Hi,

What's a good route to cycle from Holloway (round about the Nag's Head) to
Bloomsbury (specifically, UCL)?

The reason i ask is that this is my commute, but i haven't yet found a
good route.

My original route was Holloway Road, Highbury Corner, Upper Street, Angel,
then onto the Seven Stations cycle route all the way to UCL. This is
pretty easy going - the main roads are busy, but the traffic's quite slow,
there are bus lanes, and you don't have to make any conflicting turns
(until you need to get onto the cycle route, but a well-placed set of
lights makes that quite easy). However, it's a bit of a roundabout route,
and i'd like a more direct one.

My improved route was Holloway Road, over onto Palmer Place / Liverpool
Road, along Mackenzie Road to Caledonian Road, down to King's Cross, along
the Euston Road, down Judd Street, then onto the Seven Stations. This is
shorter, but on the way into town it involves two banned turns (i think
these were only banned recently) and a ride along Euston Road, which is
horrible, and on the way back, Caledonian Road is a long, shallow hill,
which is exactly the kind of thing i most hate (probably inevitable,
though).

So, can anyone suggest a better route, or any ways i could improve one of
these?

One big help would be a way to get from Caledonian Road to the Seven
Stations without going down Euston Road; on the way out of town, i can go
up Gray's Inn Road, which is fine, but that's one-way, so no good for
coming in. What's King's Cross Road like?

Regards,
tom

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