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.
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.
Route sign on Cycle Superhighway 6 - the obvious route to Euston is to the left on the Euston Road, but the signed route is presumably via Phoenix Road, fine if you're not in a hurry.
Road closed, pedestrians can take their usual route without problem, but what about the signposted cycle route?
Tricycle by Michael Craig-Martin, at the Foundling Museum, London - referring to themes of loneliness and abandonment.
Remarkably small amount of disabled/cycle etc space on the Class 395 Javelin high-speed trains from St Pancras to Kent - and it's right at one end of a six-car train, but because the trains take a loop around Kent and end up back at St Panc ... [more]
Remarkably small amount of disabled/cycle etc space on the Class 395 Javelin high-speed trains from St Pancras to Kent - and it's right at one end of a six-car train, but because the trains take a loop around Kent and end up back at St Panc ... [more]
Bike hangar and community garden (no cycling) in a gap where the Brunswick Centre was supposed to be extended.
Fatal collision Picture from: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/cyclist-killed-rush-hour-crash-holborn-london-b985289.html https://twitter.com/London_Cycling/status/1498638214130774018?s=20&t=_yz8u1yQZyst9GfBKY66kg https://tw ... [more]
Absolutely horrible speed ramps in the Maiden Lane development - no wonder there are so many SUVs here.
Access to the Maiden Lane development - there's no point going much further by bike, but cycle parking is needed here.
Tempting, but there are a lot of steps ahead. [Eventually the Camden Highline will pass immediately to the left of this bridge, on the line of a disused railway track - pedestrians only]
This is clearly a pedestrian route in to the Maiden Lane development, but why not make it clear whether there's cycle access?
The Regent's Canal towpath to the right, link to the Coal Drops Yard and the Somerstown Bridge to the left.
Surely a short section of shared-use path would allow cyclists to turn left and join this segregated cycleway, rather than being held while motor traffic turns left?
Cyclists have to wait while left-turning motor traffic has priority - but a segregated cycleway starts immediately to the left, so surely a short bypass could have been constructed?
A project originating from Cambridge Cycling Campaign // Hosting kindly helped by Mythic Beasts
Short link: https://cycle.st/area/
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