Florence Nightingale Museum & South Bank Street Food

On the day before International Women’s Day, we will be riding into Central London to visit the Florence Nightingale Museum by St Thomas’ Hospital https://www.florence-nightingale.co.uk/ . We will view some other memorials to famous women on our way, and we will head to the South Bank Street Food Market https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/food-and-drink/southbank-centre-food-market/ for lunch before visiting the Museum.

From Ealing, we ride into Central London via Cycleway 9 through Chiswick and Hammersmith. We have a brief pause in Holland Park, before riding through Kensington Gardens and into Hyde Park. Crossing Hyde Park Corner, we ride down to Buckingham Palace, then leave Cycleway 3 to divert into the historic back streets of Westminster.

We will pause in Christchurch Gardens to view the memorial to the Suffragettes https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the-suffragette-memorial-sw1-41524/ who met regularly at nearby Caxton Hall, and a little further on, we will view a less well-known statue of famous mathematician, and childhood Ealing resident, Ada Lovelace https://londonist.com/london/secret/london-s-hidden-statue-of-ada-lovelace .

After crossing the river over Lambeth Bridge, we will pause again to view the memorial to the SOE Agents, especially Violette Szabo, on Lambeth Palace Road https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/s-o-e-monument-violette-szabo .

From here, we will ride on to the South Bank Street Food Market for lunch, and then retrace our steps to view the statue to Mary Seacole in front of St Thomas’ Hospital https://www.maryseacoletrust.org.uk/memorials/ before visiting the Florence Nightingale Museum. Admission is £12, there are some concessions.

If you don’t want to visit the Museum, you are welcome to leave after lunch and make your own way home.

For those visiting the Museum, we will ride on afterwards over Westminster Bridge and along the Embankment, turning up at Blackfriars to Farringdon, where we will take the Elizabeth Line back to Ealing.

Ride into Central London, viewing several memorials to famous women, and finishing with a visit to the Florence Nightingale Museum. Return on Elizabeth Line from Farringdon to Ealing.

Segregated cycle tracks, shared paths through parks, quieter roads where possible, some short stretches on busier roads.

Several brief stops to view memorials to famous women. Lunch stop at the South Bank Street Food Market. Optional visit to Florence Nightingale Museum.

Money/card for refreshments and museum admission. Lock for your bike.

First-timers welcome!