Low traffic neighbourhoods in London: the map and the numbers
London has 111 active low traffic neighbourhood zones across 19 boroughs, covering 29.3 km² of streets where through traffic is filtered out. See every one on the map, borough by borough, and ride through them with Cyclemate.
- 111 active zones
- 19 of 33 boroughs
- 488 km of filtered streets
Map of London's low traffic neighbourhoods
Every active LTN in London, drawn from the same map layer as the Cyclemate app. Pick a borough to zoom in, or tap a zone to see its name and when it went in.
All London
111 active zones in 19 boroughs, covering 29.3 km². 74 of them went in during 2020.
Plan a quiet route through London →What is a low traffic neighbourhood?
A low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) is a group of residential streets where through motor traffic is filtered out, while every home and business stays reachable by car. Councils also call them healthy neighbourhoods, liveable neighbourhoods, quiet neighbourhoods or people friendly streets. In American English the term is written low-traffic neighborhood.
Filters stop the short cut
Planters, bollards and camera-enforced gates close a few points to motor vehicles, so a driver can no longer cut through the neighbourhood to skip a main road.
Every address stays reachable
Residents, deliveries, carers and emergency services can still drive to every door. The route in and out may change. The access does not.
Bikes and feet go straight through
The filters are open to people walking, wheeling and cycling, which turns a grid of back streets into a direct, quiet route across the area.
Which London boroughs have the most low traffic neighbourhoods?
Waltham Forest has the most zones (23), but measured by land the leaders are City of London (26% of the borough inside an LTN), Hackney (19%) and Islington (16%). 14 of London's 33 boroughs have no active zone at all.
| Borough | Active zones | Schemes | Area (km²) | Share of borough | Removed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of London | 3 | 1 | 0.75 | 26% | 2 |
| Hackney | 14 | 13 | 3.67 | 19% | 0 |
| Islington | 7 | 7 | 2.43 | 16% | 0 |
| Lambeth | 9 | 7 | 3.55 | 13% | 1 |
| Waltham Forest | 23 | 12 | 5.00 | 13% | 0 |
| Haringey | 8 | 3 | 2.83 | 10% | 0 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 2 | 2 | 1.19 | 7% | 0 |
| Southwark | 7 | 5 | 1.81 | 6% | 0 |
| Camden | 10 | 8 | 0.89 | 4% | 1 |
| Hounslow | 8 | 6 | 2.26 | 4% | 0 |
| Newham | 6 | 5 | 1.43 | 4% | 0 |
| Tower Hamlets | 2 | 2 | 0.72 | 4% | 0 |
| Enfield | 2 | 2 | 1.32 | 2% | 0 |
| Lewisham | 1 | 1 | 0.38 | 1% | 1 |
| Croydon | 3 | 3 | 0.65 | under 1% | 1 |
| Merton | 2 | 2 | 0.20 | under 1% | 0 |
| Westminster | 1 | 1 | 0.09 | under 1% | 4 |
| Ealing | 1 | 1 | 0.07 | under 1% | 6 |
| Greenwich | 1 | 1 | 0.01 | under 1% | 1 |
One more zone, North Chiswick, straddles Hounslow and Ealing and is counted in the London total only. Brent, Harrow and Sutton each trialled LTNs and have since removed all of them.
When were London's low traffic neighbourhoods built?
Two thirds of them arrived in a single year. 74 of today's 111 zones (67%) went in during 2020, when councils used emergency pandemic powers to filter streets quickly. Only 10 predate that year, all of them in Waltham Forest, where the Mini-Holland programme opened its first zone in 2015. 27 more have followed since.
The same rush explains the removals: 31 zones, nearly all from 2020, were later taken out. The ones on this map are the ones that stayed.
- 12015
- 42016
- 12017
- 22018
- 22019
- 742020
- 132021
- 112022
- 32023
On a bike
Cycling through London's low traffic neighbourhoods
An LTN is a ready-made quiet route: no rat-running traffic, and filters that let a bike through where a car has to turn back. Our London map holds 488 km of streets inside them, and 80% of that length is rated quiet. SuperSafe™ routing prefers quiet streets, so its routes thread through LTNs wherever they point your way.
To see them while you plan, open the map layers and switch on LTNs. The zones show in violet under your route, on the planner and during turn-by-turn.
- 488 km
- of streets inside a London LTN
- 80%
- of that length rated quiet for cycling
- 111
- zones on the Cyclemate map layer
List of low traffic neighbourhoods in London, by borough
All 82 named schemes that are active today, with the month each one went in. Names are as the councils published them.
