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 contours and hill colouring bicycle parking bike shops, toilets, drinking fountains, even pubs! 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/

Waymarked Trails: Cycling by Sarah Hoffman is a layer superimposed over mapnik (Standard Map Layer) which shows marked cycle routes around the world. Updated minutely, it renders actual routes without the state=proposed tag. Therefore no proposed routes (or proposed 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

cycle_network=UK:London Cycle Network

If numbered (replace xx with appropriate number):

name=LCN xx

alt_name=London Cycle Network route xx

ref=xx

If not numbered:

name=LCN

alt_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 suffices for the LCN).

Tagging for route generation

For routing it's particularly helpful if routes are tagged continuously and any special facilities are tagged, such as:

• Contraflow cycling on one-way streets:
  • non-separated contraflow cycling: oneway:bicycle=no + cycleway=opposite
  • contraflow cycling lane: e.g. oneway:bicycle=no + cycleway:right=opposite_lane
  • contraflow cycling track: e.g. oneway:bicycle=no + cycleway:right=opposite_track
  • contraflow cycling via contraflow bus lane: oneway:bicycle=no + cycleway:right=opposite_share_busway
• where cycling is allowed in bus/psv only roads:
  cycleway=share_busway
• crossing nodes (i.e. "highway=crossing"):
  • bicycle=yes where cycling is permitted
  • bicycle=dismount where cyclists must dismount
• "highway=footway" sections of cycle routes where cyclists must dismount (including pedestrian only crossings):
  • bicycle=dismount
  • combine with cycleway=crossing in cases where a crossing requiring dismount is mapped as "highway=footway + footway=crossing"

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

For all relations use:

cycle_network=UK:London Cycle 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	1400882 1400882
CS3	Barking (River Road) to Tower Gateway	100%	Cycle Superhighway CS3, fully mapped Tower Gateway to Barking	1159230 1159230
CS7	Merton (River Wandle) to City	73%	Mapped between Tooting Bec and City	1077494 1077494

Quietways

For all relations use:

