Date: Saturday 8 June 2024
Time: 14:15 assembly for 14:45 departure
Location: Wellington Arch, near Hyde Park Corner
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/952624359691705/
Start point
We will meet in the area surrounding Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner.
Wellington Arch is a replacement for the usual Hyde Park start, which is not available yet again, for the third year in a row, in 2024 as the areas we use will be in use for parking vehicles for a commercial venture!
Wellington Arch is in the middle of the large roundabout outside the bottom right/south east corner of Hyde Park near Hyde Park Corner. Do not confuse it with Marble Arch (the wrong place to go) which is top right/north east of the park.
You don’t need to sign up to participate in WNBR London. You just need to be in the right place at the right time with a bike to ride. But we encourage you to sign up for this event on Facebook so that you can invite other friends and stay in touch. It also helps us estimate numbers.
Timings
This is not a particularly good place to hang out before the ride so we ask people to arrive no more than 30 minutes before the ride .
- 14:15 Assemble
- 14:45 Depart
- 17:30 Finish
Leaving the start
We need to get several hundred bikes onto the road as efficiently and safely as possible. When it is nearly time to go, please gather in the south-east corner in front of the arch. We then all move sideways onto the road – not snake-like. The riders stay close to the centre of the roundabout as they move around to the opposite corner at the north west of the roundabout.
Body painting
There is no organised bodypainting at this start. Please arrive painted if you can! We encourage riders to buy some body paints for themselves and get painted up before they come to the ride. A list of suitable slogans can be found here.
Photographers can be a problem at the ride start. If you notice photographers crowding around someone, please politely enquire whether the subject of the photograph is happy to be photographed. If they aren’t happy being photographed, please ask the photographers to stop, and consider standing between the photographers and subject (in a polite but assertive manner).
You may prefer to start the ride with your clothes on. We stop soon after the start to allow everyone to join up, so that is a good time to undress.
Toilets
There are toilet facilities in the parks but not close to the start.
