"Adam Lea" <[email hidden]> wrote
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What would be the best way for me
Quoted message said:who is not familiar with Londons streets to cycle between the two
stations.
You say you have a road map, but you could get yourself a free bike
map as well. Map 10 (out of 19 maps in total) is the map for central
London, but actually any of the 19 maps will have on the reverse side
the particular part of central London that you need. Just pick up
the phone and call 020-7222-1234 and ask them to send you one of the
maps, or even all 19. The same number works for getting tube maps
and bus maps as well.
You might well be able to pick up a bike map at Victoria Station. I
think there is a TfL information place which should have them, and
maybe they would be available on racks by the tube station ticket
offices as well. The same applies at Euston
In general, most streets, with a couple of exceptions, are pretty
good for cycling, so you could plan your own route, according to how
you feel about directness, ease of route finding, seeing the sights,
or whatever
Bad locations for cycling are, I would say, Park Lane and Marylebone
Road - fastish dual carriageways forming part of the ring road round
the congestion charge area, and Oxford Street, Regents Street and the
Strand, jammed with buses and taxis to the extent of making cycling
difficult (in spite of the congestion charge)
An alternative to Park Lane is the bike path through Hyde Park, nice
but infested with oblivious wandering tourists. Also you would, with
Park Lane or bike path, be tempted to get out of the park at the top
right hand corner, the Marble Arch gyratory, which is particularly
horrible.
Helen Vecht's idea of a route sheet is a good one.
Jeremy Parker
