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Thames Embankment Cycle Route – Southwark Cathedral loop from Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich

Thames Embankment Cycle Route – Southwark Cathedral loop from Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich

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Thames Embankment Cycle Route – Southwark Cathedral loop from Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich

00:55

20.8km

80m

Road cycling

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 25, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 10.4 km for 202 m

After 14.7 km for 152 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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9.25 km

Thames Embankment Cycle Route

Highlight • River

The embankments are really well done cycle superhighways. Nice view over the Thames, but also very easy to cycle and pleasant way to travel across the city

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9.61 km

Cleopatra's Needle

Highlight • Historical Site

The sphinxes guarding the needle are actually facing the wrong way, Queen Victoria liked them better this way.

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10.5 km

View of the London Eye and River Thames from Waterloo Bridge

Highlight • River

The view from Waterloo Bridge is probably one of the best, both by day and night.
londonist.com/london/history/secrets-of-waterloo-bridge

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11.6 km

Cycle route along the Thames near One Blackfriars

Highlight • Cycleway

Cross London Bridge for the South Bank and the London Borough Market.

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13.4 km

Southwark Cathedral

Highlight • Religious Site

The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie stands at the oldest crossing-point of the River Thames at what was for many centuries the only entrance …

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14.7 km

View of Tower Bridge

Highlight • Historical Site

Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894. The bridge consists of two towers, tied together at the upper level by two …

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20.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.1 km

7.30 km

766 m

520 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

19.2 km

1.01 km

443 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 14 July

28°C

16°C

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Thames Embankment Cycle Route – Southwark Cathedral loop from Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich

Thames Embankment Cycle Route

Cleopatra's Needle

View of the London Eye and River Thames from Waterloo Bridge

Cycle route along the Thames near One Blackfriars

Southwark Cathedral

View of Tower Bridge

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