Cycling in Camden
Camden Cycle Journey Planner
Welcome to the CycleStreets cycle Journey Planner for Camden.
This is a development of the one that's been running in Cambridge for two years. The system not only offers you direct or quiet route options but will also show photos taken along the route - different depending on which direction you plan to travel.
The mapping is based on OpenStreetMap (OSM) which is a relatively new idea - a database of very detailed geographic data that was created by a community of volunteers and to which anyone can contribute. Camden is already quite thoroughly mapped on OSM, but you may be able to spot some missing links, especially where they are cycle or pedestrian-specific.
YOU can improve the OSM maps by adding to OpenStreetMap or giving direct feedback to the CycleStreets website's developers. At present CycleStreets doesn't take hills (or cobbles) into account. Improvements to deal with this known limitation in the Beta release will be in place soon.
At present there are not many photos on Camden. CycleStreets.net (see Cambridge.CycleStreets.net for inspiration). Please help by uploading yours. It will soon be possible to add videos as well.
One feature we hope that you will find useful - every time a route is planned it is given a unique URL (the link at the top of your browser, starting http:// ...). This can be used by you in future or sent to a friend who (for instance) is thinking of cycling to work but doesn't know the best route. It is also possible to view planned routes on mobile phones that have internet access.
A browsable London Cycle Map
Maps.camdencyclists.org.uk is a separate development by the Camden Cycling Campaign that offers a browsable library of London routes and cycling resources. It shows the London Cycle Network and other recommended cycle routes over a variety of different types of map (Google Map, Satellite, Terrain; OSM and OSM Cycle) with pop-up summary information on each route as well as cycle shops, cycle parking, hazards and more.
Google Streetview is included so you can pop-up movable views of the streets and the mapped features. A simple interface to the CycleStreets Journey Planner is included, so you can create and see CycleStreets journey plans directly on maps.camdencyclists.org.uk.
Cycling and cycle campaigning in Camden
Have a look at camdencyclists.org.uk for more information on cycling and cycle campaigning in Camden.
Latest photos of the area
See also a full list of photos in this area.
Long, virtually empty bike-sharing station, and car parking spaces taken over for a restaurant terrace.
Covered cycle parking with bug hotel and nesting box at a residential block between St Pancras and Euston station
Southbound traffic used to go straight ahead here - now there's a pleasant plaza in front of the theatre.
Contraflow towards Kings Cross station - except that it's closed at the moment for demolition/building work
As always, a proportion of our journey from #Tottenham into central #London had no safe #cycling infrastructure, which made sections of the route pretty hairy. Better cycling infrastructure 🚲= more active travel = healthier environme ... [more]
One of mother's grandfathers was killed just a few days before the armisitice was signed, which is why Uncle John was a conscientious objector. Tavistock Square
[Image created 17.3.23] Article by Laura Laker in the May 2023 issue of Cycling Plus [https://www.cyclingplus.com/] about cycle carriage on trains. She was travelling out of Euston station. London hence my locating this there. Other image t ... [more]
New route past the Francis Crick Institute - the route to the right can be gated off, while the narrower route to the left (shown as a cycleway on OpenStreetMap) is always open.
Right London. One good thing about the weather is it lets us see in *real life* how much space the traffic really uses. This is called a ‘Sneckdown’ Your mission - if you have a vantage point - is to send me all your Sneckdown photos ... [more]
Dropped kerb ahead where the building works finally close the cycleway and cyclists have to move to the shared-use area.
A project originating from Cambridge Cycling Campaign // Hosting kindly helped by Mythic Beasts
Short link: https://cycle.st/area/
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