I think your route is probably one of those all-round-the-houses tourist specials that Britain specialises in cos we don't want to encourage cycle use.

Any other route is simply impractical, there are no E-W green corridors to follow. I have to cross the R Lee over Stratford Broadway - absolutely no choice, which pushes me onto Mile End Road, into Aldgate one way.

All traffic at the West end of london roughly in the direction I'm going goes through Marble Arch or Hyde park corner. There is simply no avoiding both.


keep to the Fen Causeway