Camden
8 schemes
- Constantine and Savernake RoadMay 2020 · 0.13 km²
- Rochester TerraceMay 2020 · 0.02 km²
- Camden RoadJune 2020 · 0.03 km²
- Kentish TownJune 2020 · 0.13 km²
- Gray's InnJuly 2020 · 0.12 km²
- Arlington Road Area LTNSeptember 2020 · 0.21 km² · 3 zones
- Queen's CrescentMay 2021 · 0.17 km²
- Camden SquareDecember 2021 · 0.08 km²
City of London
1 scheme
- City Streets Bank and BishopsgateAugust 2020 · 0.75 km² · 3 zones
Croydon
3 schemes
- Crystal Palace and South Norwood LTN SouthAugust 2020 · 0.39 km²
- Crystal Palace and South Norwood LTN South ExtensionOctober 2020 · 0.06 km²
- Dalmally RoadAugust 2021 · 0.20 km²
Ealing
1 scheme
- Adrienne Avenue LTNJuly 2020 · 0.07 km²
Enfield
2 schemes
- Bowes QNJuly 2020 · 0.33 km²
- Fox Lane QNSeptember 2020 · 0.99 km²
Greenwich
1 scheme
- East Greenwich Traffic ReductionAugust 2020 · 0.01 km²
Hackney
13 schemes
- Hackney Downs LTNAugust 2020 · 0.56 km²
- Homerton StationAugust 2020 · 0.07 km²
- Hoxton West LTNAugust 2020 · 0.33 km²
- Homerton NorthSeptember 2020 · 0.19 km²
- London Fields LTNSeptember 2020 · 1.45 km² · 2 zones
- Walford RoadSeptember 2020 · 0.06 km²
- DeBeauvoirOctober 2020 · 0.05 km²
- HaggerstonNovember 2020 · 0.18 km²
- Marcon PlaceNovember 2020 · 0.02 km²
- Shore PlaceNovember 2020 · 0.04 km²
- Wayland AvenueNovember 2020 · 0.02 km²
- Elsdale Street and Mead PlaceDecember 2020 · 0.20 km²
- Stoke Newington Church StreetSeptember 2021 · 0.50 km²
Hammersmith and Fulham
2 schemes
- SW6 LTNJuly 2020 · 0.39 km²
- South Fulham Clean Air NeighbourhoodDecember 2022 · 0.80 km²
Haringey
3 schemes
- Bowes Park/Bounds GreenAugust 2022 · 0.93 km² · 3 zones
- St Ann'sAugust 2022 · 0.49 km²
- Bruce GroveNovember 2022 · 1.41 km² · 4 zones
Hounslow
6 schemes
- South Chiswick LTNApril 2020 · 1.21 km² · 3 zones
- Green Dragon Lane LTNJuly 2020 · 0.21 km²
- IsleworthJuly 2020 · 0.08 km²
- North Brentford LTNAugust 2020 · 0.05 km²
- Junction Road LTNSeptember 2020 · 0.12 km²
- South Chiswick LTN ExtensionDecember 2020 · 0.59 km²
Hounslow and Ealing
1 scheme
- North ChiswickJuly 2020 · 0.10 km²
Islington
7 schemes
- Canonbury EastJuly 2020 · 0.43 km²
- St. Peters LTNJuly 2020 · 0.62 km²
- Clerkenwell GreenSeptember 2020 · 0.09 km²
- Amwell People Friendly StreetsOctober 2020 · 0.13 km²
- Cannonbury WestOctober 2020 · 0.41 km²
- Highbury WestJanuary 2021 · 0.64 km²
- St. Mary's ChurchFebruary 2022 · 0.11 km²
Lambeth
7 schemes
- Ferndale LTNJune 2020 · 0.50 km²
- Railton LTNJune 2020 · 0.49 km² · 2 zones
- Oval Triangle LTNJuly 2020 · 0.38 km²
- Streatham Hill LTNAugust 2020 · 0.75 km²
- Tulse Hill LTNSeptember 2020 · 0.77 km²
- Railton LTN ExtensionFebruary 2021 · 0.03 km²
- Brixton HillSeptember 2023 · 0.63 km² · 2 zones
Lewisham
1 scheme
- Lee Green Healthy NeighbourhoodJune 2020 · 0.38 km²
Merton
2 schemes
- Alpabet Grid/Seeley and Links LTNSeptember 2020 · 0.11 km²
- Commonside East LTNSeptember 2020 · 0.09 km²
Newham
5 schemes
- South Leytonstone LTN MarylandAugust 2020 · 0.29 km²
- South Leytonstone LTN OdessaAugust 2020 · 0.77 km² · 2 zones
- Atherton Area 4March 2021 · 0.29 km²
- Manbey Area 3March 2021 · 0.03 km²
- Stratford Park Area 7March 2021 · 0.05 km²
Southwark
5 schemes
- East DulwichJune 2020 · 0.16 km² · 2 zones
- Walworth Healthy StreetsJune 2020 · 0.90 km² · 2 zones
- Great Suffolk StreetNovember 2020 · 0.29 km²
- North PeckhamDecember 2020 · 0.11 km²
- Brunswick ParkJanuary 2021 · 0.35 km²
Tower Hamlets
2 schemes
- Bethnal GreenJune 2020 · 0.71 km²
- Derbyshire StreetOctober 2020 · 0.01 km²
Waltham Forest
12 schemes
- Waltham ForestSeptember 2015 · 2.53 km² · 11 zones
- Markhouse VillageJune 2020 · 0.13 km²
- HilltopJuly 2020 · 0.07 km²
- Coppermill Liveable NeighbourhoodAugust 2020 · 0.83 km²
- South Leytonstone LTN OdessaSeptember 2020 · 0.25 km²
- South Leytonstone LTN LangthorneNovember 2020 · 0.56 km²
