That roundabout with the Dutch style underpasses and central cycle/foot junction looked great. Shame we don't see more of them... rather than foot and cycle ways giving up at roundabouts just as you need them most.
That bicycle roundabout is very unique, you won't find anything like it anywhere else in the area. I always smile going down it becsuse of how amazing it is. But one of the downsides is that people will often walk in the bicycle lanes, so you have to be careful going downhill.
Very different from usual, would love to check out the nice green paths when I'm back in London! (Just moved to university in Edinburgh, where cycling seems a bit patchy so far...)
Really liked this one! (last one made me nervous). Very interesting along Western Avenue. I was born and raised in Southall before emigrating to Canada late Fifties at age 8, and I retain the memories of much of that area. My work sojourns back in London were much more central, and never got a chance to visit that area cycling. In effect, now I have. Many thanks for that!
Excellent. I'll have a short story to add when I visited the house I was born in, and was invited inside by the lovely family living there now. I'm looking forward to your vid.
Fun fact worth mentioning about the route at 14:34 This section of the route and the A40 passes Northolt airfield and you can tell because the streets lights in the carriageway get suddenly shorter to duck out of the way of planes taking off and landing.
@@Londoncycleroutes got it from Jay Foreman, my other favourite London RUclipsr, he’s been a great advocate for better cycling infrastructure in the city.
Some better than expected infrastructure on that route and good to hear about the leaf clearance....Brent council could take note! Can you do a route to or from West Hendon (i.e the Thameslink station). I'm moving to that area soon and feel scared by the lack of decent infra....
*Great videos but just a minor suggestion:* You mention that these routes are likely to beat public transport which is good but can you define the transport route/type and use those as your start and end points? Particularly the end points, I notice that you would stop at some random row of shops but the transport end point maybe somewhere far away - not everyone might go to that parade of shops, they might be heading to work closer to the main transit end point for example. It just makes it a much more even comparison. Great vids though 👍
Thank you! With the public transport comparison I think it’s fairer to do it from the starting and end point of the video as that’s all I have to compare to! In the case of Hillingdon the tube station is actually off on its own a bit further north I think
The estate wasn’t designed like that ie as a LTN but when the Hayes bypass was built in the 90’s it removed fair amount of the estate particularly at Ossie roundabout the streets have been cut in half by the bypass. The Parkway was intended to be part of the Ringway project ie a motorway.
I really enjoy these videos. It's good to see cycling infrastructure improving around London. Have you thought of doing the Wandle Trail? It's a 12-mile route from Wandsworth all of the way down to Croydon.
Aloha - nice route. I live near here, and this route is pretty fascinating! Didn’t realise there’s a new bridge build on the canal path adjacent to Northala Fields Park & Marnham Fields. If you ever decide to do route going more central via that then that would be very helpful 🎉
I definitely want to try and work something central-ish from here - I think Hounslow has some stuff in the works that could improve links from here in that direction when built
Would love to know the history of the underpass/roundabout at White Hart roundabout. I'd always assumed (not really based on anything other than how it looks) that it dated back to when the area was first built up so would pre-date the Dutch cycling revolution
It is quite ironic that Hillingdon has substantial examples of good active travel infrastructure from the previous 3-4 decades when in 2023 the borough has been ranked the worst performing local authority in London by the Healthy Streets Scorecard for the 4th consecutive year. The routes you highlighted show what has been possible for decades but has been almost completely forgotten about in today's administration.
There’s a better route! Cuts a massive corner and the roads are quiet. Going over pole hill would cut a huge corner off this route and there are cycle ways that are almost as quiet. Also… the white heart roundabout is known for being an unsafe to be.
That roundabout with the Dutch style underpasses and central cycle/foot junction looked great. Shame we don't see more of them... rather than foot and cycle ways giving up at roundabouts just as you need them most.
yeah or a tangle of staggered toucan crossings with small waiting islands too small to sit on on bikes
That bicycle roundabout is very unique, you won't find anything like it anywhere else in the area. I always smile going down it becsuse of how amazing it is. But one of the downsides is that people will often walk in the bicycle lanes, so you have to be careful going downhill.
yes good advice!@@DreadfulUtopia
I was just thinking Dutch when you mentioned Dutch!
Thanks for another great route.
It is weirdly Dutch isn’t it! thanks for watching
Brillant videos, i usually cycle the canals but you've opened up more for me by watching these. I need to find more routes and cycle.
Very pleased to hear it, hope you have fun with it!
@14:35 transition from normal street lighting to stubby street lighting ... as you go past RAF Northolt
Great spot! I meant to mention that base actually
I noticed the landing lights, dead giveaway to being on the landing path.@@Londoncycleroutes
🤙🏼 *Wow, long stretches of dedication bike lanes/paths* 🤙🏼👌🏼👌🏼
yeah it's surprising that this is mostly on paths isnt it- this part of London you expect to have to make use of more quiet streets
Great video. 🙂
Nice to see a trunk road route, 👍🚴♂️
Something a bit different!
