A relaxed, social stroll with light refreshments at a popular Enfield park café & cycling hub.

The walk will offer a chance to share with others what you enjoy about walking in Enfield – and what you think could be improved to make everyday walking safer and more pleasant.

When, where and how long?

Date: Sunday 13 October

Meeting place & time: 10:45am, outside Southgate Tube Station, at the circular bench opposite Humphery’s newsagents (What Three Words locator: birds.bring.woes). The station is served by buses 125, 299, 382, 688 & 600 at bus stop: Southgate station

Length of walk: 6km/3.5 miles

Approximate duration: 2 hours’ walking + time for lunch

Route and other information

The circular walk will proceed from Southgate Tube into Grovelands Park and then on to Oakwood Park, stopping at the Oakwood Park Café, where light refreshments will be provided – or you can buy a more substantial lunch from its menu. We will then return to Southgate Station. or you are free to head onwards to a different destination. There are toilet facilities at commercial premises near Southgate Tube (e.g. Café Nero) and at Oakwood Park Café.

The surfaces will be mostly pavement and path, and for a short time woodland and duckboards: no special walking equipment is required, other than comfortable shoes, but you are welcome to bring, e.g., Nordic walking poles or any other aids, as you wish. The terrain is mostly level or gentle ascents/descents. The pace will be relaxed.

The owners of the Oakwood Park Café will be able to inform walkers about the facilities they offer, e.g. free bike hire, for any future visits to the park.

Dogs on leads are welcome.

How to sign up

For more information and to sign up click Eventbrite here or use QR code

On the 18th of August we are organising a bicycle ride friendly to families, children and especially beginners.

Please register here via London Cycling Campaign

This is a 10 Km, led and marshalled ride that uses bike lanes, park paths and quiet streets. It will follow a slow pace, comfortable for every one and there will the option for coffee stops and cake.

Depending on the group capabilities, there is an option to extend the route but this will be decided on the ride.

When and Where

The ride will take place on Sunday the 18th of August

There are three locations that you can join the ride at different times to cater for everyone:

1. Pymmes park, bike library (map 🌎) – Meet 10:15 for a 10:30 start
2. Firs farm wetlands café (map 🌎) – Meet 10:45 for an 11:00 start
3. Fox Lane and Green Lanes – The Fox – (map🌎) – Meet 10:15 for 11:30 start

Please be on time as any delays will accumulate.

Date: 28th April 2024

Time: 11:00

Meeting Point: Silver Street Station, Stirling Way N18 2UF

Destination: Oakwood Park

Duration: 2-3 hours

Fun, free community ride starting outside Silver Street station (west side), riding through parks and quieter roads to the new Oakwood Park bike cafe – roughly 4 -5 miles. Children with a responsible adult very welcome (you may leave the ride at any point). Led and marshalled by London Cycling Campaign trained marshals. The will also be the option of a return ride back to Silver Street.

To register and keep up to date with the route go to the LCC events page.

This ride is one of many across London being organised ahead of the election of a new Mayor of London under the title London Loves Cycling

DATE: 16th April 2024

TIME: 19:30-21:00

VENUE: Jubilee Hall, 2 Parsonage Ln, Enfield EN2 0AJ

Please join us in person at our AGM. As well as the election of the committee and review/discussion of our campaigning we’ll be very pleased to welcome our guest speaker Izzy Romilly, who says:

” I’m Izzy, I’m 29 and live in Hackney. I’m a trustee of the London Cycling Campaign and a co-organiser of LCC’s Women’s Network, which is a partnership between LCC, JoyRiders and Londra Bisiklet Kulubu. I’ve worked in sustainability, local systems change and behaviour change, as well as being involved in community organising, and I now manage sustainable transport projects with a focus on social justice at the climate charity Possible. I was closely involved in reading and analysing the responses to the women’s network survey of 1,000+ women in summer 2023, and we published a report in January this year.

Women’s Freedom Ride Report

I’ll be talking through what we heard in the survey responses, i.e. what women told us about their experiences of cycling in London and what they want to see change to make cycling in London easier, safer, and more convenient for everyone”

Enfield Cycle Campaign and Better Streets for Enfield are running a feeder ride to the Women’s Freedom Ride.

This is a well-led and fully marshalled ride, with experienced riders into Central London. There are various pick up points detailed below. There will also be a return ride back to Enfield via Palmers Green and Winchmore Hill. This will be 12 miles each way (from Enfield Town) mostly on quiet roads and cycle lanes but there will be some main roads too (plus the main ride too!). If 24 plus miles is too much then there are some trains back from Kings Cross to Palmers Green/Winchmore Hill/Enfield via Finsbury Park. You will need to register that you are coming on the ride by clicking on this link Women’s Freedom Ride

We are looking forward to seeing you on the 3rd March.

Please join us for our open monthly meeting:

Date Tuesday 20th February

Time 20:00-21:00

Format Online via Zoom – link here

We have a special guest coming to the meeting. Jemima Hartshorn, founder/director of Mum’s for Lungs will be joining us to talk about their work. For those that don’t know Mum’s for Lungs, they campaign for clean air. They started in Brixton and now have branches in Manchester and Redbridge. They are a well organised campaign group and we could learn a lot from them.

Please join us on the 20th.

What are the barriers to more women cycling in London? The new London Cycling Campaign report ‘What Stops Women Cycling in London?’ reveals shocking levels of abuse faced by women cycling in the capital.

LCC’s Women’s Network has today published the results of a survey of over 1,000 women who cycle in London about their experiences, with both a report and hard-hitting video aimed at illustrating the gendered abuse women in London face while out cycling. The report was launched on 16^th January at an LCC panel discussion, including Sophie Linden, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, and Ruth Cadbury MP, former Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling and Walking.

Better Streets for Enfield and Enfield Cycle Campaign are organising a Christmas/end of year community bike ride. This will be a short length, slow and sociable event for all levels and ages of riders. Please make sure you sign up using the link below and please spread the word.

All welcome please click here for more information to sign up.

On Saturday 18th November London Cycling Campaign ran a Community Skills Summit and quite a few Enfield members were present. Adrian Day ECC Co-ordinator and David Hilliard one of our infrastructure leads report on the day.

London Cycling Campaign’s annual conference for campaigners was a great event for anyone who wants better and safer cycling (and indeed better and safer wheeling and walking). Several of us from Better Streets went along to learn how we can be more effective in our campaigning. With some great speakers and over 150 delegates, the conference’s focus was on achieving commitment from Council leaders and relevant cabinet members to make active travel safer and easier. Without the political will to improve cycling in a borough its unlikely much will happen.

Various workshops looked at the key challenges campaigners face. One very useful session focussed on understanding your leaders’ motivations and interests. Even if a Council leader isn’t directly interested in active travel they may have other interests that are aligned – such as reducing pollution-related asthma amongst children or increasing footfall in town centres. Here in Enfield a key priority is increasing the housing stock – but there is a lack of land for building. One solution is to build housing on car parks – which in turn mandates that the Council takes action to ensure people are encouraged to travel by walking, cycling and public transport rather than drive.   The conference is held annually and I can thoroughly recommend you attend in 2024. You don’t have to be a member of London Cycling Campaign but you can join here:

https://membership.lcc.org.uk/join-lcc

Adrian day – Enfield cycle campaign/ bsfe co-ordinator

London Cycling Campaign has released a new interactive map showing where London’s most dangerous junctions are. The map uses the latest ‘Stats19’ emergency services response data for 2018-2022.

The map shows that in Enfield the most dangerous junction for cycling is Angel Corner, Edmonton with five collisions involving bikes and vehicles in the past five years.

Watch Video of Angel Corner here