All photos in & around Southwark

Rush hour on CS6 and NCN route 4

Cut-through towards Guy's Hospital and London Bridge station.

Cut-through towards Guy's Hospital and London Bridge station.

Bardo bike at Tate Modern

Pedestrianised street opposite Tate Modern

Increasingly normal in London (but not elsewhere)

Junction on Cyclesuperhighway 7

Cycle lanes on Cyclesuperhighway 7

Modal filter on what is still technically Quilp Street

These look like cycle stands but are probably just a closure on what is still technically Quilp Street

Cycle parking and contraflow cycle lane outside one of London's nicest pubs

Modal filter and bike-sharing station at Great Dover St (the A2)

Contraflow cycle lane at Great Dover St (the A2)

No Motor Vehicles - contraflow cycleway

Cycle route signs and cargo bike

Crossing to the traffic-free section of Tabard St

Cut-through by the John Harvard Library

Lunchtime streetfood market on the Tabard St cycleway [also visible on Google StreeView]

Cut-through around a primary school

Cut-through around a primary school

Except Cycles plate missing for this contraflow cycle lane

Contraflow cycle lane on route C14

Contraflow cycle lanes off route C14

Modal filter on route C14 (originally Quietway Q14)

Route signs on route C14 (crossing route C7)

Modal filter on route C14 (originally Quietway Q14)

Route signs on route C14 (crossing C7)

Modal filter ahead on route C14 (originally Quietway Q14)

No Entry except cycles

Missing arrow? - the No Through Road except cycles sign refers to the road to the right.

Great campaign in London for COP27 from
@WeAreCyclingUK

"This machine fights climate change"

Yup ... and fights toxic air, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, depression and so much more. t.co/kdXlnkSMIN

Bikes hanging off a balcony in Lambeth - location not precisely known.

Part of a campaign to raise awareness about the problem of cycle storage:

BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-60835416

Clean Cities Campaign
cleancitiescampaign.org/

Uses the hashtag: #ThisIsAwkward
twitter.com/search

To get onto the contraflow cycleway to the right you'd have to go left to find a dropped kerb. And the sign doesn't mention that this is NCN route 4.

Cyclesuperhighway CS6 south from Blackfriars Bridge

NCN route 4 past the new One Blackfriars tower

No Entry Except Cycles between Waterloo and Blackfriars

Whatever modal filter or rising bollards were here have been removed.

[Image taken 18.3.09] Bike Hut/Halfords, Old Kent Road, London. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] This is the cycle parking outside Halfords (which has a Bike Hut). The landlord of the site suggested it would suffice for customers of B&Q despite that store being at the other end of the retail park: #178866 and links. Compare with the racks in: #178871.

[Image taken 24.5.09] B&Q, Old Kent Road, London. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Context: #178866 (and links). Chains have been added to the posts that separate the bike racks from the nearest motor vehicle parking space. I arrived as the owners of the two bikes shown in the background were struggling to secure them to the railings of the trolley park. I asked them if they were using that area because they preferred it or because they did not know there was cycle parking. The latter reason was true. They followed me to the racks and had secured their bikes in no time. There are many reasons people don't use cycle parking provided. Sometimes, as here, it is because racks are provided but not signposted and not visible.

[Image taken 8.4.09] B&Q, Old Kent Road, London. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Context: #178866 (and links). This image shows how far the bike racks at B & Q are from the entrance to the store. Compare these with the situation in Cambridge: #178871. And - York provision installed in May 2022 - # They are 'beyond' the entrance. To cycle to them you would need to go through the car park - not a nice proposition. Plus there is no sign alerting people to their existence or pointing to them so I wonder how many people will see them. Further, if you are buying large or heavy items and you need a trolley, because the racks are so far from the entrance and the trolley park - you can't use those shown in the image, the ones to use are on the far side of the entrance - you have to leave your shopping and/or bags unattended at your bike while you return the trolley. I can't load up my bike while locked as I have to carry the locks in my pannier so I had to leave all items and my pannier on the ground next to my (locked) bike. By chance, I was here at a very quiet time so I had a clear view of my bike, pannier and purchases most of the time, however I did still worry I might have seen the last of them. When busy, this area will be crowded and there will be no line of sight. It is an impractical and, I feel, dangerous (because cyclists will need to walk such a distance and several times among moving vehicles in what is very limited space when the store is busy), place to locate the racks.

[Image taken 8.4.09] B&Q, Old Kent Road, London. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Context: #178866 (and links). I was pleased to see the spaces between the uprights in the long-campaigned for racks at B&Q are quite far apart. I was able to get into the space and load up my bike. It would be tighter if there were another bike on the next upright but I'm not complaining about this aspect at least.

[Image taken 8.4.09] B&Q, Old Kent Road, London. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Since 19 June 2006 I've been lobbying B & Q and the managing agents of the site to get cycle parking put in outside B&Q. There's a clear need - there was always at least one other bike, usually several, attached to the railings surrounding the trolley area. Today, a nice surprise - cycle parking! There are two lots of 'toast racks' - one with 3 uprights, accommodating 6 bikes, one with 2, accommodating 4 bikes. However, had I approached from the road entrance I wouldn't have seen the racks. There are no signs and they are a long way from the entrance. It's not all bad news though. The image shows the existence of posts which are presumably intended to protect the bikes from motor vehicles while they are being parked or making some other manoeuvre next to the racks. Other images this B&Q: #178867, #178868, #178869. Comparison with an example of good practice at the B&Q in Cambridge: #178871. Image of unusable racks at the nearby Bike Hut: #178870.

