Cycling from Tooting to Clapham
The SuperSafe™ route is 6.5 km and takes about 26 min, with 87% on quiet streets and cycleways. It is mostly flat, with 34 m of climbing.
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The SuperSafe™ route is 6.5 km and takes about 26 min, with 87% on quiet streets and cycleways. It is mostly flat, with 34 m of climbing.
SuperSafe™
via Fishponds Road, Beechcroft Road and Thurleigh Road
6.5 km
Detours around the busy Clapham Common South Side, taking the cycleway instead. The SuperSafe route mostly follows cycleways and quiet streets, keeping you off main roads. It's also about two minutes longer than the direct route.
SAFETY, BY DISTANCE
AVOIDED ALONG THE WAY
Avoids Clapham Common South Side and Bellevue Road
Busier roads or shared pathsAvoids dangerous junction Tooting High Street onto Selkirk Road
ELEVATION
34 m of climbing on the SuperSafe™ route, 27 m on the direct route.
Cycling from Tooting to Clapham on the SuperSafe™ route covers 6.5 km in about 26 minutes. This mostly flat ride includes a climb of 34 metres and a descent of 26 metres, making it a comfortable journey for most cyclists. About 87% of the route is on quiet streets and cycleways, ensuring a peaceful ride. You'll start on Selkirk Road, Fishponds Road, and Beechcroft Road, and follow cycleways like CS7, AV, C7, and C5. As you continue, you'll pass through streets such as Burntwood Lane, Sandgate Lane, and Lyford Road, eventually reaching Clapham via The Pavement, Bromell's Road, and Venn Street.
Compared to the direct route, which is 5.6 km and takes about 22 minutes, SuperSafe™ adds about 4 minutes to your journey. However, this extra time is well spent avoiding busier roads like Clapham Common South Side and Bellevue Road, as well as the tricky junction at Tooting High Street. The ride concludes on The Pavement, Bromell's Road, and Venn Street, bringing you smoothly into Clapham. This route offers a calmer alternative, prioritising safety and serenity over speed.
About 26 min at an easy pace on the SuperSafe™ route, which is 6.5 km. The most direct route is 5.6 km and takes about 22 min, with more of it on busier roads.
SuperSafe™ goes via Fishponds Road, Beechcroft Road and Thurleigh Road, using CS7, AV, C7 and C5. 87% of the route is on quiet streets and cycleways; the rest is short stretches with some traffic, mostly at crossings.
Not really. It climbs 34 m in total, with no steep stretches.
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 Tooting.
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.