Camden Cycling Campaign Maps: Home Page

A resource for London cyclists and cycle campaigners

London-wide maps showing:

the routes that form the official London Cycle Network (LCN)
other popular cyclists' routes
overlays containing a variety of cycling-specific information
a route planner that generates excellent cycle-specific journey plans between any two points

London Cycle Hire Scheme (AKA Boris Bikes) stations with live info on bike availability
Google Street Views: Right-click on any street to bring up a Street View at that point

Camden view	City view	Hackney view	Haringey view	Islington view	Central London OSM Cycle map, no overlaid routes
Brent view	Tower Hamlets view	Westminster view	Lambeth & Southwark view	Richmond view	Map editing page (Requires registration)	Central London Satellite map, LCN routes

Getting started

Click on one of the 'view' links above to get a map centred at a convenient point.
Drag and scale the map in the usual Google maps ways to show exactly what you want to see. Whichever view you choose, you will be able reach all of London and beyond and view all the available routes and other information.
In most of the views only some routes are initially displayed. The other routes can be brought up by clicking on their names in the routes menu displayed to the right of the map.
Once you are familar with the map, you can make your own custom view which you can bookmark, using the Capture map link.
The map is based on Google Maps with a choice of variants for the background map including the Open Street Map (OSM) Cycle Map and satellite images available via the Map Type pull-down menu.
You can view the bike stands and shops in an area and learn about interruptions to cycle routes and other hazards. Stand locations in different parts of London are sourced with thanks, from the London Borough of Camden's GIS server, Open Street Map's database, cyclestreets.net's database and our own volunteer-sourced data.
For more information use the '?' button at the top of the maps.

An article about the system was published in London Cyclist October 2007 (but it's changed and grown quite a bit since then).

Route planning

Use the 'Plan a Route...' button at the top of the window on any of the maps.

The planner uses the excellent new OpenStreetMap-based route planner developed and hosted by cyclestreets.net. You can plan a route anywhere in London or the UK (though there is currently a limit of 30 km on the length of routes that can be planned).

Many thanks to our Cambridge Cycling Campaign colleagues who did all the hard work to make this possible!

The London coverage of the underlying OpenStreetMap community mapping database is now pretty comprehensive and includes many cycle-specific details that other maps lack, but it relies on feedback and the voluntary effort of the OSM community. Feedback is best provided through the link that will appear at the bottom of each route that you plan.
With the current level of community involvement cyclestreets.net and OpenStreetMap have achieved an amazing result. With further feedback and effort they can be the most effective cycle route planner available.

Campaigning

Camden Cycling Campaign uses the Consultations overlay (under Other markers in the menu box) to record the current state of all the Council and other schemes on which it has been consulted which includes the LCN routes in Camden and comes up with an 'info window' with a brief explanation. For example: Consultation on Fitzroy Square improvements. Other LCC groups are invited to use this resource.

'Stands wanted'

The Stands wanted overlay (under Other markers in the menu box) is used by Camden Cycling Campaign and other LCC groups to record desirable locations for the installation of street bike stands. Other LCC groups are invited to use this resource.

Routes to schools

We are aiming to encourage cycling to school by asking school students and teachers to show us their routes which we will plot on a map for others to use.

William Ellis School routes

Ackland Burghley School routes

Hampstead School routes

Indexes of routes

The links below will take you to clickable lists of the routes that are available on the map. Click on a route to display it on the map. Of course the map is fully interactive so you can also view any route just by clicking on its name in the menu to the right of the map.

Utility: Commuting and Other Useful Routes Contributed by Users

Leisure: Pleasure Rides Contributed by Users

LCN: The Main London Cycle Network Routes

OtherLCN: Other London Cycle Network Routes

NCN: National Cycle Network (Sustrans) Routes in London

Park: Routes Alongside Waterways and Through Parks

Routes to Schools

Contributing: how to help build up the maps

CCC started the mapping project and has done all of the programming, but its success depends on other cyclists contributing to it. Thanks to the participation of others we already have a good coverage of LCN routes in the six central London boroughs listed above.

The data used to generate the maps is extensible and editable by registered users. The version of the map at http://maps.camdencyclists.org.uk/editingplace/ incorporates these editing facilities and has a login box that is used to obtain editing access. You can apply for registration for adding and editing data in one or more of the four categories: Routes, Hazards, Shops, Stands. The procedure for getting registered and an explanation of the facilities for adding and editing data is fully described in the help page on contributing.

Customising: How to make your own map views and pages

Although all the routes are in a single database, it is possible to construct many views of the map, each with a menu customised to the needs of a different group of users. User groups are encouraged to make customised views of the map to meet their users' needs. You can specify which folders of routes are shown initially and the scale and centring of the map when it opens. Any web site can include references to these customised instances of the map. To find out about customisation, follow the Customising link below. If you would like help on setting up such views for your own group, please use the contact details below.

Credits

Concept and programming:: George Coulouris
Design advice:: Jean Dollimore, John Chamberlain, Ralph Smyth
Data management:: Jean Dollimore
Testing:: John Chamberlain
Data contributors:: Ralph Smyth, Jean Dollimore, John Chamberlain, Dudley Miles, Meade McCloughan, Richard Philpott, Alex McKinnell, Colin Wing ... and others too numerous to name.