"Bicycles will be removed" - legal?

yeah, or a letter to Boris? the problem is, if its their land then they can basically do what they like, (excuse my rudimentary legalease), or at any rate, if they fuck with your bike th onus is on you to pursue a case, and thats expensive and scary. Which is why I'd suggest gurrila tactics every time. I'd be suprised if there was literally no public pavement on the north side of tooley street next to more london however. Perhpas town planners/architects can advise us?

You can find out the limits of HMPE (highway maintainable at the public expense) from the council. They will charge for copies of the data as most is based on Ordnance Survey mapping that is exempt from the Freedom of Information Act, but you should be able to view the data (in the form of a map) at local council offices for free without making copies. In my experience (working for the highways info part of a council) if you can get another council employee to ask on your behalf (from a different section) you can usually get the data for free, or try to go through the councils cycling officer. If you pay the fee (usually about £39) they can supply a plan for a small area (3 or 4 streets, 1:1250 on an A4 sheet) which will show the exact boundaries of the public highway. They won't hold data on private land though, just land owned (or maintained) by the council.