London to Brighton by bike

59.4 mi

The classic ride from the capital to the sea. This route leaves Clapham Common through Mitcham and Carshalton, climbs over the North Downs at Coulsdon, then heads south on quieter lanes through Turners Hill and the Sussex Weald.

The sting comes near the end: Ditchling Beacon, a short, steep climb onto the South Downs, followed by a fast run down into Brighton and the finish on Madeira Drive by the sea. Trains from Brighton take bikes back to London, but check the restrictions at peak times before you set off.

Turn-by-turn directions

  1. The Pavement, B30350 yd0.0 mi
  2. Turn right onto Clapham Park Road, A221730 yd0.0 mi
  3. Bear left onto Clapham Park Road, A221710 yd0.0 mi
  4. Bear right onto Clapham Park Road, A221780 yd0.0 mi
  5. Turn right onto Saint Alphonsus Road0.3 mi0.1 mi
  6. Turn right onto Abbeville Road0.7 mi0.4 mi
  7. Turn left onto Poynders Road30 yd1.0 mi
  8. Continue straight onto Cavendish Road1.5 mi1.1 mi
  9. Turn right0.3 mi2.5 mi
  10. Enter roundabout30 yd2.8 mi
Show all 205 turns
  1. Take third exit onto Furzedown Road0.1 mi2.8 mi
  2. Take first exit onto Rectory Lane, B24140 yd2.9 mi
  3. Bear left onto Rectory Lane, B2410.4 mi3.0 mi
  4. Bear left onto Rectory Lane, B24180 yd3.3 mi
  5. Bear left onto Rectory Lane, B24130 yd3.4 mi
  6. Turn right onto Amen Corner, B24170 yd3.4 mi
  7. Turn left onto Mitcham Road, A2170.3 mi3.4 mi
  8. Continue straight onto London Road, A217130 yd3.7 mi
  9. Bear right0.5 mi3.8 mi
  10. Turn left onto London Road, A21710 yd4.3 mi
  11. Continue straight onto Streatham Road, A21610 yd4.3 mi
  12. Continue straight onto Lock's Lane30 yd4.3 mi
  13. Bear left onto Lock's Lane0.2 mi4.3 mi
  14. Continue straight onto Eastfields Road0.2 mi4.5 mi
  15. Bear right onto Grove Road0.4 mi4.7 mi
  16. Bear left50 yd5.1 mi
  17. Turn right30 yd5.1 mi
  18. Bear right onto Cedars Avenue10 yd5.2 mi
  19. Bear right onto Cedars Avenue0.3 mi5.2 mi
  20. Turn right70 yd5.5 mi
  21. Turn left onto Carshalton Road0.2 mi5.5 mi
  22. Bear left onto Carshalton Road0.2 mi5.7 mi
  23. Turn right onto Drake Road100 yd5.9 mi
  24. Turn left0.2 mi6.0 mi
  25. Bear right30 yd6.2 mi
  26. Bear right onto Goat Road0.2 mi6.2 mi
  27. Continue straight onto Middleton Road100 yd6.4 mi
  28. Continue straight onto Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris60 yd6.5 mi
  29. Bear left onto Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris0.2 mi6.5 mi
  30. Turn left onto Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris30 yd6.7 mi
  31. Continue straight onto Watercress Park130 yd6.7 mi
  32. Continue straight onto Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris50 yd6.8 mi
  33. Bear right onto Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris0.1 mi6.8 mi
  34. Bear right onto Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris110 yd7.0 mi
  35. Turn right onto Culvers Avenue10 yd7.0 mi
  36. Turn left onto 580.2 mi7.0 mi
  37. Bear left onto 5810 yd7.2 mi
  38. Bear right onto 5810 yd7.2 mi
  39. Sharp right onto Pavement cycleway50 yd7.3 mi
  40. Bear right onto Pavement cycleway30 yd7.3 mi
  41. Continue straight onto Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris50 yd7.3 mi
  42. Bear right onto The Causeway100 yd7.3 mi
  43. Bear left onto The Causeway0.1 mi7.4 mi
  44. Turn left onto River Gardens0.2 mi7.5 mi
  45. Continue straight onto Mill Lane0.2 mi7.7 mi
  46. Turn left onto Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris10 yd7.8 mi
  47. Bear right onto Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris80 yd7.8 mi