cycle_network=UK:London Quietways

Route	Description	Mapped	Notes	Map link or relation
Q1	North section: Covent Garden to Kentish Town South section: South Bank to Greenwich (extension to Bexleyheath under construction)	100%	Quietway 1	5611087 5611087
Q2	East Acton to Walthamstow	100%	Quietway 2; construction of central section (Westminster, Camden) still to be completed	5683007 5683007
Q3	Gladstone Park to Regent's Park	100%	Quietway 3; Gladstone Park to Kilburn section has launched	8136209 8136209
Q4	Clapham Common to Wimbledon	100%	Quietway 4 (under construction)	6692905 6692905
Q5	Waterloo to Norbury	100%	Quietway 5 (partly opened)	6388958 6388958
Q6	Mile End to Barkingside	100%	Quietway 6 (partly opened)	6691788 6691788
Q7	Elephant & Castle to Crystal Palace	100%	Quietway 7 (partly opened)	6262403 6262403
Q8	Kennington Park to Burgess Park	100%	Proposed Quietway 8	6776351 6776351
Q10	Farringdon to Bowes Park	100%	Proposed Quietway 10 via Finsbury Park; continuous with already launched mini-holland route to Enfield Town	6936872 6936872
Q11	Southwark Bridge to Angel	100%	Quietway 11 (partly opened)	6796382 6796382
Q12	St John's Wood to West Hampstead	100%	Quietway 12 (under construction)	7223127 7223127 and possibly 7222871 7222871
Q13	Old Street to Broadway Market	100%	Quietway 13	6928476 6928476
Q14	Waterloo to Thamesmead	100%	Quietway 14 (partly opened)	5723795 5723795
Q15	Brompton Cemetery to Belgravia	100%	Quietway 15 (mostly opened)	6680021 6680021
Q16	Regent's Park to West Drayton	100%	Quietway 16 (under construction)	7729099 7729099 and possibly 8123767 8123767
Q	Green Park to Pimlico	100%	Proposed Quietway; might be Quietway 17 (unconfirmed)	7414954 7414954
Q18	Meridian Water to Enfield Town	100%	Quietway 18	7845393 7845393
Q19	Kingston upon Thames to Surbiton		Quietway 19	7867560 7867560
Q20	Kingston upon Thames to Tolworth		Quietway 20 (under construction)	7948532 7948532
Q21	Wandsworth Common to Teddington Lock	100%	Quietway 21	6776357 6776357
Q22	Victoria Park to Newham Way	100%	Quietway 22, mostly via The Greenway	8483426 8483426
Q23	Ealing Broadway to Greenford		Quietway 23 (under construction)	7840080 7840080
Q	Greenwich to Kent House	100%	Quietway (under construction)	8436065 8436065
Q	CS3 to Barking		Quietway (under construction)	7680596 7680596
Q	Peckham Rye to Wimbledon Chase		Proposed Quietway	7426656 7426656
Q	New Malden to Wimbledon	100%	Proposed Quietway	7428562 7428562
Q	Hanworth to Kingston		Proposed Quietway	7873718 7873718
Q	Lower Sydenham to Bromley	100%	Proposed Quietway	7838292 7838292
Q	Brentford to Twickenham		Proposed Quietway	8476035 8476035
Q	Bermondsey to Catford	100%	Proposed Quietway	7032482 7032482
Q	Woolwich to Lee Green		Proposed Quietway	7878985 7878985
Q	Lee Green to the Waterlink Way (Catford)		Proposed Quietway (Phase 3)	8770432 8770432
Q	Colliers Wood to Sutton		Proposed Quietway	7426500 7426500
Q	Hornsey to North Finchley		Proposed Quietway	7678839 7678839
Q	Hammersmith to Twickenham		Proposed Quietway	8082787 8082787
Q	Croydon to Worcester Park	100%	Proposed Quietway	7987122 7987122
Q	Wembley to Harrow Weald	100%	Proposed Quietway	7839628 7839628
Q	Canonbury to Highgate		Proposed Quietway	7876456 7876456
Q	Lee Green to Grove Park		Proposed Quietway (Phase 3)	8770431 8770431
Q	New Cross Gate (Q1) to Crofton		Proposed Quietway (Phase 3)	8770437 8770437
Q	Beckenham Place Park to Lower Sydenham		Proposed Quietway (Phase 3)	8770433 8770433
Q	Crofton to Sydenham		Proposed Quietway (Phase 4)	8770435 8770435
Q	Deptford to Crofton		Proposed Quietway (Phase 4)	8770436 8770436
Q	Forest Hill to Lower Sydenham		Proposed Quietway (Phase 4)	8770434 8770434

