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London is pretty well served for road racing circuits, with Hillingdon in the west, the Olympic Park and Hog Hill in the east, and Crystal Palace in the south east. Hillingdon is pan flat, as is the Olympic Park, whereas Hog Hill and Palace both have a drag that separates the wheat from the chaff in an hour long race.
I've lived in north London (Finsbury Park), the south west (Wimbledon) and the south east (Beckenham) and think that south London is best for training as you have access to some decent training roads. It always seemed a long way out through suburbia to get to them from Finsbury Park, and there was a distinct lack of decent hills. From home now, in Beckenham, I can be in country lanes within 15 minutes and have easy access to some decent hills.