WikiProject United Kingdom London Cycle Network

An OSM Project to map London's Cycle Network. The network is co-ordinated by TFL, Sustrans, the London Cycling Campaign, CTC and Camden Borough Council.

The network is incomplete and not all routes are numbered.

An international cycling map created from OSM data is available, provided by Andy Allan. The map rendering is still being improved, the data are updated every few days. It shows National Cycle Network cycle routes, other regional and local routes, and other cycling-specific features, such as: dedicated cycle tracks and lanes bicycle parking contours and hill colouring bike shops proposed bike routes (or numbering protocols), contrasted with the Lonvia map, below, which does not show proposed routes, but actual routes only http://www.opencyclemap.org/

Lonvia's Cycling Map by Sarah Hoffman is an overlay which shows marked cycle routes around the world. Updated daily, it renders actual routes without the state=proposed tag. Therefore no proposed routes (or numbering protocols) are displayed.

Tagging

The London Cycle Network shall be mapped as relations, due to shared sections.

For all relations:

type=route

route=bicycle

network=lcn

If numbered (replace xx with appropriate number):

name=London Cycle Network Route xx

ref=xx

If not numbered:

name=London Cycle Network

description=(Insert route description here: e.g. Hackney Road to Cable Street via Whitechapel.)

See Cycle routes for the full tagging guide (although the above sufficies for the LCN).

Tagging for route generation

For routing it's particularly helpful if the LCN routes are tagged continuously and any special facilities such as contraflow lanes (cycleway=opposite_lane) are tagged. More generally, the better the OSM map becomes the better the routing will be, of course.

Camden Cycling Campaign is offering an experimental facility to plan cycle routes in London using the OSM database. (Only central and inner north London at present, but if it's successful we'll expand it. The routes are generated by a very clever program developed by Cambridge Cycling Campaign). To try the OSM-based London route planner use the Plan a Route... button on the: Camden maps.

--Georgio8 23:24, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Routes

Superhighways

Route	Description	Mapped	Notes	Map link or relation
CS2	Stratford to Aldgate	100%	Fully mapped from Bow roundabout to Aldgate (Phase 1 - opened Summer 2011), and from Stratford to Bow (Phase 2 - opened Nov 2013). Full proposal was originally for CS2 to extend further east along A118 to Ilford Hill	[1]
CS3	Barking (River Road) to Tower Gateway	100%	Cycle Superhighway CS3, fully mapped Tower Gateway to Barking	[2]
CS7	Merton (River Wandle) to City	73%	Mapped between Tooting Bec and City	[3]

London Cycle Network

Be careful! Some boroughs have used LCN+ Link numbers for their cycle route signs.

