poppy field

Cyclists

Having done the Legion's "Poppy Ride London” in 2017 along with about 27 other cyclists, in April 2024 I figured that as a "Guided Ride Leader" under British Cycling, I might replicate it - once a month and as shown above - with my own version since I'm obliged to lead at least 8 such rides per year to keep my certification valid.

This webpage is my best effort to publish the route (that’s a link to the .gpx file), the points of interest we pass (see below), their links to their Wikipedea page (if they have one) and some photos of them.

If you were to download and push the .gpx file into your bike satnav, will lead you most of the way. There are a few curious parts where it won't expect you to go the way we do - exiting south off Holborn to get to Lincolns Inn Fields is one. There may be others.

                                       Paul Harding - National Cyclists Branch Secretary

Starting from Costa Coffee, 134 Borough High Street, SE1 1LB, we pass the following points of interest;

1 St Saviour's War Memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Saviour%27s_War_Memorial  
2 Tate Modern https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tate_Modern  
3 Shakespear’s Globe Memorial https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/globe-theatre-plaque  
4 The Clink Museum https://www.clink.co.uk/  
5 Winchester Palace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Palace  
6 The Golden Hinde https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Hind  
7 Borough Market https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borough_Market  
8 Southwark Cathedral https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwark_Cathedral  
9 London Bridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge  
10 The Shard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shard  
11 Unicorn Theatre https://www.unicorntheatre.com/  
12 Tower Bridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Bridge  
13 Tower Bridge Chimney https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/tower-bridge-chimney  
14 Tower of London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_London  
15 Roman London Wall https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/london-wall/history/  
16 Stautue of Emporer Trajan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Trajan,_Tower_Hill  
17 Falklands Memorial https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/falklands-war-memorial  
18 Tower Hill Memorials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Hill_Memorial  
19 Tower Hill Scaffold https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/whats-on/tower-hill-execution-memorial/#gs.ipmixh  
20 10, Trinity Square https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_Trinity_Square  
21 Trinity House

