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The crossing of Edgware Road at Aberdeen Place on the London Cycle Network What happens next?The next phase of London Cycle Network project is known as LCN+. The network is based on Priority Strategic Route desire-line corridors.
Across the whole of London, the total length of the LCN+ is estimated as 800km or 500 miles. This is a quarter (1/4) of the final estimated length of the LCN at 3000km or 2000 miles. Within Westminster, as well as upgrading existing routes, the following new routes are planned: 0 'Seven Stations North': Fitzrovia - Marylebone - Hyde Park / Paddington 0 'Seven Stations South': Hyde Park - Buckingham Palace - Westminster Abbey - Lambeth Bridge 4A: Grosvenor Road - Millbank - Parliament Square - Embankment 6A: Parliament Square - Whitehall - Trafalgar Square - Charing Cross Road - Tottenham Court Road 38: Ebury Bridge Road - Buckingham Palace - Trafalgar Square - Strand - Fleet Street for more information …Developing London Cycle Network Plus in Westminster |
Both the London Cycle Network and the
National Cycle Network run through Westminster. So, whether you are
going to the West End or to West Wales, you should be able to find a
route that is relatively safe, convenient, easy to follow and direct.
And you’ll be riding through some attractive streets and parks.
What is the London Cycle Network?
Within Westminster, the Network generally goes through the quieter streets and the Royal Parks, enabling you to avoid the busiest streets and junctions. The London Cycle Network is now co-ordinated by Transport for London. What is the National Cycle Network?The National Cycle Network currently provides 6,000 miles of cycling and walking routes throughout the UK. By 2005 this will be extended to 10,000 miles. The Network is coordinated by the charity Sustrans and involves hundreds of organisations. These include local authorities, businesses, landowners and environmental bodies. Which routes run through Westminster?4 (Thames Cycle Route): Chelsea Bridge – Pimlico – Tate Gallery – Lambeth Bridge (part of the National Cycle Network) 5 South (Ambassador Route): Chelsea Bridge – Belgravia – Hyde Park – Paddington 5 North: Marylebone – Hamilton Terrace – Kilburn 6: Waterloo – Covent Garden – Bloomsbury 8: Bayswater – Paddington – Marylebone – Fitzrovia 39: Hyde Park – Mayfair – Soho – Covent Garden / Fitzrovia 44: Albert Memorial – Hyde Park Corner – Buckingham Palace – St James’s Park 50: Lambeth Bridge – Westminster Abbey – St James’s Park – Mayfair – Marylebone – Regent’s Park – Swiss Cottage XX: Queen’s Park – Shirland Road – Little Venice – Maida Vale - Marylebone YY: Bayswater – Westbourne Park – Maida Hill – St John’s Wood |
LCN+
includes all the Thames bridges and ‘through’ routes on either side
of the river. In addition the project is identifying major junctions and
collision hotspots where treatment is necessary.
The
London Cycle Network is taking shape around the capital, with nearly
1900 miles (3000 km) of routes planned. Cycle facilities are being put
onto the streets and routes are being signed.