Quiet route from Holborn to London Bridge

I'll treat the OP as real...

I used to ride this all the time and it'd better coming back the other way - I can't remember which streets are one-way, you'll need to check it. But from Holborn crossroads by the station, head south down Aldwych, on the way back, you'll come out right at the top, next to the station. Think you have to go down a couple of streets and cut in left there instead. Ride across Lincolns Inn Fields, which is empty at all times of the day. Watch out for tramps getting soup from the van if you're going very early - they mill in the road a bit. At the bottom corner of LIF, you're on Serle St and then left into Carey St. Then I think you can go down Bell Yd which is a dead end but you just hop off, cross 5yds of pavement and you're on Fleet St. Belt down the downhill end of Fleet St and across the crossroads, unfortunately, this is followed by pedalling up Ludgate Hill but because of all the buses and stuff, you're usually well shielded and the climb is good for you. ;-) After that, you have a little maze of street on your right that you can wiggle down to avoid traffic if you need to. I was never much fussed, so I just used to bomb down Cannon St all the way. It's got cars on it but it moves pretty smoothly. Much nicer than Victoria St and waaayyy better than Upper Thames St for some reason. Then you're at the top of the bridge...

But as I said, it is a better route coming the other way - particularly Lincolns Inn Fields. Even just a minute of silence and trees and grass on your commute does wonders for the soul.

Depending on where you go after Holborn (or before, depending on which way you're going), cutting out of the top of LIF and into Red Lion St brings you up towards Lambs Conduit Passage which is also a nice quiet moment on your commute. And you can look at all the recliners outside Bikefix as you pass as well.

Enjoy.

Tim

Thanks Tim, sounds like a good route. I will try it out.

paul