Snorewood to Farthing Down

Disclaimer: haven't ridden this yet. Well, bits of it.

Using a well trodden backstreets route from SE25 to central Croydon, then various minor roads to get over towards Farthing Down / Happy Valley / Chaldon.

Might be a less direct although more family friendly way out of town than the "Avenue Verte" (NCN20 which uses a busy "B" road through Woodmansterne), and easier terrain than the NCN21 south of New Addington.

Maybe a good way to access the Bletchingley - Outwood - Wivelsfield L2B route...

Pal Bal (North)

Northern route from Crystal Palace to Balham, using Palace Road LTN in Tulse Hill. Mostly backstreets apart from 50m of Norwood Road. Rosendale is OK on a Sunday - will be much better when Lambeth Healthy Route is finally finished.

Alternatively you can turn off Rosendale sooner on Idmiston Road - but that means a bit more of Norwood Road which is not very nice. I plan these routes to be usable with a kid of 9-10 on Sunday road conditions so I'll trade a longer section of back street to avoid main roads as far as possible.

Using Alleyn Road and the Clive Passage footpath (dismount for that probably) means you avoid the big roundabout at Gipsy Hill - there's a cycle track along the northern side of the roundabout.

Pal Bal (South)

Southern route from Crystal Palace to Balham via Streatham and Tooting Commons.

When you come down along the side of Streatham Common, turn on to the common itself before you get to the A23. Then cross the A214 & A23 as a pedestrian - or join the A214's ASZ/ASL box from the Common when the lights are all on red, and then turn right in to the bus lane before exiting on to Natal Road.

CPLTN to City - definitive LCN23/Q7/C17

There are quite a few variations on the commuter cycle route variously signposted (or not) as LCN23, Cycleway 17 and Quietway 7.

This is the definitive version from Crystal Palace LTN to Blackfriars Bridge. There is some off-road surface in Crystal Palace Park, but it's better than puffing up Anerley Hill huffing bus exhaust.

The route uses low-traffic streets in Dulwich Village, Champion Hill, South Camberwell and East Walworth, plus the lovely Burgess Park. This version takes the main(ish) road through Dulwich Village rather than using the park - preferable for commuters as it's a bit quicker and more direct.

Keep it clean, Sister!

Some say mud is glorious. Others may find it laborious. Either way, South Norwood Country Park is notorious.

So here's a road route avoiding the mud to explore Crystal Palace Park and environs from Croydon Arena.

Short dismounts required at the Cambridge Road railway underpass and at Chipstead Close after the park. A couple of very short stretches of main road in Penge and South Norwood, otherwise quiet back streets.