Cycling from Peckham to London Bridge
The SuperSafe™ route is 5.8 km and takes about 23 min, with 87% on quiet streets and cycleways. It is flat the whole way.
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The SuperSafe™ route is 5.8 km and takes about 23 min, with 87% on quiet streets and cycleways. It is flat the whole way.
SuperSafe™
via Sumner Road, St James's Road and Jamaica Road
5.8 km
Detours around the roadworks on Rolls Road make the SuperSafe route preferable. It also avoids busy Bermondsey Street and takes quiet St James's Road and Jamaica Road instead. Most of the ride is on cycleways and quiet streets, keeping you off main roads.
SAFETY, BY DISTANCE
AVOIDED ALONG THE WAY
Avoids Bermondsey Street
Busier roads or shared pathsRoadworks on Rolls Road
Department for TransportAvoids Commercial Way
Reported by ridersAvoids Surrey Canal Walk
Reported by ridersELEVATION
5 m of climbing on the SuperSafe™ route, 3 m on the direct route.
Starting your ride in Peckham, the SuperSafe™ route to London Bridge covers 5.8 km in about 23 minutes. This flat journey involves a gentle climb of 5 metres and a descent of 7 metres, making it an easy ride. You'll enjoy a peaceful experience, with about 87% of the route on quiet streets and cycleways. The ride begins on Rye Lane, Jocelyn Street, and Sumner Road, and takes you along designated cycleways like LCN 65, C35, C10, C4, and C14. As you pedal through streets like Glengall Road and Cooper's Road, you'll appreciate the calmness of the route.
Compared to the direct route, which is 5.4 km and takes about 21 minutes, SuperSafe™ adds just 2 minutes to your journey. This slight increase in time is well worth it for the calmer streets. SuperSafe™ avoids busier roads and construction areas like Bermondsey Street and Rolls Road, as well as roads riders typically avoid, such as Commercial Way and Surrey Canal Walk. The ride concludes on Lynton Road, St James's Road, and Jamaica Road, bringing you smoothly into London Bridge.
About 23 min at an easy pace on the SuperSafe™ route, which is 5.8 km. The most direct route is 5.4 km and takes about 21 min, with more of it on busier roads.
SuperSafe™ goes via Sumner Road, St James's Road and Jamaica Road, using LCN 65, C35, C10, C4 and C14. 87% of the route is on quiet streets and cycleways; the rest is short stretches with some traffic, mostly at crossings.
No. It climbs 5 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 Peckham.
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.
Avoids a road riders reported
Reported by riders