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 12176
2	Unknown	60%	Roughly close to A2 road.	2706 2706
2a	Unknown	??%	I saw it cross the A205 --Amaroussi (talk) 18:34, 16 September 2013 (UTC)	3210691 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 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)	[1]
6	East Camden to Waterloo Bridge	90%	North South route in Westminster and Camden--Jean Dollimore 14:08, 3 January 2008 (UTC)	[2]
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)	[3]
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 13307 (JOSM)
8	Farringdon Road - London Fields - Homerton - Leyton - Leytonstone	100%	Mapped from LCN 0 at Margery Street/Yardley Street to Leytonstone	58916 58916 (JOSM)
9	London Bridge - Shoreditch - Hackney - Walthamstow - Chingford - Epping?	90%	Mapped from London Bridge to Chingford (Station Road)	1429834 1429834 (JOSM)
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 240491 (JOSM)
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.	1400820 1400820 (JOSM)
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).	4243493 4243493 (JOSM)
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 103951 103951 (JOSM)
14	East Camden to Crouch Hill	70%	Continuation of route 6 in islington--Georgio8 14:12, 3 January 2008 (UTC)	3188316 3188316
15	Tower Gateway - Canning Town - East Ham - Barking - Beacontree Heath - Upminster		Relation checked 22 October 2014.	1400350 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	[4] 1400913 1400913 (JOSM)
19	Greenwich (LCN 2) → Welling → Bexleyheath → ?			4115212 4115212 (JOSM)
20	Deptford (LCN 2) → Lewisham → Mottingham → New Eltham → Sidcup (LCN 69)		Relation checked 17 October 2014.	3211298 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 4067 (JOSM) 3525538 3525538 (Peckham variant) 4112075 4112075 (Jubilee Park variant)
23	Southwark Bridge → Elephant & Castle → Crystal Palace → Croydon → Coulsdon		Relation checked 4 November 2014.	2707 2707 (JOSM)
24	Unknown	??%	Mapped from Wallington -> Mitcham Also signed as part of national route 22 and also 20 in two places in Hackbridge. Another route along southern edge of Wormwood Scrubs is signed as 24.	5389231 5389231 (JOSM) (route at Wormwood Scrubs)
25	Unknown	??%	Mapped from Brixton -> Herne Hill -> East Dulwich -> Peckham Rye Park	[5]
25a	Unknown	??%	Sign at Kingsholm Gardens	3210738 3210738
26	Fulham area	??%	Spotted at Clem Atlee Estate	3891759 3891759
27	Unknown	??%	Mapped from Penge -> Bromley. Signage to Greenwich	[6]
29	Unknown	??%	Mapped a single road in Sutton, several in Wimbledon	[7] [8]
35	Unknown	??%	Stumbled upon between Chiswick and Shepherd's Bush	1066100 1066100 (JOSM)
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).	[9] [10] [11]
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.	1061090 1061090 (JOSM)
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.	1062724 1062724 (JOSM)

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 3584905 (JOSM)
45	Harrow - Battersea Bridge		Mapped from HSK to Battersea bridge. Have tracks from Notting Hill to Harrow	10963 10963 (JOSM)
48	Kilburn (LCN 5) → Willesden → Neasden (LCN 85)		Relation checked 16 November 2014. Neasden → Kingsbury section not built.	4200261 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)	[12]
54	Alexandra Palace - Wood Green - Tottenham - Walthamstow	50%	Mapped between Wood Green and Tottenham --Attila 20:08, 7 September 2009 (GMT)	75419 75419
57	Chigwell → Moby Dick → Becontree → Dagenham (NCN 13)		Relation checked 3 August 2015.	5409727 5409727 (JOSM)
58	Collier Row (LCN 60) → Romford → Elm Park → Rainham (NCN 13)		Relation checked 3 August 2015.	4243494 4243494 (JOSM)
62	Greenwich – (Forest Hill)	100%	Cycled this May/June 2018. No route signage is used, just LCN signs with named destinations. Actually quite a handy route between Lewisham and Penge. 8258561 8258561 (JOSM)
64	Unknown	??%	Repeater Sign at Briset Road	3210753 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 4115175 (JOSM) 4115176 4115176 (JOSM) (66a) 4115177 4115177 (JOSM) (66b)
73	Unknown	??%	Sign spotted at Robin Hood gate in Richmond Park	1143129 1143129 (JOSM)
75	Unknown	??%	Mapped from Beddington -> Sutton -> Cheam, signing gets unclear past Sutton -> Croydon (Patchy) -> Bromley	[13]

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)	[14] 4115821 4115821 (JOSM) (88a)
154	Newham (East Ham - North Woolwich)	100%	LCN+ 154 runs along the eastern edge of Newham.	1400067 1400067 (JOSM)
155	Newham (Stratford - Manor Park	100%	LCN+ 155 extends from the west (border Newham/Tower Hamlets), to the east (Newham/Redbridge), along the A118.	1400806 1400806 (JOSM)
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.	544459 544459 (JOSM)
213	Unknown	??%	Near Norwood Junction	[15]
213	Unknown	??%	Near Norwood Junction	[16]
222	Unknown	??%	Just north of Croydon	[17]
285	Newham (Leamouth - North Woolwich)	100%	LCN+ 285 runs along the southern edge of Newham.	1400094 1400094 (JOSM)

