Gravel

Lee Valley & Epping Forest Gravel

The Lee Valley & Epping Forest gravel cycling 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, London.

Suggested café stop: Boathouse Café Bar, Roydon Marina (42km).

Recent routes

Chartwell Loop

The Chartwell Loop cycling route heads over the north ridge of the Downs and, once through Westerham and up Hosey Hill, the route follows a forested loop around Chartwell and Toys Hill. Brasted Hill adds some further spice on the return leg back to London.

Bayley’s Hill & Shoreham

Following the same alternative route out of London as the Bayley Hill Loop but this time going on to Shoreham for a wider circuit back to London.

Tour of the Isle of Wight

The Tour of the Isle of Wight is now a London Dynamo summer tradition. After an early morning ferry from Portsmouth, the route goes anti-clockwise round the island, taking in the chain link ferry at Cowes, the steep climb up to the view point of the Needles and the fast but breezy Military Road.

Easter Loop

The Easter Loop cycling route is a long ride out to the picturesque countryside north of Chelmsford, including the villages of Good Easter and High Easter into Essex.

North London Hill Training

The North London Hill Training circuit is a short cycling route starting in Regents Park, and involves some fairly tough climbs such as the long climb up to Hampstead, Swain’s Lane in Highgate and Alexandra Palace Way.

Frensham Ponds Gravel Edition

This gravel 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.