London Cycling Campaign

September 29, 2026 London's cycling infrastructure is changing all the time. Here's our breakdown of the changes out there that you might have missed... Share this page Copied Sometimes it can be hard to explain exactly how great an impact the campaigning work LCC and our local groups has on London’s cycling landscape.

September 8, 2026 Cycling and café culture share a long history, so we sent Sam Stephenson and Tom Bogdanowicz on a very special coffee run to visit some newer names... It’s been a few years since we last crisscrossed the city to visit London’s favourite cycle cafés — sampling their coffees, cakes and highlighting their services — and it’s fair to say that the overall picture in the ensuing period in this niche part of the hospitality trade has been mixed.

July 30, 2026 Find out what is happening this August and how you can get involved. Everyone’s welcome to join free LCC rides and events, use the map below to search for a ride near you. FREE PUMP FOR NEW LCC MEMBERS Make sure you are ready for those summer rides! Join London Cycling Campaign and choose a Lezyne Pocket Drive Pro hand pump as your free membership gift. Free gifts only available for Individual or Household memberships paid by Direct Debit.

July 27, 2026 Summer is the time to start exploring parts of London and beyond that previously you might not have given a second thought to! We set the team from our members’ magazine, London Cyclist, the job of coming up with three rides to get you seeing more of your surroundings. Why not try them out for yourself! After more routes? Every issue of London Cyclist magazine comes with a new route, so become a member today and get the latest delivered to your door.

Join Hammersmith & Fulham Cycling Campaign and OMA bikes on two lovely, marshalled rides, each going to a different festival hub full of fun, activities and stalls to enjoy before returning. Both rides will leave from Brook Green, W6 7BD at 10am. After an opportunity to enjoy all the hubs have to offer, there will be a ride returning to Brook Green, which you are welcome to join or make your own way home. You can book your free place on the rides here, where you’ll find all the festival tickets.

June 29, 2026 We meet six inspirational cycling women who can now say that there’s one of London’s iconic hire bikes out there with their name on it... To mark this year’s International Women’s Day, TfL asked Santander hire bike users to nominate those women who they felt had done the most to inspire and help others access cycling. Of the more than 150 nominations received, eight women currently cycling in London were chosen to have a Santander bike named after them.

Many London Cyclist readers will be familiar with the idea of bike buses, but for the uninitiated can you explain what they are? A bike bus is a group of kids and adults riding to school together, on a set route with planned stops, just like a traditional school bus, except on bikes. It usually runs regularly, not just as a one-time event. When and where did you start your original bus and how many kids joined in?

Lime, the London Cycling Campaign and LOUD Mobility have announced the 31 new community groups funded in the sixth round of their ‘Share The Joy Community Fund’ grant scheme. The Share The Joy Community Fund is a partnership initiative from LCC and Lime with support from LOUD Mobility. It was created to award grants to projects and community groups that help encourage more people to cycle in London, with a focus on improving Health and Wellbeing, Accessibility & Inclusion or Skills & Connectivity.

May 13, 2026 LCC local elections Streets for Cycling campaign sees 15+ councils likely committed to rapid cycle network delivery. Share this page Copied The 2026 local elections appear to have broken asunder the traditional two-party system that has dominated London and the rest of the UK. In London, the result of that should be big wins for active travel and cycling specifically.

April 23, 2026 With the Streets for Cycling campaign over halfway through, we really need you all to take action today! Share this page Copied Why your email matters. London stands at the edge of huge change, one way or another, right now. This local elections will likely see huge upheavals in council control, bringing an entire generation of new councillors to London and likely breaking the traditional two party approach if polling is accurate.