To be fair Hackney Council have made deliberate attempts to make it look like a path and not a cycle route. If you don't cycle through there it could well come as a surprise that it's a signed cycle route.
I disagree - the dividing stripe and bike symbol make it pretty clear that you're looking at a cycle route. Now we clearly just need to teach dogs hieroglyphics.
To be fair Hackney Council have made deliberate attempts to make it look like a path and not a cycle route. If you don't cycle through there it could well come as a surprise that it's a signed cycle route.