Only 3.7% of Barnet residents live within 400 metres of London's strategic cycle network, against 45.9% in Enfield. Figures checked November 2026.
Only 3.7 per cent of Barnet’s residents live within 400 metres of London’s strategic cycle network, new City Hall figures show. That puts Barnet 27th of London’s 33 boroughs, and far behind its neighbours Enfield and Camden.
The figures are as of September 2026. The Mayor published them on 20 October in a written answer to Green Assembly Member Caroline Russell (question 2026/3418). They appear in the papers for the London Assembly plenary on 5 November.
All of Barnet’s share is on borough roads. None of it is on roads run by Transport for London, according to the answer.
How Barnet compares
The Mayor’s Transport Strategy aims for 70 per cent of Londoners to live within 400 metres of a high-quality cycle route by 2041. Russell’s question noted that TfL’s Travel in London 2025 report put the London figure at 29 per cent in September 2025.
Barnet’s neighbours, by the same measure:
| Borough | Within 400m of the strategic cycle network |
|---|---|
| Camden | 56.1% |
| Enfield | 45.9% |
| Haringey | 20.1% |
| Brent | 13.8% |
| Barnet | 3.7% |
| Harrow | 0.2% |
Enfield, the outer London borough to the east, is the clearest contrast. Its share is more than twelve times Barnet’s.
Across London, the City of London ranks highest at 98.2 per cent, followed by Kensington and Chelsea (77.4 per cent) and Waltham Forest (71.8 per cent). Six boroughs come below Barnet:
- Bexley, 2.7%
- Bromley, 1.5%
- Harrow, 0.2%
- Croydon, Havering and Sutton, 0.0%
What the figure measures
The answer counts people living within 400 metres of the strategic cycle network, the routes TfL treats as London’s main cycleways. It does not count every painted cycle lane or quiet street.
The answer did not name which routes in Barnet are counted. It does not mean the rest of the borough has no cycle lanes at all.
TfL told the Mayor it “continues to work with boroughs and communities to expand London’s walking and cycling network”. The answer gave no new routes or dates for Barnet.
What it means for you
For about 96 in every 100 Barnet residents, the nearest route on London’s main cycle network is more than 400 metres from home. Most journeys by bike start on ordinary roads shared with traffic.
- See the full table: every borough’s figure is in the Mayor’s written answers, question 2026/3418.
- Have a say on roads: Barnet Council runs the borough roads where all of this network sits. Our roadworks and travel page covers its current works, and our parking page its parking rules.
- Contact your Assembly Member: Barnet is in the Barnet and Camden London Assembly constituency, and your AM can put questions to the Mayor in the same way.
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