham Road. Most of the ride is on cycleways and quiet streets, making it a safer choice overall.
SAFETY, BY DISTANCE
AVOIDED ALONG THE WAY
Roadworks on Albert Embankment
Department for TransportAvoids Causton Street
Reported by ridersELEVATION
0 m of climbing on the SuperSafe™ route, 1 m on the direct route.
Starting from Brixton, the SuperSafe™ route to Westminster covers 5.9 km in about 24 minutes. This flat ride involves no climbing and a slight descent of 7 metres. With about 88% of the journey on quiet streets and cycleways, it offers a peaceful ride through the city. The route begins on Pope's Road, Brixton Station Road, and Barrington Road, and includes cycleways like CS7, C5, and AV. As you pedal along, you'll pass through streets such as Loughborough Road, Vassall Road, and Clapham Road, before reaching the final stretch on Horseferry Road, Greycoat Place, and Artillery Row.
Compared to the direct route, which is 5.5 km and takes about 22 minutes, SuperSafe™ adds just 2 minutes to your journey. This slight increase in time is well worth it for the calmer streets it offers. Importantly, SuperSafe™ avoids the busy Albert Embankment, currently under roadworks, and Causton Street, which is best avoided. The ride concludes on Horseferry Road, Greycoat Place, and Artillery Row, bringing you smoothly into Westminster.
About 24 min at an easy pace on the SuperSafe™ route, which is 5.9 km. The most direct route is 5.5 km and takes about 22 min, with more of it on busier roads.
SuperSafe™ goes via Loughborough Road, Vassall Road and Vauxhall Bridgefoot, using CS7, C5 and AV. 88% of the route is on quiet streets and cycleways; the rest is short stretches with some traffic, mostly at crossings.
No. It climbs 0 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 Brixton.
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.