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London’s Cycleway network has reached 450 kilometres, making it five times longer than it was a decade ago.
In 2016, the UK capital had 90 kilometres of Cycleways. The latest additions, which span sections in Islington, Camden, Kingston, Westminster and Lambeth, take the network to five times that length in 2026.
Currently, London’s Cycleways stretch further than the capital’s entire Tube network and exceed the distance from London to Paris. The latest construction comes as Transport for London works towards a target of having 40% of Londoners live within 400 metres of a Cycleway by 2030.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said he has overseen a “dramatic expansion” of the network.
“I said I’d make London a byword for cycling – promise made, promise delivered.”
London’s Cycleway network surpassed 400 kilometres in October 2024, with the next 50 kilometres having arrived in under two years.
The latest additions to the network include a new 4km stretch in Islington which connects two Cycleways (Cycleway 1 and Cycleway 27). A 2.5km Cycleway has been added in Camden which TfL said is to improve links between Camden Town and King’s Cross. A new 1.6km link connects Wandsworth Common and Clapham Common and a 0.5km extension of Cycleway 29 provides a segregated cycle track in Kingston. Cycleway 62 across Lambeth Bridge has been completed as has the first section of Cycleway 43 in Westminster between Hyde Park and Edgware Road.
The growth in the network comes as cycling continues to take off in London. TfL data published last year found that cycle journeys have risen by 43% since 2019, with 1.5 million journeys taking place across the capital every day.
Despite that increase, the number of cycling fatalities fell from nine in 2024 to six in 2025. This marked the lowest level of cycling fatalities since 2020 and the second-lowest figure ever recorded.
Cyclists, however, continue to be some of the most vulnerable road users in the capital. In 2025, 81% of all people killed or seriously injured on London’s roads were people walking, cycling or motorcycling, a figure that held steady from the previous year.
