Westminster Council is seeking views on options for an east-west cycle route between Edgware Road and Fitzrovia. If you cycle or are a local resident (or both), you can have your say on which route works best for you.

Cycleway 27 (C27) crosses Edgware Road at Burwood Place and Harrowby Street, but there is very little provision for people cycling south of this route, particularly between Oxford Street and C27. A new Cycleway could connect sections of the network to the east and west and provide a safe, attractive and convenient route through Marylebone.

The Council’s ambition is to achieve this new east-west cycle route in a way that minimises impacts on other road users and local residents, while providing a range of wider benefits such as improved pedestrian crossings, more trees and other planting. 

Five potential routes have been proposed, with the Council’s preferred route being Manchester Square, shown in dark pink below. The new route will join up with the proposed C43 route, consulted upon last year.

Visit the consultation pages to find out more and have your say. If you would like your views to be included in the BID’s response, please email us and we will share your preferences and comments with the Council in our response.

George Street is one of the options.

The Upper Berkeley Street route leads to Manchester Square and crosses Great Cumberland Place, a busy four-way intersection leading to Marble Arch. This junction is not currently signalised with a green man crossing for pedestrians, and does not have advanced stop lines to help cyclists pull away in front of traffic. The BID will be making this request in our response.

Upper Berkeley Street route to Manchester Square.

Current layout at Great Cumberland Place, with no advanced stop lines or green man crossings.