The Potters Bar route heads north through Hampstead Heath, makes the steep climb up Swains Lane in Highgate, over Muswell Hill and Alexandra Palace before heading out into the woods and farmland around Potters Bar.
Starting Point: Espresso Bar, Regent’s Park.
Suggested Café: Cafe In The Orchard, Shenley (55km).
This route heads up past the lakes and marshes of the Lee Valley before looping back down through Epping Forest.
The route up the valley passes the Walthamstow Wetlands, Waltham Abbey, Lee Valley Country Park and the River Lee Navigation canal. The return leg heads first out into open farmland before heading right through the heart of Epping Forest before back into London.
Starting point: Café Society by Vauxhall Bridge.
Suggested café stop: Boathouse Café Bar, Roydon Marina (42km).
The route broadly mirrors the Frensham Pond Loop route in the Surrey Hills section but this time favours off-road tracks, exploring more of the heathland and Frensham Common itself in the south-western corner of Surrey.
Starting point: The Coppernose, Hampton Court.
Suggested café: Frensham Great Pond Snack Bar (59 km)
The long off-road route to Brighton involves two sizeable climbs, the first being St. Martha’s Hill near Guildford and the second being a steep climb up over the top of Ditchling Beacon.
Starting point: Roehampton Café, Richmond Park.