Rides and Tours

Led Rides

Social rides are listed on the LCC web site, where LCC members can also publicise rides they are organizing themselves.

Central London CTC organize several rides each Sunday as well as longer tours. These usually involve catching a train from a central London station, though there a growing number of rides that start from Central London and explore parts of Inner London.

British Cycling Breeze is the biggest programme ever to get more women into riding bikes for fun. Its aim is to help thousands more women feel confident and comfortable about going on a ride.

London Parks & Gardens Trust Rides

The London Parks & Gardens Trust have a number of self-guided rides on their web site.

Planning your own tour

If you are planning your own ride or tour, there are now many books available, including those published by Ordnance Survey as well as the Official Guide to the National Cycle Network, published by Sustrans.

Westminster's Guided and Self-guided Tours

Guided Tours

These guided tours are run by Westminster's cycle training contractor, Cycle Confident. The tours are free but booking is required and numbers are limited.

The current programme can be found at http://www.cycleconfident.com/courses/led-rides

Self-guided Tours

The following tours can be downloaded from Westminster's web site:

Westminster Wildlife

The City of Westminster has wildlife in its parks, canals, and, of course, the London Zoo; but this ride also includes human representations of wildlife, some of real creatures and some of mythical ones. You can try and time your ride to catch the Pelicans being fed in St James's Park between 2.30 and 3 pm.

Download the Westminster Wildlife cycle ride brochure

Westminster Public and Street Art

This eight-mile ride covers some of the most famous, and sometimes controversial, public art (that which is commissioned or permitted to be installed) and street art (unofficial, but occasionally left in situ) in the City of Westminster. Throughout the ride it's worth keeping an eye out for adapted 'No Entry' signs with sticker overlays by Florence-based street artist Clet Abraham.

Download the Westminster Public and Street Art cycle ride brochure

Westminster Rock 'n' Pop

A seven-mile ride covering the highlights of rock and pop in the City of Westminster, with suggested tracks for each stop.

Download the Westminster Rock 'n' Pop cycle ride brochure

Westminster Lions

A seven-mile ride, best done on a Sunday morning, as much of the ride is on major streets, observing a few of Westminster's lions. More can be found in London Pride, the 10,000 Lions of London by Valerie Colin-Russ.

Download the Westminster Lions cycle ride brochure

Westminster 'Firsts'

Discoveries, creations and inventions in the southern part of Westminster.

This-six mile ride includes, alongside many other 'firsts':

• the first public building in the world to be entirely lit by electricity;
• the London home of Benjamin Franklin, 'The First American' and inventor of the lightning rod;
• the site of the world's first demonstration of television;
• the incredible institution in which magnesium, calcium, potassium, sodium, strontium, barium, boron, chlorine, iodine and argon were discovered;
• the place where the first traffic lights in the world were installed, and:
• the building from which Dracula first emerged!

Download the Westminster 'Firsts' cycle ride brochure

Beatles by Bike

Discover highlights of the Beatles' history in central London on this six-mile ride, with suggested tracks for each stop. Highlights include:

• the birthplace of Beatlemania and the site of the last-ever live Beatles performance;
• the gallery where John Lennon met Yoko Ono and the club where Paul McCartney met Linda Eastman
• the studio in which 'Hey Jude' was recorded, and the Abbey Road studios and zebra crossing
• the building in which 'Yesterday' and 'I Want to Hold your Hand' were written

Download the Beatles by Bike cycle ride brochure