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@jonlubi
I work at the british museum (just down the road) and we have a very similar policy. I even got banned from bringing my bike on site for a month once after a similar incident, although I got approached long afterward it happened and presented with a print out of a CCTV grab showing me cycling! It was lucky that I was abroad on holiday for three weeks out of that month...
What pisses me off is that you can arrive at the front gate riding a motor cycle, flash your pass and ride on through to the m/bike parking area, but I have to dismount and walk...
Apparently it all boils down to the fact that the museum has public liability insurance to cover them against accidents to public (or staff I guess) caused by motor vehicles, but not by bikes. I would assume UCL is the same.
Such a shame that common sense can't prevail and it has to come down to the £££. Such is life.