Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 31, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Kent Downs National Landscape

Downe Bank & High Elms

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

3.23 km

College Road Climb to Crystal Palace

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Quiet climb up towards Crystal Palace with a bike lane and very few cars.

Tip by

18.2 km

View of Keston Church

Highlight • Viewpoint

Cycle on the main road around this church for a smoother ascent just before the downhill towards London through Bromley.

Tip by

21.3 km

Cudham Road Climb

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

This is a short but very climb through great countryside

Tip by

22.6 km

Church Hill 25% Climb

Highlight • Trail

Ouch

Tip by

22.7 km

Cudham Lane Climb

Highlight • Climb

A long but easy climb. And a great recovery descent after the Brasted Hill climb.

Tip by

27.7 km

Hawley's Corner

Forest

29.4 km

Shirley Lane

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Quiet lane, beautiful in the summer but watch out for the potholes

Tip by

31.2 km

View of the Valley Near Berry's Hill

Highlight • Viewpoint

Brief moment of respite for the legs before going up Berry's Hill (southbound) or Church Hill (northbound).

Tip by

33.8 km

Down House – Charles Darwin's Home

Highlight • Historical Site

A piece of Kent history;

Tip by

54.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

31.2 km

14.0 km

6.79 km

2.35 km

194 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

50.3 km

4.03 km

< 100 m

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Highest point (240 m)

Lowest point (20 m)

Weather

Thursday 2 April

15°C

7°C

-- %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: -- km/h

to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route

Our route recommendations are based on thousands of hikes, rides, and runs completed by other people on komoot.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Edit route

Download GPX

Move start point

Nearby routes

Moderate

4.4

1,132

Chigwell and Epping loop from London Fields

02:16h

52.8km

380m

Moderate

4.7

979

Epping Forest, Toot Hill & Ethos Coffee loop from Walthamstow

03:17h

67.9km

620m

Moderate

4.4

781

St Albans loop from Hampstead Heath

02:55h

67.0km

620m

Moderate

4.6

701

Leith Hill loop from Barnes, South West London

04:20h

95.0km

840m

Moderate

4.4

526

Hertford & Essenden loop from London Euston

04:22h

99.0km

870m

Moderate

4.0

471

Dulwich to Eynsford loop via Eltham Palace

02:49h

66.9km

490m

Moderate

4.5

302

South London lanes loop - Brixton to Maison du Velo Reigate

03:35h

75.8km

810m

Hard

4.8

285

Fackenden Lane & Pilgrims Way

03:30h

71.4km

900m

Moderate

4.2

178

Tour de Heathrow – West London loop from Richmond Park

02:51h

69.3km

210m

Moderate

4.7

114

Edgeware escape to Aldbury – Chiltern Hills

03:53h

85.9km

710m

Moderate

4.5

109

Cheshunt to Emmie Murphy's Village Store – Hertfordshire rolling hills loop

02:34h

47.1km

470m

Cudham Road Climb – Cudham Lane Climb loop from East Dulwich

College Road Climb to Crystal Palace

View of Keston Church

Cudham Road Climb

Church Hill 25% Climb

Cudham Lane Climb

Shirley Lane

View of the Valley Near Berry's Hill

Down House – Charles Darwin's Home

Nearby routes

Sign up or log in to keep exploring this route

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️