https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/

 
22 "Tubby" Clayton - blue plaque https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubby_Clayton  
23 Pepys Street https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepys_Street  
24 St Olaf's Church https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Olave%27s_Church,_Hart_Street  
25 Mice Sculpture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philpot_Lane  
26 Leadenhall Market https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadenhall_Market  
27 Lloyds of London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd%27s_of_London  
28 The Cheesegrater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/122_Leadenhall_Street  
29 The Scalpel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scalpel  
30 The Gherkin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gherkin  
31 Repurposed Canon https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1391pe4/are_there_bollards_made_out_of_french_cannons/?rdt=57934  
32 22 Bishopsgate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/22_Bishopsgate  
33 Tower 42 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_42  
34 Royal Exchange https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Exchange,_London  
35 The Gibson Hall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_Hall,_London  
36 Threadneedle Street https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threadneedle_Street  
37 The Bank of England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_England  
38 London Troops Memorial, Bank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Troops_War_Memorial  
39 Forgotten Streams https://www.hiddenhydrology.org/forgotten-streams-cristina-iglesias/  
40 National Firefighter's Memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Firefighters_Memorial  
41 St Paul’s Cathedral https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral  
42 Millennium Bridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Bridge,_London  
43 From the Thames to Eternity - granite block https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/streets/from-the-thames-to-eternity-installation  
44 Royal Fusiliers Memorial, High Holborn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Fusiliers_War_Memorial  
45 Lincoln's Inn Fields Public Toilets https://cindex.camden.gov.uk/kb5/camden/cd/service.page?id=zjCNUz2qhDk  
46 Ashworth Centre - The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln%27s_Inn  
47 Temple Bar Memorial https://lookup.london/temple-bar-memorial/  
48 Royal Courts of Justice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Courts_of_Justice  
49 St Clement Danes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Clement_Danes  
50 Sir Arthur Harris - Marshal of the RAF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Harris  
51 Lord Trenchard - Marshall of the RAF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Trenchard,_1st_Viscount_Trenchard  
52 Gladstone Memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladstone_Memorial,_London  
53 National Submarine War Memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Submarine_War_Memorial  
54 Victoria Embankment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Embankment  
55 London Sewer Lamp https://www.london-walking-tours.co.uk/secret-london/carting-lane-sewer-gas-lamp.htm  
56 Cleopatra's Needle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra%27s_Needle,_London  
57 RAF Memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Memorial  
58 The Battle of Britain Monument https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Britain_Monument,_London  
59 Samuel Plimsoll Memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Plimsoll  
60 The MOD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)  
61 Brigade of Ghurkhas Memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurkha_Memorial,_London  
62 Whitehall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehall  
63 The Women of WW2 Memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_the_Women_of_World_War_II  
64 The Cenotaph https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cenotaph  
65 Big Ben/The Elizabeth Tower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ben  
66 Winston Churchil Statue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Winston_Churchill,_Parliament_Square  
67 Parliament Square https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_Square  
68 Churchill War Rooms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchill_War_Rooms  
69 The Guards Memorial (Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots, Irish & Welsh) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guards_Memorial  
70 Royal Naval Division Memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Naval_Division_War_Memorial  
71 The Mall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mall,_London  
72 Admiralty Arch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralty_Arch  
73 Giro https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/Giro-the-Nazi-Dog/  
74 Duke of York Column https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_York_Column  
75 Edward Vll Memorial https://www.come-to-london.com/king-edward-vii-memorial-an-imperial-tribute-in-the-heart-of-london-s687  
76 Keith Park Memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Park  
77 William lll Memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_England  
78 Queen Alexandra Memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Alexandra_Memorial  
79 Victoria Memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Memorial,_London  
80 Buckingham Palace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckingham_Palace  
81 Bomber Command Memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Bomber_Command_Memorial  
82 Commonwealth Memorial Gates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Gates,_London  
83 New Zealand War Memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_War_Memorial,_London  
84 Machine Gun Corps Memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Gun_Corps_Memorial  
85 The Wellington Arch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_Arch  
86 Australian War Memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_War_Memorial,_London  
87 Royal Artillery Memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Artillery_Memorial  
88 No 1, London, Apsley House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apsley_House  
89 Hyde Park https://www.royalparks.org.uk/visit/parks/hyde-park  
90 Statue of Achilles https://www.royalparks.org.uk/visit/parks/hyde-park/monuments#achilles-statue  
91 Joy of Life Fountain https://www.royalparks.org.uk/visit/parks/hyde-park/monuments#joy-of-life-fountain  
92 Animals in War Memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_in_War_Memorial  
93 The Albert Memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Memorial  
94 Royal Albert Hall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall  
95 Imperial College https://www.imperial.ac.uk/  
96 Science Museum https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/home  
97 V&A Museum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum  
98 Harrods https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrods  
99 Sloane Street https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloane_Street  
100 The Cadogan Hall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadogan_Hall  
101 Eaton Square https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaton_Square  
102 Rifle Brigade Memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifle_Brigade_War_Memorial  
103 The Royal Mews https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Mews  
104 Channel 4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_4  
105 Lambeth Bridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambeth_Bridge  
106 Tate Britain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tate_Britain  
107 POM bollard (Millbank Prison memorial) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millbank_Prison  
108 Vauxhall Bridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall_Bridge  
109 Isle of Effra https://www.tideway.london/locations/albert-embankment-foreshore/  
110 MI6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MI6  
111 The Oval Cricket Ground https://www.kiaoval.com/  
112 Kennington Park War Memorial https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/142849/  
113 Courtney Square https://www.londonpicturearchive.org.uk/view-item?i=89323&WINID=1755507873757  
114 International Seafarer's Memorial https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/international-memorial-to-seafarers  
115 Monument to SOE Agents https://archaeology-travel.com/england/london/s-o-e-agents-monument/  
116 National COVID Memorial Wall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Covid_Memorial_Wall  
117 Wooden Sections of Belvedere Road https://livinglondonhistory.com/where-to-spot-evidence-of-londons-old-wooden-streets/  
118 County Hall, London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Hall,_London  
119 London Eye https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Eye  
120 Jubilee Gardens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubilee_Gardens,_Lambeth  
121 Royal Festival Hall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Festival_Hall  
122 Waterloo Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Waterloo_station  
123 The Union Jack Club https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Jack_Club  
124 Haig House Home of the Royal British Legion - JOIN US HERE