0-20

Route	Description	Mapped	Notes	Map link or relation
0	Hyde Park to Southwark Bridge	90%	Stations Circular in Westminster, Camden, Islington and the City --Jean Dollimore 14:07, 3 January 2008 (UTC)	12176
2	Unknown	60%	Roughly close to A2 road.	2706
2a	Unknown	??%	I saw it cross the A205 --Amaroussi (talk) 18:34, 16 September 2013 (UTC)	3210691
3	Waterloo South Bank (NCN 4) → Clapham → Earlsfield → Robin Hood Gate → Kingston (Boundary)		Relation checked 25 November 2014. Numbered signs intermittent, but plenty of road markings to prove its existence.	2696 (JOSM)
5	Edgware-Chelsea Bridge - Streatham	40%	Northern part almost to Hyde Park complete-- then between Hyde Park and Chelsea Bridge partly done, but surveys needed -- someone else has done part south of Thames --Jean Dollimore 16:03, 14 January 2008 (UTC) North of Hyde Park may have moved from Edgware Road to Seymour Place (10 July 2010) The mapped route from Hyde Park to north seems very suspicious, there are very long stretches with no signs whatsoever, especially north of North Circular (3 Sep 2010)	[4]
6	East Camden to Waterloo Bridge	90%	North South route in Westminster and Camden--Jean Dollimore 14:08, 3 January 2008 (UTC)	[5]
6a	Highgate to Parliament in Camden and Westminster	90%	(no official number yet - Camden and Westminster CC call it 6a)--Jean Dollimore 14:07, 3 January 2008 (UTC)	[6]
7	Elephant and Castle - Smithfield - Finsbury Park - Wood Green	80%	north end from Wood Green station to Inderwick Road/Tottenham Lane missing--Jean Dollimore 14:07, 3 January 2008 (UTC)	13307 (XML, Potlatch2, iD, JOSM, history, analyze, manage, gpx)
8	Farringdon Road -Leyton	50%	marked from western end as until just before Mabley Park and Hackney Marshes - but gap due to missing survey around Packington Street in Islington --Jean Dollimore 18:37, 8 January 2008 (UTC)	[7]
9	London Bridge (south side) - Chingford	0%	Routes via Bishopsgate, Arnold Circus, Columbia Road, London Fields, Hackney Central, Walthamstow Marsh, Low Hall Farm, Chingford Road, Chingford (Station Road)
10	Elephant and Castle - City – Tottenham - Enfield - Cheshunt	50%	Mapped between St Ann's Road (Tottenham) and City -- Attila 17:56, 13 September 2009 (UTC)	240491 (XML, Potlatch2, iD, JOSM, history, analyze, manage, gpx)
11	Bank - Bow; Stratford - Woodford Green	100%	Mapped from Bank to Bow, and Stratford (Maryland) to Woodford New Road/High Road. Technically, LCN 11 doesn't exist Bow to Stratford last time I checked.	[8]
12	Stratford - Ilford - Romford - Gallows Corner	90%	Mapped from Stratford to Gallows Corner Roundabout. Missing section from Romford Road/Ilford Hill to Ilford Lane/Albert Road is needed (possibly underpass under roundabout at Ilford Lane/Winston Way junction).	[9]
13	Canning Town - Barking - Rainham	75%	Mapped Canning Town to Barking (River Road). The rest of the route east is intermittent, broadly following the old A13 (A1306) to the Greater London border. In places this also forms part of NCN 13 [10], which goes even further east & west	[11]
14	East Camden to Crouch Hill	70%	Continuation of route 6 in islington--Georgio8 14:12, 3 January 2008 (UTC)	3188316
15	Tower Gateway - Canning Town - East Ham - Barking - Beacontree Heath - Upminster		Relation checked 22 October 2014.	1400350 (JOSM)
16	Camden-Victoria Park (individual tags); Old Ford - eastern edge of The Greenway (Relation 1400913)	75%	Started eastern end - problem WB at Upper St, then a missing bits by Packington St and Cambridge Heath Road, Old Ford Road east Victoria Park Jean Dollimore 14:07, 3 January 2008 (UTC). Please check if the route Camden-Victoria Park is valid. I understand LCN 16 runs mainly along The Greenway, and any route further west than Parnell Road was only proposed (Old Ford Road, Sewardstone Road, Hackney Road to join LCN 9	[12] [13]
19	Greenwich (LCN 2) → Welling → Bexleyheath → ?			4115212 (JOSM)
20	Deptford (LCN 2) → Lewisham → Mottingham → New Eltham → Sidcup (LCN 69)		Relation checked 17 October 2014.	3211298 (JOSM)

21-39

Route	Description	Mapped	Notes	Map link or relation
22	London Bridge → Peckham → Catford → Bromley → Orpington		Relation checked 15 October 2014.	4067 (JOSM)  3525538 (JOSM) (Peckham variant)  4112075 (JOSM) (Jubilee Park variant)
23	Southwark Bridge → Elephant & Castle → Crystal Palace → Croydon → Coulsdon		Relation checked 4 November 2014.	2707 (JOSM)
24	Unknown	??%	Mapped from Wallington -> Mitcham Also signed as part of national route 22 and also 20 in two places in Hackbridge.
25	Unknown	??%	Mapped from Brixton -> Herne Hill -> East Dulwich -> Peckham Rye Park	[14]
25a	Unknown	??%	Sign at Kingsholm Gardens	3210738
26	Fulham area	??%	Spotted at Clem Atlee Estate	3891759
27	Unknown	??%	Mapped from Penge -> Bromley. Signage to Greenwich	[15]
29	Unknown	??%	Mapped a single road in Sutton, several in Wimbledon	[16] [17]
35	Unknown	??%	Stumbled upon between Chiswick and Shepherd's Bush	[18]
37	Unknown	??%	Mapped from Putney to Vauxhall. Probably follows rail line further. Numbered signs run out in Putney. The route pops up again in Twickenham (Lion Road).	[19] [20] [21]
38	Kings Road - ? - Ebury Street - ? - Fleet Street	??%	East end of Fleet Street has sign to Covent Garden and Westminster but didn't see any more signs from there to Trafalgar Square.	[22]
39	Uxbridge Road - Shepherd's Bush - Hyde Park - Oxford Circus - Finsbury	??%	Mapped between Uxbridge Road and Shepherd's Bush. Spotted sign on Bury Place. Between Hyde Park and Oxford Circus might be via Brook and Grosvenor streets but can't find any numbered signs there.	[23]

