Tom Anderson wrote:
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?


Why not try different routes until you find the one that suites you best?