London Car Free Day 2019: Everything you need to know about this weekend’s event
Drivers have been warned to avoid large parts of central London as over 200 roads close in the capital for Car Free Day 2019.
Between 7am and 7pm on Sunday, pedestrians will be given free rein across London Bridge and Tower Bridge, as the city highlights the problems caused by air pollution.
Read more: Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to close 12 miles of roads for Car Free Day 2019
The closures will hit 204 roads in Canada, Tower Hamlets, and Southwark on the day.
To celebrate the day, Santander bikes across the city will be free to ride. Use the code CarFreeDay2019 to get unlimited 30-minute journeys, and by Tower Gardens, staff will be on hand to make sure the docking stations do not fill up.
If you’re venturing to town you might want to see the hedge maze that is being set up in Cheapside. Otherwise the nightmare traffic trap that is Bank junction will be transformed into a festival space with a picnic area.
Musicians will perform at Bank on a stage powered by the sun.
Read more: Westminster to spend £28m tackling traffic and air pollution
Bring the kids to Poultry for a go-kart making session, and then they can race around the area. But if the little ones are keener on taking a step back in history, you can join the Tower of London for its re-enactment of the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381.
If the kids aren’t around, you can stretch out with some yoga on Tower Bridge – though watch out for the classic cycle rides which are also going across it – or just enjoy the street food and art installations.
Bus routes
There will be changes to 18 bus routes. Some will divert or stop short of their normal destination. Others will not stop at the usual places, while some bus stops will be moved, or suspended.
If you’re travelling on one of the following bus routes you might notice changes to your regular journey: 4, 8, 11, 15, 17, 21, 25, 26, 42, 43, 47, 76, 78, 133, 141, 343, 344 and 381.
Planning my journey: What roads will be closed?
Over 200 roads are set to be shut over the day, between 7am and 7pm. Here is a list of all the roads expected to be hit.
In Canada
Cheapside
Poultry
Mansion House Street
Princes Street
Threadneedle Street
Cornhill
King William Street
Leadenhall Street
Fenchurch Street
Aldgate
Aldgate High Street
Moorgate between Lothbury and London Wall
Gresham Street
New Change
Ludgate Hill
St. Paul’s Churchyard
Cannon Street
Queen Victoria Street
Blackfriars Passage
Puddle Dock
Castle Baynard Street
Lambeth Hill
Distaff Lane
Bread Street
Friday Street
Godliman Street
Carter Lane
Dean’s Court
Knightrider Street
Addle Hill
Creed Lane
Ludgate Square
Pilgrim Street
Ludgate Broadway
Pageantmaster Court
Blackfriars Lane
Playhouse Yard
St. Andrew’s Hill
Limeburner Lane
St George’s Court
Old Bailey
Warwick Lane
Ave Maria Lane
Amen Court
Foster Lane
Noble Street
Oat Lane
Stain Lane
Carey Lane
Gutter Lane
Wood Street between Cheapside and Love Lane
Love Lane
Aldermanbury
Aldermanbury Square
Basinghall Avenue
Basinghall Street
Coleman Street
King’s Arms Yard
Lothbury
Milk Street
Russia Row
King Street
Old Jewry
Fredrick’s Place
Watling Street
Queen Street
Pancras Lane
Little Trinity Lane
Great Trinity Lane
Garlick Hill
Skinner Lane
College Street
College Hill
Great St Thomas Apostle
Cloak Lane
Dowgate Hill
Bucklersbury
Walbrook
Bush Lane
Gophir Lane
Suffolk Lane
Laurence Pountney Hill
Martin Lane
Arthur Street
Nicholas Lane
Abchurch Lane
Sherborne Lane
St Swithin’s Lane
Clements Lane
Plough Court
Lombard Street
Birchin Lane
George Yard
Bell Inn Yard
Finch Lane
Bartholomew Lane
Throgmorton Street
Old Broad Street between Threadneedle Street and London Wall/Wormwood Street
Union Court
Great Winchester Street
Austin Friars
Throgmorton Avenue
Copthall Avenue
Telegraph Street
Moorgate Place
Great Swan Alley
Angel Court
Monument Street
Fish St Hill
Pudding Lane
Botolph Lane
Lovat Lane
St Mary at Hill
St Dunstan’s Lane
Idol Lane
Harp Lane
Cross Lane
St Dunstan’s Hill
Eastcheap
Great Tower Street
Talbot Court
Philpot Lane
Rood Lane
Plantation Lane
Mincing Lane
Dunster Court
Mark Lane
London Street
New London Street
Hart Street
Crutched Friars
Seething Lane
Pepys Street
Muscovy Street
Trinity Square
Savage Gardens
Hammett Street
Crescent
America Square
Cooper’s Row
Crosswall
Vine Street
Jewry Street
Northumberland Alley
Rangoon Street
Carlisle Avenue
Lloyd’s Avenue
Fenchurch Place
St Helen’s Place
St Mary Axe
Great St Helen’s
Undershaft
Creechurch Lane
Mitre Street
Mitre Square
Creechurch Place
Bury Street
Bury Court
Billiter Street
Fenchurch Avenue
Lime Street
Whittington Avenue
Minories between Goodman’s Yard and Aldgate High Street
Portsoken Street
Haydon Street
India Street
St Clare Street
London Bridge
Gracechurch Street
Bishopsgate between Cornhill and Wormwood Street
Queen Street Place northbound
Southwark Bridge northbound
London Bridge
In the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Trinity Square
Tower Bridge Approach between East Smithfield and Tower Bridge Road
Tower Bridge Road between Tower Bridge Approach and the London Borough of Southwark
In the London Borough of Southwark
Southwark Bridge northbound
Southwark Bridge Road northbound between Southwark Street and Southwark Bridge
Southwark Street eastbound
Tower Bridge Road between Tooley Street and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
London Bridge
Borough High Street between Duke Street Hill and London Bridge
Borough High Street northbound between Southwark Street and Duke Street Hill
Bermondsey Street northbound between Crucifix Lane and Tooley Street
Duke Street Hill
Tooley Street
Fair Street between Tower Bridge Road and Tooley Street
Barnham Street
Shand Street
Holyrood Street
Magdalen Street
Gibbon’s Rent
Bursar Street
Montague Close
Bridge Yard
Hay’s Lane
Counter Street
Battle Bridge Lane
English Grounds
Morgan’s Lane
Braidwood Street
Vine Lane