Route Help: Finchley to Guildford

willy b

No this isn't my new commute :roll: I'll be riding out to the TOB on Saturday and wondered what the collective thought was the best route.

So far I have:
Hampstead to Regents Park
Hyde Park
A308 Fulham Road/New Kings Road across Putney Bridge
A3 Kingston Road (briefly)
A308 Kingston Hill to Kingston Upon Thames
A307 Portsmouth Road to Cobham
Accross the M25 on Horsley Road to Effingham Junction then West Horsley
A246 Epsom Road into Guildford.

Seems quite a simple route and only 40 miles so a social 2.5 hours

Any other ideas welcome.

asprilla

Looks right to me, except I'd go along Lower Richmond Road of Putney Bridge and up Priory Lane into Richmond Park to get to Kingston, much better than the A3 / A308.

spasypaddy

what time are you planning on doing this?

stuaff

Asprilla wrote:

Looks right to me, except I'd go along Lower Richmond Road of Putney Bridge and up Priory Lane into Richmond Park to get to Kingston, much better than the A3 / A308.

+1.

When I've been through there, I've usually gone via Plough Lane-Ockham-Ripley- A3 bike path (the latter not pretty, but...). Can't say I'm familiar with the A246 though.

fat_tail

StuAff wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

Looks right to me, except I'd go along Lower Richmond Road of Putney Bridge and up Priory Lane into Richmond Park to get to Kingston, much better than the A3 / A308.

+1.

When I've been through there, I've usually gone via Plough Lane-Ockham-Ripley- A3 bike path (the latter not pretty, but...). Can't say I'm familiar with the A246 though.

last time I went down Plough lane, Ockham, Ripley the road surface was atrocious. this was back in April though so may have improved...

stuaff

Did it in May, didn't seem that bad. But then I do live in Hampshire.....

willy b

Thanks guys! Lower Richmond Road looks a good shout.