Cycle contraflow lane on C14 route past Guy's Hospital

Cycle parking at a new housing development

Cut-through towards Guy's Hospital and London Bridge station.

Pop-up area for pedestrians outside a college

Cycle contraflow and bike hangar

Bike hangar plus stands opposite an excellent pub.

Cycle parking at Guy's Hospital

About 100m of Great Maze Street is strictly pedestrian-only - it's still a very useful route to and from London Bridge station (and of course The Shard).

Cycle parking and the end of the strictly pedestrian stretch of road through Guy's Hospital

About 100m of Great Maze Street is strictly pedestrian-only - it's still a very useful route to and from London Bridge station.

[Image taken 3 November 2021] Mill Street, London SE1. Cycles come in all shapes and sizes and it’s important to give people convenient places to park them. It’s nice to see these specific areas for cargo and adapted cycles in Southwark. See also: #175470, #175471.

We’ve just moved to the area and My wife and I both need bike storage so we can use our bikes to get to work. I am sure there are many others who are on the waiting lists for bike storage nearby

I would like a bike hangar, all of the available bike storage is taken - I have joined a waiting list

Although there are already a number of hangars in the street and nearby, they are all full with long waiting lists. Clearly demand is outstripping supply. My daughter currently has to carry her bike every day to a first floor flat, past a neighbour who complains incessantly about noise.

See previous application for Grove Hill Road, SE5 8DF

All nearest secure bike hangars are full with waiting lists. Lots of LTN locally would be reinforced if people could park bikes safely. Terraced houses make this difficult and it's a high crime area with lots of bike thefts. I suggest a second bike hangar in Ivanhoe Road near Coplestone Passage

There's a lot of space here and it would accommodate local families, residents and workers.

Make it a loop hangar - a lot of bicycles in the area get vandalised

In the car parking area behind No's 32-42 Tranton Road there are always empty parking spaces. There is also plenty of space around off the street - please use that area for a few of the loop cycle hangars - i would happily rent 3 or 4 spaces straight away.

I've recently sold my car and so theoretically there's now space outside my property (54a Heber Road) for a bike shed to hold up to 6 bikes. Most of the houses on my street have no garden access, shared entrances and narrow hallways. The waiting list for other sheds in this area is over subscribed and so there's an obvious demand for more storage space.

Segregated cycle lanes needed on the Old Kent Road

Another helpful cycle lane

[since modified]

The speed limit here is 20mph but drivers go much faster. Suggest a speed camera is erected.

Add cycle lane on this busy road between East Dulwich and Herne Hill

There are lots of spare car parking space and lots of people want a bike hangar, there is only one nearby and it's full

Temporary cycle lane on London Bridge

Cycle lane switches to the other side of the road here.

Junction joining Jamaica road

Bus stop bypass

Temporary segregated cycle lane using wands

There are cycle hoops but all have +2 year waiting lists. more hangars are needed.

Fast traffic and parked cars, a dedicated cycle lane will help cyclists feel safer and slow vehicles

Junction of C4 and C14 cycle routes

Junction with "elephant footprints" markings

Cargo bike parking outside Co-Op

1 x Bicycle Hangar

The community supports me

I agree with the first comment - we have many cyclists who live in our street, and no storage.

Bike hangar for use by significant number of cycle commuters

Narrow pavement

There is no cycle parking on the street or on the estate. All houses have small front gardens that wouldn't fit bikes, and people just lock bikes to lamposts. Also, all the houses are flats or half houses so they all share hallways and cannot store bikes there. We need a cycle hanger at each end of Kinsale Road - to provide secure, weather-protected cycle storage.

There is no secure cycle parking available for Whorlton Road, despite a lot of demand for this. The road has also recently become a cul-de-sac so there is now more opportunity to install this parking.

There are 6 flats in my building and each would love to have access to safe cycling storage

All local cycle pods hangers are full - I am cycling resident in Peabody building, storage here would serve people like my partner and me and many others. Clearly, demand is high for these spaces - please create more.

There is no secure cycle available hangar in the vicinity.

All nearby Cycle storage schemes are fully occupied. Southwark have implemented lots of new quietways for cyclists but have not increased storage. We are a household of three adults who would all like to cycle but nowhere to store our bikes.

Secure bike storage needed as apartments have none

For the residents of Renforth Street Estate - a lot of cars park here, and this congestion could be eased by a number of bike spaces. As it's a cul de sac, bikes are often stolen from outside and, therefore, many residents who would like to bike cannot. Ours has been stolen, or had parts of it stolen on a number of occasions

Many residents in Alaska Buildings and nearby buildings don't have any secure cycle parking.

There is no bike hangar on Rossetti Road, Stubbs Drive. With the number of residents cycling from those streets, we will have 6 spaces taken.

No public cycle parking nearby and no private either

1 x Cyclehoop bike hangar needed for 6 bikes

[Secure cycle parking requested, presumably]
My housemate and I will both use it, as will our downstairs neighbour

Cycle parking on the TfL river service

There are no cycle hoops yet on this street, whereas most of the neighbouring streets have them

A lot of people on Holmdene Avenue would like bike storage which would ease pressure on driving/owning car

There are lots of neighbours on the street who would like on street parking (e.g. cycle hoop hangars) as the houses/flats aren't conducive to bike storage.

There are no secure bike hangers or lockers in the area.