- South Leytonstone LTN MontagueNovember 2020 · 0.16 km²
- South Leytonstone LTN WoodhouseNovember 2020 · 0.24 km²
- Forest RoadFebruary 2021 · 0.07 km² · 2 zones
- Valentine RoadDecember 2021 · 0.07 km²
- Windsor Road AreaJuly 2022 · 0.06 km²
- Scarborough Road AreaMay 2023 · 0.03 km²
Westminster
1 scheme
- Covent Garden South DiningJuly 2020 · 0.09 km²
Low traffic neighbourhoods in London, answered
What is a low traffic neighbourhood?
A low traffic neighbourhood, or LTN, is a group of residential streets where through motor traffic is filtered out with planters, bollards or camera-enforced gates. Every address can still be reached by car, and people walking and cycling pass straight through the filters. In American English it is written low-traffic neighborhood.
How many low traffic neighbourhoods are there in London?
London has 111 active low traffic neighbourhood zones, grouped into 82 named schemes across 19 of its 33 boroughs. Together they cover 29.3 square kilometres. A further 31 zones were trialled and later removed. The figures come from the Active Travel Academy London LTN dataset, August 2024 release.
Which London borough has the most low traffic neighbourhoods?
Waltham Forest has the most, with 23 active zones, followed by Hackney with 14 and Camden with 10. Measured by land instead, the City of London leads with about a quarter of its area inside an LTN, then Hackney at 19% and Islington at 16%.
When were London's low traffic neighbourhoods introduced?
Most arrived in 2020. 74 of the 111 zones still in place (67%) were implemented that year, when councils filtered streets quickly during the pandemic. The oldest are in Waltham Forest, where the first zone opened in September 2015.
Which London boroughs have removed their low traffic neighbourhoods?
Brent, Harrow and Sutton trialled low traffic neighbourhoods and have removed all of them: six, five and three zones. Ealing removed six of its seven and Westminster four of its five. Across London 31 zones have been removed and 111 remain.
Can you cycle through a low traffic neighbourhood?
Yes. The filters in a low traffic neighbourhood stop motor vehicles and stay open to bikes, so you can ride straight through where a car has to turn back. London's LTNs contain 488 km of streets and paths, and 80% of that length is rated quiet for cycling on the Cyclemate map.
Are low traffic neighbourhoods safer for cycling?
They keep you off the roads where most harm happens. 62% of the collisions that injured a cyclist in London between 2021 and 2025 were on an A road, and LTNs are made of the back streets between those roads. The boundary roads around an LTN still need care, which is why Cyclemate crosses them at signals where it can.
How do I see low traffic neighbourhoods on a cycling map?
Open the map layers in Cyclemate and switch on LTNs. Every active London zone is drawn in violet under your route, on the route planner and during turn-by-turn directions. It is free on iPhone, Android and the web.
Notes and sources
Zone boundaries, names and dates come from the Active Travel Academy London LTN dataset, August 2024 release, published by the University of Westminster. It records schemes implemented up to late 2023, so anything newer is not on this map yet. We show a zone only while the dataset lists it as in place; the 31 it records as removed are left out.
Areas are measured from the boundary polygons, and borough shares divide them by the borough's land area. Street lengths count every street and path on our London cycling map that lies wholly inside a zone, so the boundary roads around an LTN are not included. Street data is from OpenStreetMap contributors.
For how safe London's roads are to cycle on overall, see Is cycling in London safe? and cycling collisions by borough. Spotted a zone that has changed? Tell us and we will fix the map.
