Londonists - best route from Victoria to Kings Cross by bike

[GrumpyGregry]

Please. Competant, sort-of, confident, once-upon-a-time, rider seeks route advice to traverse the Great Wen to catch a train to the north.

gpx or tcx a bonus....

 

[velovoice]

What time? I'll be going straight from work with the aim to find some dinner at the station before boarding the 20.00 train with Adam. Times permitting, I can come towards Victoria and "pick you up"?

 

[ianrauk]

As easy as this

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/22389826

 

[rugby bloke]

Not the quietest of routes ... Hyde Park Corner, Piccadilly, Tottenham Court Road, Euston Road ... one for the confident city cyclist. I would use it as a basis but take a few back roads. The route planner on the Transport for London site is excellent - it provides options depending on how confident a cyclist you are.
https://tfl.gov.uk/plan-a-journey/r...ection=False&JourneyType=&IsPastWarning=False

 

[mjr]

http://cycle.travel/map/journey/43252 incl GPX. Maybe not the fastest but I've not got lost doing it yet. At busy times, I'd go through Parliament Square, Embankment, Savoy Street and jump the central reservation on the Strand to avoid the jams at Trafalgar Square and the Strand, but route planners don't like doing things like that.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

D'Oh! I've been away too long

09:00 Horsham - London Bridge train (gets to LB 10:05 therefore is cycle friendly as embargo applies on before 10:00 arrivals)
Change at Three Bridges 09:16
09:35 Three Bridges - St Pancras International 10:33 (also beats the embargo)
Walk to Kings Cross
11:08 Kings Cross to York. Lunch in York.

Sorted.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

As easy as this

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/22389826

Blimey. Even I could remember that.

 

[ianrauk]

Blimey. Even I could remember that.

Even you

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Even you

Can't hurt to put it on the Etrex, can it.

 

[ianrauk]

Can't hurt to put it on the Etrex, can it.

Lol... it's what it's for...

 

[jefmcg]

Sorted

So you don't need a route anymore?

(there was I plotting a more touristy route for you ....)

 

[GrumpyGregry]

So you don't need a route anymore?

(there was I plotting a more touristy route for you ....)

plot away, please....

 

[srw]

Or from London Bridge, ride via Bank (traffic-free now) to Cheapside and Holborn, then right up Grays Inn Road. Or from Victoria, follow your nose to Strand then north at the top of Aldwych along Kingsway, right along Theobalds Road and left up Grays Inn Road.

Ask a dozen riders and you'll get at least a dozen different answers. Personally I wouldn't use a route that went via HPC, because a horrible roundabout, but YMMV.

 

[jefmcg]

plot away, please....

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/22393586

Buck palace, the Mall, Trafalgar Square, because London, and Tavistock place because it's quite nice and not Euston Road.

Euston Road is ok, and you have a bus lane, but most likely you'll be hassled by cabbies, because London.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Or from London Bridge, ride via Bank (traffic-free now) to Cheapside and Holborn, then right up Grays Inn Road. Or from Victoria, follow your nose to Strand then north at the top of Aldwych along Kingsway, right along Theobalds Road and left up Grays Inn Road.

Ask a dozen riders and you'll get at least a dozen different answers. Personally I wouldn't use a route that went via HPC, because a horrible roundabout, but YMMV.

I've done it before, and I seem to recall the first time swearing a lot that I'd never do it again. But I have done it several times since. The LB option is a good one.