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Two Forest bikes at Albacore Crescent outside Lewisham Hospital, one parked in the marked bay, one on the pavement.

'Excellent news': Lewisham on brink of new agreement with Forest and Lime e-bike operators

Councillor Louise Krupski, Cabinet member on Sustainable Development, announced the news, noting that user share of rented e-bikes has "rocketed" across the borough.

Two cyclists waiting to cross Old Kent Road at the redesigned junction to join the new link.

Old Kent Road: new link to Cycleway 62 at Ilderton Road

The new segment brings the prospect of safe cycling from Rotherhithe to Peckham a bit closer. It is surrounded by high density new development of the Old Kent Road opportunity area.

Trundley's Road with construction sites in background. School visible on left.

Deptford Park: 'Don't we deserve clean air and greener streets?'

In a ward where 63% of households have no access to a car or van, residents in an area that was excluded from Lewisham council's Sustainable Streets Programme ask why the council abandoned its vision.

3 cyclists riding along the C18 cycleway Waterlink Way, in 2008.

Lewisham's cycleway network has trebled in size (or has it?)

Transport for London hailed the increase in cycleways in Lewisham, but large parts of the "new" routes already existed.

Repair person and cyclist with bike inside Glass Mill atrium.

Free walk-in bike health clinic starts at Glass Mill, Lewisham

GLL/Better has teamed up with local charity XO Bikes to offer the monthly bike health checks at Glass Mill leisure centre.

Cyclist heads west on the C10 while new development rises above. In between, the Overground line towards New Cross Gate.

Surrey Canal: the new neighbourhood forming in north Deptford - part 2

Although work on the new station hasn't started, development in the area is underway and will total around 5,000 homes. Tomilyn Rupert checks out the SELCHP incinerator, connections to cycle routes and asks - what are the prospects for new businesses?

Cyclists using the new cycle lane, even though surfacing still patchy.

Deptford Church Street - Lewisham's newest cycle lane already in use

The protected cycle route is due to be completed in November, but cyclists couldn't wait to start using it.