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 4218955 (JOSM)
5	Barnet		Relation converted to relation 23 November 2014.	1690027 1690027 (JOSM)
6	Barnet		Relation converted to relation 23 November 2014.	8459 8459 (JOSM)
7	Barnet		Relation converted to relation 23 November 2014.	14907 14907 (JOSM)
8	Barnet		Relation converted to relation 23 November 2014.	14676 14676 (JOSM)
9	Barnet		Relation converted to relation 23 November 2014.	4218956 4218956 (JOSM)
11	Bexley	??%		1652121 1652121 (JOSM)
18	Brent		Relation checked 24 November 2014.	14870 14870 (JOSM)
19	Brent		Relation checked 15 November 2014.	4198215 4198215 (JOSM)
26	Camden		Relation checked 25 November 2014.	15457 15457 (JOSM)
47	Ealing	??%		8286052 8286052 (JOSM)
53	Enfield		Relation checked 17 November 2014.	14677 14677 (JOSM)
55	Enfield		Relation checked 8 January 2015.	14675 14675 (JOSM)
56	Greenwich	??%		1650927 1650927 (JOSM)
57	Greenwich	??%		1889426 1889426 (JOSM)
66	Hackney	??%		4486740 4486740 (JOSM)
75	Hammersmith & Fulham		Relation checked 28 November 2014.	4233543 4233543 (JOSM)
79	Haringey		Relation checked 8 January 2015.	14671 14671 (JOSM)
80	Haringey		Relation checked 25 November 2014.	17451 17451 (JOSM)
81	Haringey		Relation checked 8 January 2015.	17452 17452 (JOSM)
82	Haringey		Relation checked 25 November 2014.	275052 275052 (JOSM)
86	Harrow		Relation checked 15 November 2014.	97257 97257 (JOSM)
87	Harrow		Relation checked 15 November 2014.	90184 90184 (JOSM)
88	Harrow		Relation checked 15 November 2014.	4188040 4188040 (JOSM)
89	Harrow		Relation checked 15 November 2014.	97194 97194 (JOSM)
93	Hillingdon	??%		1549115 1549115 (JOSM)
94	Hillingdon	??%		7456908 7456908 (JOSM)
96	Hillingdon	??%		8286075 8286075 (JOSM)
99	Hounslow	??%		8326476 8326476 (JOSM)

100-300

Link	Borough	Mapped	Notes	Relation
102	Hounslow	??%		8286051 8286051 (JOSM)
106	Islington		Relation checked 13 January 2015.	4484920 4484920 (JOSM)
107	Islington	??%		8307868 8307868 (JOSM)
148	Merton	??%		7446179 7446179 (JOSM)
156	Newham	??%		1480890 1480890 (JOSM)
158	Newham	??%		1889260 1889260 (JOSM)
161	Redbridge	??%		7459330 7459330 (JOSM)
183	Southwark		Relation checked 26 November 2014.	1400523 1400523 (JOSM)
188	Southwark		Relation checked 26 November 2014.	1400461 1400461 (JOSM)
194	Tower Hamlets	??%		1400819 1400819 (JOSM)
195	Tower Hamlets	??%		1400399 1400399 (JOSM)
196	Tower Hamlets	??%		7456963 7456963 (JOSM)
206	Waltham Forest	??%		7459377 7459377 (JOSM)
247	Islington	??%		8280692 8280692 (JOSM)
248	Islington	??%		4486739 4486739 (JOSM)
249	Ealing		Relation checked 24 November 2014.	4222230 4222230 (JOSM)
252	Hounslow	??%		8286076 8286076 (JOSM)
253	Hillingdon	??%		8286050 8286050 (JOSM)
260	Newham	??%		1400122 1400122 (JOSM)
281	Newham	??%		7459326 7459326 (JOSM)
282	Harrow		Relation checked 15 November 2014.	4198216 4198216 (JOSM)

See Also:

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