Queens Gardens

A ride from Croydon to Ewell, Morden and Mitcham and back to Croydon. First we take side streets to Nonsuch Park and ride its woodland trail. This takes near Ewell for the Hogsmill Trail. After some of that we loop back to Nonsuch Park via the pretty Ewell Court Park. Then it’s lunch in Cheam […]

A ride on cycle paths and parks to Deptford for a coffee break, then on C10 and C35 through Peckham and the atmospheric old Nunhead Cemetery and Peckham Rye Gardens to another cafe for another break. Then back to Croydon on Waterlink Way and C18 and parks and paths. Both cafes are great btw. The […]

We go to Wrythe and the route is wriggly. Back to Croydon. Another crack at this route as we did not ride it last month. Still mud-free solid paving all the way. It is short, only 15 miles. By no means all boring tarmac though. We take advantage of different sorts of ways to wriggle […]

A Croydon loop lunching in Balham, back via Furzedown. 18 miles. We have ridden past Balham several times before and lunched there once. This route doesn’t have lengthy digressions for their own sake but there are some brief variations from previous routes for the sake of novelty. Start in Queens Gardens CR0 1GY at 10am. […]

Croydon loop Feb 22. We go to Wrythe and the route is wriggly. Back to Croydon. Assuming what’s mud stays mud all this month I’ll avoid the gravel and packed earth paths I like and stay on mud-free solid paving for this ride. It is short, only 15 miles. By no means all boring tarmac […]

Sunday Feb 15, the first ride of 2026 is from Croydon into the City and up to a roof garden. We’re going to either take the Waterlink Way or the road beside it depending on whether or not the pedestrian and cycle bridge is still there (it’s being replaced). We have an early meeting with […]

A loop from Queens Gardens, returning there after 21 miles. Back by 2:30pm. We will ride through Biggin Woods and Norbury Park to Tooting Bec Common then Clapham Common and Wandsworth Common before lunch in Toast Stores. Our ride back takes us alongside Mitcham Common – ground a bit damp to ride on its trails […]

Our ride on Sunday 23rd November starts in Croydon and goes north through parks to Westminster and the Thames Path and ends at Clapham Junction station. Lunch in Burgess Park’s Stomping Grounds cafe. The first big park on our ride is Crystal Palace followed by Dulwich Park and Brockwell Park on the way to Burgess […]

A loop returning to the Croydon start point after adventuring out west. First we go to Morden Hall Park by the usual and best way, the Wandle Trail. Then it’s through Morden Park and the big Morden Cemetery and the nearby Mayflower Park with its ponds and wetland boardwalk/cycle path. Then on street and cycle […]

A ride from Croydon up to Wimbledon Farmers Market and back. We'll go up Ampere way, through Mitcham Common, Colliers wood and through to Wimbledon Common. We can stop at the farmers market for lunch https://maps.app.goo.gl/CLtYLJ8yYAsWTY2EA?g_st=aw Total route just over 23 miles and should be fine for road as well as hybrid bikes, no gravel […]

We ride east from Croydon to Petts Wood and back. Finding Park Hill Park and Lloyd Park, a long bridleway and a tree lined, straight cycle path, a pseudo rustic lane, a big wood with lakes, another big wood, another big wood after that, a suburban country park, another big wood, more tree lined cycle […]

A 19 mile Croydon loop through Tooting and Wandsworth and Clapham Commons to lunch in Brixton (2 parking hoops directly in front of the cafe and more beside it). Then into Brockwell Park on the way to Streatham Common for a pause to admire the lyrical Rookery. Then it is downhill along the path through […]

A ride on the Wandle Trail visiting Carshalton Ponds and Morden Hall Park among other parks before the big one, Richmond Park, where we lunch in Pembroke Lodge, whose cafe has two tea rooms and outdoor tables. After lunch we continue to cross Richmond Park to Barnes and the Thames Park to Battersea Park. Then […]

Sunday 28th September, a local ride going to Crystal Palace Park (that’s the uphill over with) and Sydenham Wells Park before descending on Leo’s Veg and Veg for lunch again, which is in Sydenham – we can bring our bikes inside. We cross Beckenham and South Norwood Country Park to return to Queens Gardens. Regular […]

Last July we had a ride that showed the Wandle Trail has serious competition – the Hogsmill Trail is even more lovely, about as long and just as much fun. We reach it by first doing some of the best park cycling in London - in Nonsuch Park. The Hogsmill is a Thames tributary and […]

A short local ride today. This goes nearly entirely off-road to Morden Hall Park, even more so than usual because we will go a new way. After relaxing over a drink and a snack in the park we will ride the Wandle Trail via Carshalton Ponds back to the start. To get to Morden Hall […]