  48. Continue straight onto LCN 75100 yd7.9 mi
  49. Turn left onto Papermill Close60 yd7.9 mi
  50. Turn right onto The Grove10 yd8.0 mi
  51. Turn left onto The Grove0.2 mi8.0 mi
  52. Bear right150 yd8.2 mi
  53. Turn left onto The Green80 yd8.3 mi
  54. Turn left onto The Green20 yd8.3 mi
  55. Bear left40 yd8.3 mi
  56. Turn around40 yd8.3 mi
  57. Bear right onto The Green20 yd8.4 mi
  58. Turn right onto The Green80 yd8.4 mi
  59. Turn right170 yd8.4 mi
  60. Bear left100 yd8.5 mi
  61. Turn left onto High Street, A23220 yd8.6 mi
  62. Turn left onto Pavement cycleway60 yd8.6 mi
  63. Turn right onto Park Lane170 yd8.6 mi
  64. Bear left onto Parkgate Road0.3 mi8.7 mi
  65. Turn right onto Manor Road, A23790 yd9.0 mi
  66. Turn left onto Clifton Road170 yd9.0 mi
  67. Turn right onto Bridge Road0.2 mi9.1 mi
  68. Continue straight onto Clarendon Road0.2 mi9.3 mi
  69. Bear left50 yd9.5 mi
  70. Turn left onto Stafford Road, B27110 yd9.5 mi
  71. Turn right onto Onslow Gardens0.6 mi9.5 mi
  72. Turn left onto Sandyhill Road80 yd10.1 mi
  73. Turn right onto Sandy Lane South20 yd10.1 mi
  74. Bear left onto Sandy Lane South0.2 mi10.1 mi
  75. Turn left onto Woodcote Road, A2370.5 mi10.3 mi
  76. Continue straight onto Smitham Bottom Lane, A23730 yd10.8 mi
  77. Bear right onto Woodcote Park Avenue0.2 mi10.9 mi
  78. Turn left onto Verulam Avenue0.3 mi11.0 mi
  79. Turn left onto Hillcroft Avenue160 yd11.3 mi
  80. Turn right onto Smitham Bottom Lane, A2370.2 mi11.4 mi
  81. Continue straight onto Woodcote Grove Road, A2370.8 mi11.6 mi
  82. Bear left onto Chipstead Valley Road, B203210 yd12.4 mi
  83. Turn right50 yd12.4 mi
  84. Sharp left40 yd12.5 mi
  85. Turn around40 yd12.5 mi
  86. Bear left100 yd12.5 mi
  87. Turn left onto Lion Green Road, A23790 yd12.6 mi
  88. Continue straight onto Brighton Road, A23760 yd12.6 mi
  89. Bear left onto Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris10 yd12.6 mi
  90. Bear right onto Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris150 yd12.7 mi
  91. Turn left onto Marlpit Lane, B2760.2 mi12.7 mi
  92. Bear right onto Downs Road100 yd12.9 mi
  93. Continue straight onto Ditches Lane2.3 mi13.0 mi
  94. Continue straight onto Church Lane0.4 mi15.2 mi
  95. Continue straight onto Hilltop Lane0.9 mi15.6 mi
  96. Continue straight onto Warwick Wold Road0.4 mi16.5 mi
  97. Turn left30 yd16.9 mi
  98. Turn left0.5 mi16.9 mi
  99. Bear left0.3 mi17.4 mi
  100. Sharp left onto Water Lane0.5 mi17.7 mi
  101. Bear right onto Water Lane90 yd18.3 mi
  102. Turn left onto Brewer Street150 yd18.3 mi
  103. Bear right onto Place Farm Road0.3 mi18.4 mi
  104. Bear right onto Church Lane0.7 mi18.8 mi
  105. Bear left onto Outwood Lane3.5 mi19.5 mi
  106. Continue straight onto Scott's Hill0.5 mi23.0 mi
  107. Continue straight onto Norman's Road0.5 mi23.6 mi
  108. Bear left onto Chapel Road0.6 mi24.1 mi
  109. Continue straight onto Redehall Road1.4 mi24.6 mi
  110. Bear left onto Effingham Road, B20370.4 mi26.0 mi
  111. Bear right onto East Hill Lane0.5 mi26.4 mi
  112. Turn left0.2 mi26.9 mi
  113. Turn right onto Effingham Lane0.2 mi27.1 mi
  114. Turn left onto Mill Lane0.2 mi27.4 mi
  115. Sharp right onto Turners Hill Road, B20280.1 mi27.6 mi
  116. Enter roundabout onto Dukes Head Roundabout60 yd27.7 mi
  117. Take first exit onto Turners Hill Road, B20282.1 mi27.7 mi
  118. Continue straight onto North Street, B20280.2 mi29.8 mi
  119. Bear right onto Lion Lane0.2 mi30.0 mi
  120. Turn right onto North Street, B202870 yd30.2 mi
  121. Turn right onto East Street, B211060 yd30.3 mi
  122. Continue straight onto Church Road, B21100.2 mi30.3 mi
