Croydon, Beckenham Place Park, Rye Lane, Burgess Park, City, The Garden at 120

Sunday 27th September. Our first ride of the year was to go to the 15th floor Garden At 120 on Fenchurch Street but the weather beat us back. So I want to give this another go. This is from that earlier announcement, edited.

...from Croydon into the City and up to a roof garden. We'll cycle to Beckenham Place Park and on to Catford for a glimpse of the Ravensbourne. Then we are heading off to Peckham and up the precious, historic Rye Lane to Burgess Park where we lunch in the park’s nice cafe. After lunch we join cycleway C7 to cross Southwark Bridge and on to 120 Fenchurch Street’s 15th floor roof garden. The views are great. We can’t actually cycle up there so we will park on Mincing Lane’s provision. There’s a coffee shop beside the garden’s building and you can take drinks and food in. There’s also a restaurant on the floor below which serves drinks and snacks.

The roof garden is open to the sky so if it rains we can spend more time in the 14th floor restaurant.

London Bridge is around the corner from Fenchurch Street and I will be
returning to Croydon from that station. I’ll ride there with anyone who is ready to leave.

The only muddy track on the ride is in South Norwood Country Park. I advise 32mm wide tyres or wider because of that. Please bring a spare inner tube.

We will leave from Queens Gardens CR0 1GY at 10am. Lunching from 1 to 2pm and arriving at the roof garden around 2:45. The ride is 17.5 miles long.

Croydon Social Cycling's WhatsApp group is at https://form.jotform.com/262166653415054 Expect to see other riders joining from there. Use it to stay in touch about any changes on the day and to locate us en route, enjoy social chat and find other rides. Email [email protected]

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