Join us on Tuesday 1st December for a season meet up in the east of the borough.
Category: Events
Join Haringey’s FREE guided ride to the Ride London FreeCycle!
Join us on Saturday 1st August as we lead a family friendly ride in to central London to the Ride London FreeCycle!
We’re meeting at 9.30am on Ducketts Common, opposite Turnpike Lane tube station, right in the middle of Haringey. We’ll be led by Andrew, our experienced Ride Leader (in the green bib below!) and there’ll be plenty of lovely ride marshals (in pink bibs!) to make sure the ride is enjoyable for everyone. There’s more information on the London Cycling Campaign FreeCycle led rides page too. Everyone is welcome to join our ride in to central London, and return ride back again – we’d just ask that you spare 1 minute to register on the Ride London website, and select HARINGEY from the list of led rides available, so that we have a better idea of numbers. You can also register additional friends or family members once you’ve registered yourself.
We’d love to see your photos from our rides, don’t forget to tag us if you post them online @haringeycyclist or email them to haringey@lcc.org.uk !
For full details, and for information about the return ride, register here.
Our next ride around Haringey – EAST
We’ll be riding around the borough with Cllr MacNamara and Cllr Mallett again on Friday 17th October, and this time, we’re heading EAST.
Think Chestnuts, Downhills and Lordship – The Roundway, Bruce Castle area (pictured on a sunny day!) Northumberland Park, Tottenham Hale.
We’ve compiled a list of locations to visit – if you have anything to add, please contact us by 12pm on Friday.
Watch out for a report after the ride…. and for details of our final ride when we’ll cover the west of the borough.
Cycling Tour de Haringey – EAST
Friday 17th October 2014
Number of visit |
Location |
Issue |
22 |
Forster Road/junction of Winchelsea Road |
Should be two way for cycling (where the bridge is) |
21 |
Entrance to Napier Road on Philip Lane |
This IS two way for cycles – car parking space needs to be removed close to entrance to allow space for cycles to enter |
20 |
Lawrence Road |
road closed – very wide and useful road with little cycling provision. |
1 |
North Grove/ Hermitage Road |
GOOD example of HCC advice being followed, allowing cycle access in to North Grove! |
3 |
Downhills Park |
Good new entrances – wider with just bollards |
4 |
The Roundway/Risley Avenue junction |
Blind bend. Toucan Crossing required – or new style crossing – see LCDS. |
5 |
The Roundway/All Hallows Road |
Very wide crossing of The Roundway – add an Island? |
6 |
Church Road – under railway |
Emergency access barrier on road – not space to cycle around the side of bollards |
7 |
Park Lane |
Same as above |
8 |
Marigold Road/Watermead Way |
Poorly maintained cycle infrastructure – lane on pavement |
9 |
Park View Road barrier and tunnel |
Tunnel regularly flooded. Barrier obstruction! |
10 |
Ashley Road barrier |
Same as above |
11 |
Hale Road toucan crossing |
Timing problem |
2 |
Avenue Road/end of Roslyn Road and Sleaford Road |
Short stretch should become 2 way for cycles |
Around Tottenham Hale – the former Gyratory |
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13 |
Monument Way toucan crossings |
Refuge unsuitable for cycles and peds |
18 |
High Road, West Green to j/w Town Hall Approach |
Unsegregated shared footway – not suitable for amount of ped traffic and paving slab signage not adequate |
16 |
Pavement north of War Memorial at Town Hall Approach |
New lit shared use signage, pavement narrows |
17 |
ASL on Town Hall approach/unmade surface |
Not enough space to enter ASL/road and unmade area next to shared use pavement – this is responsibility of LBH |
15 |
High Road/ Town Hall Approach area |
Crossing not in desire line |
14 |
High Road/Philip Lane junction |
Difficult right turn – not signalized – no ped crossing light on Philip Lane |
19 |
Broad Lane/ Markfield Road junction |
Pocket required to enable right turn in to Markfield Road. |
12 |
Within former Gyratory |
All roads should be two-way for cycles – difficult to navigate through |
People on bikes needed for 5 minutes on Friday!
We need some people on bikes who can spare 5 minutes on Friday 17th October, at 10am in Tottenham, N17.
We’re meeting a local Councillor and Haringey Council representatives to discuss removal of the Park View Road and Ashley Road barriers, which prevent access to Lea Valley Park.
If you can make it, please email haringeycyclists@gmail.com with ‘Friday 10am’ in the title.
We’d particularly like to hear from you if you can come along and bring one of the following:
- Child seat on a bike (with or without child in!)
- Cargo bike
- Bike with trailer
- Bike with ‘dutch’ style high handlebars
- Bike with front basket
- Bike with large full panniers
- Pushchair
- Wheelchair
- Shopping trolley
or anything that you’d struggle to get through these barriers….
Tour de Haringey with local Councillors – Friday 5th September
We’re off on a ride with local residents and Cabinet Member for the Environment – Councillor Stuart McNamara (one of our members is kindly loaning Stuart a bike for the occasion!)
There’s so many places to take Cllr McNamara, but here’s the route we’ve agreed, to take in as many ‘problem spots’ as possible in the time available:
Haringey guided ride to Ride London FreeCycle
Bike Week 2014 in Haringey
Here’s what is going on during Bike Week in Haringey…
(all events below organised by Haringey Council unless otherwise stated)
Finsbury Park Festival of Cycling
The Festival of Cycling, is on Sunday 15th June. This is a tri borough event with Hackney and Islington Council’s celebrating all things cycling. We hope to see you there.
Doctor Bike during Bike Week
Bring your bike along for a tune up with our free Dr Bike maintenance at tube stations between 4pm and 7pm:
16th June – Manor House
17th June – Bounds Green
18th June – Wood Green
19th June – Seven Sisters
20th June – Finsbury Park
We also have Dr Bike at the Festival of Cycling in Finsbury Park on Sunday 15th June from 12-6pm and also in Priory Park on Sunday 22nd June from 2-5pm.
Other Smarter Travel events
We will also have an information and advice stall and a Dr Bike at Stroud Green School for their Fete on Saturday 21st June – 12-4pm along with a Dr Bike.
And we have our Smarter Travel Road Show providing information and advice on walking, cycling, public transport and greener driving along with a Dr Bike at Chestnuts Park on Sunday 22nd June for the Shakhsiyah Foundation Fun Day & Sports Day from 12-5pm.
Feeder ride from Haringey to the BIG RIDE 2014
Join our experienced Ride Leader Patrick, on a guided and marshalled ride to the London Cycling Campaign Space for Cycling Big Ride 2014. The ride
Meet 9.15am on Saturday 17th May at Ducketts Common (across the road from Turnpike Lane tube station). We’ll be leaving at 9.30am on the dot, and meeting Islington Cyclists feeder ride at Highbury Fields, before heading down to Park Lane as one big ride!
The return ride to Haringey will meet at Temple after the ride has finished (around 2pm)
Broad Lane goes 2-way ride
April 27 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
A ride to celebrate Broad Lane going 2 way for the first time in years. Full event details here.
Join us on Sunday 27th April to ride the newly two-way Broad Lane, to celebrate the removal of the infamous Tottenham Hale Gyratory system.
It is our very own Day ‘H’ in Haringey. Join us on your bike or trike, and meet some fellow Haringey-ites when we have afternoon tea afterwards.
Meet at 3.30pm at the Markfield Park Cafe , returning to the same point after a short group ride.
The cafe has the red roof in the photo below – see you there!
Hudson Bicycle Jumble Saturday 15th June
It’s at the BOTTOM of Muswell Hill!