  123. Continue straight onto Paddockhurst Road, B21102.5 mi30.5 mi
  124. Bear left onto London Road, B20360.1 mi32.9 mi
  125. Turn right onto High Street, B21101.2 mi33.1 mi
  126. Bear left onto High Street, B21100.8 mi34.3 mi
  127. Continue straight onto High Beeches Lane, B21101.1 mi35.1 mi
  128. Bear right onto High Beeches Lane, B21100.3 mi36.2 mi
  129. Turn left onto High Street, B21100.3 mi36.6 mi
  130. Continue straight onto Brighton Road, B21100.1 mi36.9 mi
  131. Bear right100 yd37.1 mi
  132. Turn right0.8 mi37.1 mi
  133. Continue straight onto East Park Lane110 yd37.9 mi
  134. Bear right onto East Park Lane20 yd38.0 mi
  135. Bear right onto Staplefield Road0.1 mi38.0 mi
  136. Turn left80 yd38.1 mi
  137. Bear right onto Handcross cycle path0.5 mi38.1 mi
  138. Bear left onto Nursery Lane0.7 mi38.7 mi
  139. Enter roundabout onto Nursery Lane Roundabout30 yd39.4 mi
  140. Take second exit onto Nursery Lane, B211520 yd39.4 mi
  141. Turn left0.6 mi39.4 mi
  142. Bear right onto London Road0.4 mi40.0 mi
  143. Enter roundabout onto Jeremy's Corner (roundabout)40 yd40.4 mi
  144. Take first exit onto London Road1.2 mi40.4 mi
  145. Bear left130 yd41.6 mi
  146. Turn left0.1 mi41.7 mi
  147. Bear left0.6 mi41.8 mi
  148. Bear right onto Brighton Road, A23000.2 mi42.4 mi
  149. Continue straight onto London Road, A23000.5 mi42.7 mi
  150. Turn right0.9 mi43.2 mi
  151. Continue straight onto London Road, B21180.1 mi44.0 mi
  152. Enter roundabout onto London Road Roundabout50 yd44.1 mi
  153. Take second exit onto London Road, B21180.4 mi44.2 mi
  154. Enter roundabout40 yd44.5 mi
  155. Take first exit onto London Road, B21180.9 mi44.6 mi
  156. Bear left40 yd45.5 mi
  157. Turn right40 yd45.5 mi
  158. Bear left onto London Road, B21181 mi45.5 mi
  159. Continue straight onto Brighton Road, B21180.1 mi46.5 mi
  160. Turn left onto Brighton Road, B211730 yd46.7 mi
  161. Turn right onto London Road1.8 mi46.7 mi
  162. Continue straight onto NCN 200.3 mi48.5 mi
  163. Turn right onto NCN 20, A273150 yd48.8 mi
  164. Turn left onto A273170 yd48.9 mi
  165. Bear right onto Church Hill0.1 mi49.0 mi
  166. Continue straight onto School Lane0.2 mi49.1 mi
  167. Bear right0.7 mi49.3 mi
  168. Turn left0.2 mi50.0 mi
  169. Bear right1.9 mi50.3 mi
  170. Sharp right onto Ditchling Road2.4 mi52.2 mi
  171. Turn left onto Coldean Lane80 yd54.6 mi
  172. Turn right onto Ditchling Road140 yd54.6 mi
  173. Turn left1.2 mi54.7 mi
  174. Turn left onto Carden Hill10 yd55.9 mi
  175. Turn right onto Ditchling Road1.6 mi55.9 mi
  176. Continue straight onto Ditchling Road, A230.1 mi57.5 mi
  177. Bear right onto The Level0.1 mi57.6 mi
  178. Turn right90 yd57.8 mi
  179. Continue straight onto National Cycle Route 20 Pyecombe to Brighton10 yd57.8 mi
  180. Continue straight onto Victoria Gardens0.2 mi57.8 mi
  181. Bear right onto Victoria Gardens0.1 mi58.0 mi
  182. Bear left onto Victoria Gardens10 yd58.1 mi
  183. Bear right onto Victoria Gardens0.1 mi58.1 mi
  184. Continue straight onto Pavilion Parade0.1 mi58.2 mi
  185. Continue straight onto Memorial Way90 yd58.3 mi
  186. Continue straight onto Old Steine170 yd58.4 mi
  187. Bear right onto Old Steine10 yd58.5 mi
  188. Bear right onto Old Steine80 yd58.5 mi
  189. Bear right onto Old Steine10 yd58.5 mi
  190. Bear left onto Old Steine20 yd58.5 mi
  191. Bear right onto Old Steine10 yd58.5 mi
  192. Bear left onto Old Steine20 yd58.5 mi
  193. Turn left onto Madeira Drive0.7 mi58.5 mi
  194. Bear left onto Madeira Drive10 yd59.3 mi
  195. Bear right onto Madeira Drive0.1 mi59.3 mi

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