Shadwell, Victoria Park, River Lea, East London Woods, Wanstead Flats, Whitechapel

Sunday August 16th we will go to north London to ride north beside water for 9 miles then south through woods for 5 miles. There is more woodland trail riding on this one than we have ever done before. It’s great. The ride will start at Shadwell station and use the C3 to reach the Regents Canal at Limehouse. Towpath to Victoria Park. In the Olympic Park we meet the River Lea and ride beside that and through Walthamstow Marshes and Wetlands to Tottenham Marshes. After some cycleway going east we turn into The Highams Park woods and continue in woods and parkland all the way to Forest Gate, five miles south. Then we turn west and ride the C2, most of which is fully segregated, to ride’s end - Whitechapel station.

If you want to come on this ride and use Victoria or Waterloo or London Bridge or Blackfriars, Shadwell station is on the same C3 cycleway as Victoria Embankment and after Whitechapel station, on the same street, you can join the C3 with a left turn at Bishopsgate.

We will stop for coffee at the Stonebridge Lock Waterside Cafe and lunch at the equally alfresco Humphry's Cafe by Highams Park Lake.

The bumpy woodland trails need tyres of 32mm or wider.

If coming from Croydon catch the 10:18 overground at West Croydon platform 1. If starting at Shadwell the ride sets off at 11am. It is 23 ½ miles long. Bring a water bottle and please bring a spare inner tube.

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.

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