41-80

Route	Description	Mapped	Notes	Map link or relation
44	Hounslow (LCN 32) → Brentford → Hammersmith → Kensington → Hyde Park Corner (LCN 5)		Relation checked 14 November 2014.	3584905 (JOSM)
45	Harrow - Battersea Bridge		Mapped from HSK to Battersea bridge. Have tracks from Notting Hill to Harrow	[24]
48	Kilburn (LCN 5) → Willesden → Neasden (LCN 85)		Relation checked 16 November 2014. Neasden → Kingsbury section not built.	4200261 (JOSM)
50	Camden/Barnet border - St James Park through Westminster	70%	Mapped through Camden and Westmisnter. (there is some more through Barnet on Finchley Road) --Jean Dollimore 14:07, 3 January 2008 (UTC)	[25]
54	Alexandra Palace - Wood Green - Tottenham - Walthamstow	50%	Mapped between Wood Green and Tottenham --Attila 20:08, 7 September 2009 (GMT)	75419
58	Collier Row (LCN 60) → Romford → Elm Park → Rainham (NCN 13)		Relation checked 2 December 2014.	4243494 (JOSM)
64	Unknown	??%	Repeater Sign at Briset Road	3210753
66	Thamesmead (NCN 1) → Plumstead → Welling → New Eltham → Petts Wood (LCN 22)		Relation checked 17 October 2014. A sign on St Jude Street turning onto Boleyn Road in Dalston is an LCN+ link number.	4115175 (JOSM)  4115176 (JOSM) (66a)  4115177 (JOSM) (66b)
73	Unknown	??%	Sign spotted at Robin Hood gate in Richmond Park	[26]
75	Unknown	??%	Mapped from Beddington -> Sutton -> Cheam, signing gets unclear past Sutton -> Croydon (Patchy) -> Bromley	[27]

80 onwards

Route	Description	Mapped	Notes	Map link or relation
88	Unknown	??%	Mapped Enfield to Cockfosters section --steve8 20:07, 4 May 2008 (UTC) 88a found in Hayes --Amaroussi (talk) 11:53, 17 October 2014 (UTC)	[28]  4115821 (JOSM) (88a)
154	Newham (East Ham - North Woolwich)	100%	LCN+ 154 runs along the eastern edge of Newham.	[29]
155	Newham (Stratford - Manor Park	100%	LCN+ 155 extends from the west (border Newham/Tower Hamlets), to the east (Newham/Redbridge), along the A118.	[30]
157	Newham (Canning Town - East Ham)	100%	LCN+ 157 extends from the west (border Newham/Tower Hamlets), to the east (Newham/Barking & Dagenham), along the A13.	[31]
213	Unknown	??%	Near Norwood Junction	[32]
213	Unknown	??%	Near Norwood Junction	[33]
222	Unknown	??%	Just north of Croydon	[34]
285	Newham (Leamouth - North Woolwich)	100%	LCN+ 285 runs along the southern edge of Newham.	[35]

LCN+ Links

Be careful! Some boroughs have used LCN+ Link numbers for their cycle route signs.

1-99

Link	Borough	Mapped	Notes	Relation
4	Barnet		Relation converted to relation 23 November 2014.	4218955 (JOSM)
5	Barnet		Relation converted to relation 23 November 2014.	1690027 (JOSM)
6	Barnet		Relation converted to relation 23 November 2014.	8459 (JOSM)
7	Barnet		Relation converted to relation 23 November 2014.	14907 (JOSM)
8	Barnet		Relation converted to relation 23 November 2014.	14676 (JOSM)
9	Barnet		Relation converted to relation 23 November 2014.	4218956 (JOSM)
18	Brent		Relation checked 24 November 2014.	14870 (JOSM)
19	Brent		Relation checked 15 November 2014.	4198215 (JOSM)
26	Camden		Relation checked 25 November 2014.	15457 (JOSM)
53	Enfield		Relation checked 17 November 2014.	14677 (JOSM)
55	Enfield		Relation checked 8 January 2015.	14675 (JOSM)
75	Hammersmith & Fulham		Relation checked 28 November 2014.	4233543 (JOSM)
79	Haringey		Relation checked 8 January 2015.	14671 (JOSM)
80	Haringey		Relation checked 25 November 2014.	17451 (JOSM)
81	Haringey		Relation checked 8 January 2015.	17452 (JOSM)
82	Haringey		Relation checked 25 November 2014.	275052 (JOSM)
86	Harrow		Relation checked 15 November 2014.	97257 (JOSM)
87	Harrow		Relation checked 15 November 2014.	90184 (JOSM)
88	Harrow		Relation checked 15 November 2014.	4188040 (JOSM)
89	Harrow		Relation checked 15 November 2014.	97194 (JOSM)

100-300

Link	Borough	Mapped	Notes	Relation
106	Islington		Relation checked 13 January 2015.	4484920 (JOSM)
183	Southwark		Relation checked 26 November 2014.	1400523 (JOSM)
188	Southwark		Relation checked 26 November 2014.	1400461 (JOSM)
249	Ealing		Relation checked 24 November 2014.	4222230 (JOSM)
282	Harrow		Relation checked 15 November 2014.	4198216 (JOSM)

See Also:

• Image:London cycle parking 2009.png - Heatmap image showing concentrations of bike parking (dont forget to map these too)
• WikiProject United Kingdom National Cycle Network
• Cycle routes
• BBBike @ London - a cycle route planner for London