Olympic Park & Hackney Marshes

This is a train-assisted ride exploring some wonderful green spaces in East London. Most of the ride is on traffic-free paths and tracks.

Starting from Paddington, we ride through the Royal Parks and follow Cycleway 3, across Parliament Square, along the Embankment, and into East London as far as Limehouse. Here we turn northwards, through Mile End Park and Victoria Park, to reach the Olympic Park, where we will have our café stop at Riverside East https://www.riverside-east.co.uk/ .

Riding on, we follow the Lea Valley through Hackney Marshes, until we reach Lea Bridge Road. Then we turn back, riding across Hackney Downs and onto quieter back roads to Highbury Corner, then down to Farringdon for train services home.

Train-assisted ride, exploring parks and green spaces of East London, starting from Paddington and finishing at Farringdon.

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

Cafe stop in the Olympic Park.

Money/card for cafe and for rail fares. Lock for your bike.

First-timers welcome!