Greenwich Council has approved the design for Cycleway 64, a £550,000 route from Greenwich Park to Elverson Road DLR. Detailed design and traffic orders come next.

A new cycle route linking Greenwich Park with Elverson Road DLR station, on the edge of Lewisham town centre, has been approved by the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The scheme, Cycleway 64, would cost about £550,000, mostly paid for by Transport for London.

Greenwich’s officer report says the route “would connect the town centres of Lewisham and Greenwich”. The approval covers the outline design only. Building it still depends on detailed design and new traffic orders, and no start date has been given.

The decision

Greenwich’s Director of Communities, Environment and Central agreed “the indicative design for Cycleway 64: Elverson Road to Greenwich Park” on 30 October (decision record). It was a key decision open to call-in by councillors, and it took effect on 6 November.

Officers will now draw up the detailed design. Construction follows only after that is approved and the traffic orders are advertised and made.

The route

From the gate on King William Walk, the route runs along:

  • Nevada Street and Burney Street
  • Royal Hill and Blissett Street
  • across Greenwich South Street
  • Guildford Grove, Devonshire Drive and John Penn Street
  • Silk Mills Passage, to Elverson Road DLR station

Officers chose Burney Street over an alternative through Gloucester Circus.

What would be built

The report lists:

  • a new segregated cycle crossing on Greenwich South Street, made narrower, at 2.5 metres, after the consultation
  • a new contraflow cycle lane on Burney Street, and a better one on Nevada Street
  • shared, wider footways, with raised crossings and junctions
  • the zebra crossing on Greenwich South Street moved and upgraded
  • signs to guide the way, and new lighting

A planned mini-roundabout at Crooms Hill has been dropped. Instead, “Burney Street/Nevada Street will now have the right of way over Crooms Hill and Stockwell Street.”

The whole scheme would lose one parking space. The report says it should have “a neutral impact on buses”, and that “wider footways and raised junctions will have a slowing effect on general traffic.”

Consultation plan of the Greenwich South Street junction, showing a new cycle path crossing from Guildford Grove and Devonshire Drive to Blissett Street, a zebra crossing, wider footways and new planting next to Greenwich Fire Station
The Greenwich South Street crossing as shown at consultation. The cycle crossing has since been narrowed to 2.5 metres. Image: Royal Borough of Greenwich

What people said

Greenwich consulted from 22 June to 27 July 2026 and wrote to 1,997 addresses. It received 49 online responses, and two people came to the drop-in events. Of those who answered, 75% said the scheme would benefit the area completely or partly, and 25% disagreed. The emergency services did not respond.

The money

The report puts construction at about £550,000, “the majority of which will be TfL funded”. The rest comes from TfL’s local transport funding, £18,221.50 of developer contributions secured so far, and council money.

What it means for you

  • Nothing changes on the street yet. The detailed design has to be approved and the traffic orders advertised first.
  • If you cycle between Lewisham and Greenwich, the route would give you a signed way from Elverson Road DLR to the park gate, with a dedicated crossing of Greenwich South Street.
  • If you walk, expect wider pavements and raised crossings along the route.
  • If you drive, Burney Street and Nevada Street get priority at Crooms Hill, and Burney Street gets a cycle lane running against the traffic.

We found no decision of its own from Lewisham Council on the scheme. Other travel changes this month are on our roadworks and travel page.

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