{"id":763036,"date":"2026-02-14T02:13:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T02:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/763036\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T02:13:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T02:13:26","slug":"one-of-londons-major-cycleways-is-being-extended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/763036\/","title":{"rendered":"One of London&#8217;s major cycleways is being extended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"single__subtitle\">London&#8217;s network of handy cycleways is continuing to expand &#8211; and the latest upgrade will see a cycle lane stretch all the way from Tower Bridge to Woolwich.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/shutterstock_2297384745-min-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"Two cycllists chatting to each other on the Embankment\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit: I Wei Huang, Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>    Save<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s cycle system is soon set to get another upgrade as <strong>Transport for London<\/strong> is continuing to level up its handy network of cycleways. London\u2019s cycleway network currently spans a rather impressive <strong>431km<\/strong> (making it longer than the London Underground); linking various communities and destinations across the <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-things-to-do-london\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-things-to-do-london\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_internal\">capital city<\/a> via a series of <strong>easy-to-navigate bike routes<\/strong>. But it\u2019s about to get even lengthier.<\/p>\n<p>The latest upgrade comes in the form of <a href=\"https:\/\/tfl.gov.uk\/travel-information\/improvements-and-projects\/cycleway-4-extension\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/tfl.gov.uk\/travel-information\/improvements-and-projects\/cycleway-4-extension\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">Cycleway 4<\/a> which, at the moment, runs between <strong>Tower Bridge and Greenwich<\/strong>. The segregated cycle lane is being extended to Woolwich, meaning that those living in the area will now have access to the (soon to be)<strong> 12.5km continuous bike lane<\/strong> that passes through the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/things-to-do-in-deptford\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/things-to-do-in-deptford\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_2\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Deptford<\/a> and Rotherhithe by next year.<\/p>\n<p> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-215753 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/london-street-buses-cars-cyclist.jpg\" alt=\"a shot of a London stret with cars, buses, and bikes\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"  \/>Credit: LiTsai, via Shutterstock Transport for London cycleways <\/p>\n<p>The cycleway routes have been created in a bid to make the streets of the city safer and encourage Londoner to walk and cycle more. <strong>TfL\u2019s cycle network<\/strong> has expanded pretty drastically over the past few years, having spanned just 90km in 2019. The 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/cycling-increase-london\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/cycling-increase-london\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_3\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Travel in London report<\/a> shone a particularly bright spotlight on the fact that Londoners have become wheely rather fond of cycling in recent years, revealing a whopping <strong>43% increase in daily bike journeys<\/strong> between 2019 and 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transport for London<\/strong> is continuing to broaden its <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/cycling-spots-london\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/cycling-spots-london\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_4\" data-category=\"click_internal\">bike-friendly routes<\/a>, and there\u2019s currently a further 95km worth of cycleway plans in the pipeline. The goal is to bring London\u2019s daily cycle journeys to a rather hefty<strong> 1.6 million by 2030<\/strong>. Over 29% of Londoners currently live within 400 metres of a cycleway, but TfL aim for it to reach<strong> 40% of Londoners<\/strong> in the next few years.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about Transport for London\u2019s cycleway network <a href=\"https:\/\/tfl.gov.uk\/modes\/cycling\/routes-and-maps\/cycleways\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/tfl.gov.uk\/modes\/cycling\/routes-and-maps\/cycleways\" data-action=\"text_cta_5\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"London&#8217;s network of handy cycleways is continuing to expand &#8211; and the latest upgrade will see a cycle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":763037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7757],"tags":[31473,748,393,4884,17009,257,19658,10763,16,15],"class_list":["post-763036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-bicycle","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-local-trip","tag-london","tag-public-transport-tickets","tag-trip-travel","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116066569687860591","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=763036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/763037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=763036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=763036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}