Visit London Blog » barclays cycle hire http://blog.visitlondon.com Enjoy the very best of London Thu, 23 May 2013 16:46:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme Goes East http://blog.visitlondon.com/2012/03/barclays-cycle-hire-scheme-goes-east/ http://blog.visitlondon.com/2012/03/barclays-cycle-hire-scheme-goes-east/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:51:25 +0000 Jenny http://blog.visitlondon.com/?p=25837 The Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme is expanding: More than 2,000 new Boris bikes have been added and there are new docking points all over East London.

As of this morning, an additional 2,700 docking points have been added in Tower Hamlets, and in north Shoreditch, Hackney.

You can also cycle further west, as 600 new docking points have been provided at Westfield London shopping centre in Shepherds Bush.

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said:

“Our wonderful blue bikes have changed the face of London and introduced a new form of public transport that has eased getting around our great city for thousands of Londoners and made the capital even more attractive to visitors. I am delighted to have kept my promise to provide a cycle hire scheme for the people of London and today we have made it even bigger and better than ever before.”

Find out more about Barclays Cycle Hire

]]> http://blog.visitlondon.com/2012/03/barclays-cycle-hire-scheme-goes-east/feed/ 0 London Cycle Hire Scheme Now Open to Casual Users http://blog.visitlondon.com/2010/12/london-cycle-hire-scheme-now-open-to-casual-users/ http://blog.visitlondon.com/2010/12/london-cycle-hire-scheme-now-open-to-casual-users/#comments Sun, 05 Dec 2010 13:00:46 +0000 Claire Doble http://blog.visitlondon.com/?p=17810 London’s Barclay’s Cycle Hire Scheme has moved into the next phase – it’s now open to casual users as well as signed-up members.

Now anyone with a Visa or MasterCard credit or debit card can borrow a “Boris bike” after paying a small access fee (either for 1 day or 7 days). Your first half-hour of riding is free, after which you will be charged.

The best use of the bikes is to take short journeys from A to B in Central London.

Since the scheme launched in late July, it has proven immensely popular with Londoners, who have taken thousands of journeys on the bikes so far.

Read more about the Barclay’s Cycle Hire scheme in London.

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This week’s Londony video comes courtesy of Transport for London, and reveal the joys of cycling in (a very sunny, quiet, rather traffic-free!) London.

It features Dermot O’Leary, Edith Bowman and three other Londoners called Beth, Mohamed and Kay, along with Mark Ronson’s new single “The Bike Song“.

Let us know if you’re planning on doing any peaceful cycling like this in London this weekend…

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London’s long-anticipated Cycle Hire Scheme launched on Friday. Have you signed up yet? Tell us about your maiden voyage!

Whether you’ve joined the Cycle Hire Scheme or not, Visit London wants to know where you enjoy riding in London. Do you like to cycle by London’s waterways, are you an urban road rider, or do you take advantage of the bike paths of London’s many parks and open spaces?

Tell us about your favourite cycle routes in London.

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