Cycle ride Kings Cross to Paddington (Stoke newington to Worcester)
As First Great Western Railways have cancelled yet more trains from Paddington to Worcester I have the choice of an impossible dash from Worcester University to the train station or waiting for 2 hours for the next train. So, I had to deploy the bicycle. This is the Route.
Clapton to Canonbury
Islington Park Street, straight across junction to
Bewdley Road straight across the junction and follow the road down the hill towards Caledonian road but before you get there turn left into:
Hemingford Road (this makes the crossing of Caledonian Road easier)
Copenhagen Street
cross Caledonia Road
cycle 200 yards or so and turn left into
York Way, right into
Goodsway to back of Kings Cross Left into
Midland Road Between St Pancras and British Library
Straight across junction into Judd Street
Then turn right when you come to the main green bike route which runs East West and is separated from traffic - you can feel the Taxi's hating the delay crossing the two line bike lane
Tavistock Place, Torrington Place and takes you to
Tottenham Court Road, Turn Right Then Left into
Howland Street, where the protected and marked cycle route begins to give up - occasionally a bit of green tarmac reappears, but it is well signposted and takes you to Paddington.
given that this route links two of London's main stations and we have a Mayor who says he supports cycling - why, you may ask, is the standard set in the University District not kept up along the entire route?
Train to Worcester accepts bikes at the front of the train, and from the Station takes 15 minutes to get to the University.
route back from Paddington to Kings Cross is much more difficult at first as it is not really sign posted, and I ended up too far south and took the Wigmore Street route which is just north of Oxford Street and takes you safely to Pentonville.
Clapton to Canonbury
Islington Park Street, straight across junction to
Bewdley Road straight across the junction and follow the road down the hill towards Caledonian road but before you get there turn left into:
Hemingford Road (this makes the crossing of Caledonian Road easier)
Copenhagen Street
cross Caledonia Road
cycle 200 yards or so and turn left into
York Way, right into
Goodsway to back of Kings Cross Left into
Midland Road Between St Pancras and British Library
Straight across junction into Judd Street
Then turn right when you come to the main green bike route which runs East West and is separated from traffic - you can feel the Taxi's hating the delay crossing the two line bike lane
Tavistock Place, Torrington Place and takes you to
Tottenham Court Road, Turn Right Then Left into
Howland Street, where the protected and marked cycle route begins to give up - occasionally a bit of green tarmac reappears, but it is well signposted and takes you to Paddington.
given that this route links two of London's main stations and we have a Mayor who says he supports cycling - why, you may ask, is the standard set in the University District not kept up along the entire route?
Train to Worcester accepts bikes at the front of the train, and from the Station takes 15 minutes to get to the University.
route back from Paddington to Kings Cross is much more difficult at first as it is not really sign posted, and I ended up too far south and took the Wigmore Street route which is just north of Oxford Street and takes you safely to Pentonville.
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