Sights of London from Cycleway 3

This route begins at Baker Street Station and ends at Aldgate station. You can take your bike on the train after 9.30am. Please check Journey Planner to ensure that you can arrive at Baker Street by 10.05am. If you arrive before 10am, the Ladies' toilets will be open.

We'll ride through the quiet streets of Marylebone to Hyde Park and take the protected cycleway down Park Lane to Hyde Park Corner; then Cycleway 3 past Buckingham Palace, through Parliament Square, along the Embankment to Temple Lane. We'll look at St Bride's Church, the 'printers' church' off Fleet Street and then pass Blackfriars to climb to St Paul's, where we can have a photo-opp at the Reflection Pool. Our coffee stop is the Wren-designed church St Nicholas Abbey; we'll then rejoin Cycleway 3 to Tower Hill and ride through the back streets to Aldgate station, from which you can return home on the Metropolitan Line. You will need to carry your bike up and down steps, but others will help if you find it difficult.

An easy ride in Central London to some sights in the West End and City

Most of the route is protected cycleways, with a short stretch on quiet streets

We'll stop at the Reflection Pool and the Wren cafe in a church near St Paul's Cathedral

Bring water, a good strong bike lock, card for the cafe and dress up warmly. Ensure your bike is roadworthy before you come, and pump up the tyres.

First-timers welcome!