The city’s cycle system is soon set to get another upgrade as Transport for London is continuing to level up its handy network of cycleways. London’s cycleway network currently spans a rather impressive 431km (making it longer than the London Underground); linking various communities and destinations across the capital city via a series of easy-to-navigate bike routes. But it’s about to get even lengthier.
The latest upgrade comes in the form of Cycleway 4 which, at the moment, runs between Tower Bridge and Greenwich. The segregated cycle lane is being extended to Woolwich, meaning that those living in the area will now have access to the (soon to be) 12.5km continuous bike lane that passes through the likes of Deptford and Rotherhithe by next year.
Transport for London cycleways
The cycleway routes have been created in a bid to make the streets of the city safer and encourage Londoner to walk and cycle more. TfL’s cycle network has expanded pretty drastically over the past few years, having spanned just 90km in 2019. The 2025 Travel in London report shone a particularly bright spotlight on the fact that Londoners have become wheely rather fond of cycling in recent years, revealing a whopping 43% increase in daily bike journeys between 2019 and 2025.
Transport for London is continuing to broaden its bike-friendly routes, and there’s currently a further 95km worth of cycleway plans in the pipeline. The goal is to bring London’s daily cycle journeys to a rather hefty 1.6 million by 2030. Over 29% of Londoners currently live within 400 metres of a cycleway, but TfL aim for it to reach 40% of Londoners in the next few years.
Find out more about Transport for London’s cycleway network here.