Cycling
Haringey has a network of cycle routes across the borough including cycle lanes on main roads, separated cycle lanes and special fully signed, quiet routes.
Maps
The borough is part of the London Cycle Network and London Cycle Guide No.5 provides a map of Haringey’s on and off road cycle routes. To get a map and further information visit the Transport for London website in the external links section.
You can also find a leaflet that includes a map of Haringey's cycle routes in the attached files section below. It is a very large file and may take some time to download, so if you would like a paper copy you can pick one up from libraries, customer care centres, sports centres and cycle shops. Or you can request a copy by calling 020 8489 5873.
Benefits
Cycling is one of the most enjoyable and effective forms of aerobic exercise and regardless of your age, gender and initial fitness, just minutes cycling, on most days of the week, will lead to significant benefits for your health:
- Improving your strength, stamina and cardio-vascular fitness. Cycling helps to lower both blood pressure and the resting heart rate
- Shedding those unwanted pounds. A cycle ride increases calorie consumption and raises the metabolic rate, which can help to lose weight.
- Cycling is friendlier for your joints; less pressure is exerted on the joints than in running.
- Reducing stress and deterring depression; improving your confidence and mental capacities.
Cycle training
Cycle with confidence: Haringey Council is offering free one-to-one cycle training to anyone over 12 years old who lives, works or studies in Haringey.
See the Cycle training leaflet in the Attached Files section.
Free cycle training is provided for children through their school.
For more information on cycling visit the websites listed in the external links section.
|Back to topCycling facts
- Cycling on the flat burns 400 calories in one hour.
- On a bicycle you can travel up to 1037 kilometres on the energy equivalent to a single litre of petrol.
- Approximately 100 cycles can be produced from the materials used to produce a single motor vehicle.
- Cycling uses a third of the energy of walking, a twenty fifth of the energy of public transport and a fiftieth of the energy of the average car.
- The cost of buying a bicycle is approx 1% of the cost of buying a car.
- Up to 20 bikes can be stored in a space required for one car.
- The annual cost of running a bicycle is just £250 compared to £6000 for a car.
NB: Please be advised that some of the attached files below are large, and so may take a while to download.
If you require travel information, please visit TfL's Journey Planner on www.tfl.gov.uk/journeyplanner (see external links section below) or call London travel information on 020 7222 1234.
|Back to top| Filename | Filetype | Size |
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cycle london.pdf  | 362K | |
| cycle with confidence - where to get cycle training.pdf | 408K | |
| register it.pdf | 373K | |
| finsbury park cycle parking.pdf | 1136K | |
| london docklands and lea valley map.pdf | 1791K | |
| haringey cycle routes leaflet - map.pdf | 6081K | |
| haringey cycle routes leaflet - guide to cycling.pdf | 603K | |
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Update MePage Last Updated: 23 October 2008
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