Nice to see you revisit the route along the motorway. You made a difference with your previous video!!
it's nice to make an impact however small!
This is great, really interesting to see the Hayes cycle paths - difficult to see them all from the road!
Yeah they’re quite tucked away!
Another nice route!👏
Thank you v much!
Cycle roundabout 😍
It’s a hidden gem
Very different from usual, would love to check out the nice green paths when I'm back in London! (Just moved to university in Edinburgh, where cycling seems a bit patchy so far...)
I was in Edinburgh this summer and was surprised by how many people i saw on bikes simply because of how hilly it is!! cool city though
I've actually cycled on the same route before! this was quite a stressful ride but I still enjoyed it! At Ruislip, there was many turns.
Glad someone else has found it!
love these
Thanks for watching!
Really liked this one! (last one made me nervous). Very interesting along Western Avenue. I was born and raised in Southall before emigrating to Canada late Fifties at age 8, and I retain the memories of much of that area. My work sojourns back in London were much more central, and never got a chance to visit that area cycling. In effect, now I have.
Many thanks for that!
that's brilliant - I have some routes going to southall itself soon using some similar infrastructure and a few tweaks to this
Excellent. I'll have a short story to add when I visited the house I was born in, and was invited inside by the lovely family living there now. I'm looking forward to your vid.
Fun fact worth mentioning about the route at 14:34
This section of the route and the A40 passes Northolt airfield and you can tell because the streets lights in the carriageway get suddenly shorter to duck out of the way of planes taking off and landing.
Very good fact!
@@Londoncycleroutes got it from Jay Foreman, my other favourite London RUclipsr, he’s been a great advocate for better cycling infrastructure in the city.
Some better than expected infrastructure on that route and good to hear about the leaf clearance....Brent council could take note! Can you do a route to or from West Hendon (i.e the Thameslink station). I'm moving to that area soon and feel scared by the lack of decent infra....
I’ll see what I can do on Hendon, there might be some local routes around there- will have to scout
nice route :)
Thank you!
*Great videos but just a minor suggestion:*
You mention that these routes are likely to beat public transport which is good but can you define the transport route/type and use those as your start and end points? Particularly the end points, I notice that you would stop at some random row of shops but the transport end point maybe somewhere far away - not everyone might go to that parade of shops, they might be heading to work closer to the main transit end point for example. It just makes it a much more even comparison. Great vids though 👍
Thank you! With the public transport comparison I think it’s fairer to do it from the starting and end point of the video as that’s all I have to compare to! In the case of Hillingdon the tube station is actually off on its own a bit further north I think
The estate wasn’t designed like that ie as a LTN but when the Hayes bypass was built in the 90’s it removed fair amount of the estate particularly at Ossie roundabout the streets have been cut in half by the bypass. The Parkway was intended to be part of the Ringway project ie a motorway.
yes indeed - on a map you can see the continuation of the road names on both sides of the Parkway despite them being severed by the motorway
I really enjoy these videos. It's good to see cycling infrastructure improving around London. Have you thought of doing the Wandle Trail? It's a 12-mile route from Wandsworth all of the way down to Croydon.
Yes! I have a route coming out using a bit of it on Sunday actually, stay tuned!
Aloha - nice route. I live near here, and this route is pretty fascinating! Didn’t realise there’s a new bridge build on the canal path adjacent to Northala Fields Park & Marnham Fields. If you ever decide to do route going more central via that then that would be very helpful 🎉
I definitely want to try and work something central-ish from here - I think Hounslow has some stuff in the works that could improve links from here in that direction when built
Would love to know the history of the underpass/roundabout at White Hart roundabout. I'd always assumed (not really based on anything other than how it looks) that it dated back to when the area was first built up so would pre-date the Dutch cycling revolution
I might have to do a bit of deeper research and dig into the archives, I’m interested too… sometimes these things are a bit more recent than I expect
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thanks and thanks for watching!
It is quite ironic that Hillingdon has substantial examples of good active travel infrastructure from the previous 3-4 decades when in 2023 the borough has been ranked the worst performing local authority in London by the Healthy Streets Scorecard for the 4th consecutive year. The routes you highlighted show what has been possible for decades but has been almost completely forgotten about in today's administration.
yes that's totally true- as far as I know they don't have much in the works!
There’s a better route! Cuts a massive corner and the roads are quiet.
Going over pole hill would cut a huge corner off this route and there are cycle ways that are almost as quiet.
Also… the white heart roundabout is known for being an unsafe to be.
I’m looking at Pole Hill but I can’t see how it connects to the route?
@09:54 Is this the Netherlands???
It certainly felt like it haha
Thanks now can use my E-scooter without attracting attention until it's legal.
It should work for e scooters as well