Croydon loop: four commons, a park and a wood

This is a loop out from and back to Queens Gardens. We ride first on back streets to Tooting Bec Common, Wandsworth Common and Clapham Common, then to Brixton where we lunch. Next on to Brockwell Park and Streatham Common for an interlude in the Rookery before taking wooded paths back downhill and the atmospheric Biggin Wood before riding the streets to finish.

We will set off from Queens Gardens CR0 1GY at 10am. The route is 19 miles. I think we will cycle for 150 minutes and take 4 hours for the whole ride so expect to be back by 2pm. Any bike can handle this ride but riders will need gears.

We will lunch at Cafe on the Hill just after halfway around. There are a couple of small outside tables at front, with a couple of parking hoops on the pavement in front of them, also visible from inside. There are more hoops beside the building and across the road. Do bring a strong lock. Also please bring a spare inner tube.

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Lunch cafe https://maps.app.goo.gl/rKwyQXbduEwVgwccA