Nearly every borough in London celebrated the joy of cycling at the London Cycling Festival on Sunday, with thousands attending over 50 different free family-friendly rides and other activities.
By London Cycling Campaign
Nearly every borough in London celebrated the joy of cycling at the London Cycling Festival on Sunday, with thousands attending over 50 different free family-friendly rides and other activities.
Over 3,500 signed up for the festival, run by London Cycling Campaign and London’s councils, with support from Lime, Voi, and the Zero Emissions Network. It ran in 28 boroughs across London and 18 councils took part.
This is London Cycling Festival’s second year, after the success of the inaugural 2025 festival – but this year the take-up has been phenomenal, with many rides booking up within a few weeks of being advertised, more councils taking part and more rides organised by LCC volunteers to meet demand.
As well as over 50 family-friendly and inclusive rides available across inner and outer London, the Festival had four activity ‘hubs’ – in Westminster, City of London, Tower Hamlets and Richmond, each featuring music, stalls and games as well as led rides.
Tom Fyans, Chief Executive, London Cycling Campaign, said:
“We’re delighted that so many took part in the Festival this year! Everyone deserves to enjoy the freedom and fun of cycling, regardless of age, gender, ability or background, and we loved seeing our led rides and opportunities to try accessible cycles at the Festival making that a reality. We’re really proud as London Cycling Campaign, and our festival partners Lime and Voi, for giving so many people a great day out.”
London Cycling Campaign believes that the joy of cycling is for everyone, so at the City hub – held at the iconic location of St Paul’s – there was a wide range of accessible cycles to try out, such as hand cycles and trikes, provided by Wheels for Wellbeing. Similar bikes were available at the other hubs and Richmond held a Cargo Bike Festival to allow families and others to try this fun, sustainable form of active travel.
Other councils across London hosted events for the festival, including Barking & Dagenham, Brent, Enfield, Hackney, offering residents stalls, information, and an opportunity to return to cycling with services like Dr Bike to fix bikes for free. The long-standing Tour de Waltham Forest also took place on the day of the Festival.
