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Crossness Pumping Station – Dartford Creek Barrier loop from Crayford

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Crossness Pumping Station – Dartford Creek Barrier loop from Crayford

Moderate

4.2

(10)

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Crossness Pumping Station – Dartford Creek Barrier loop from Crayford

03:22

57.5km

130m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 11.3 km for 70 m

After 33.4 km for 324 m

After 46.2 km for 70 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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6.16 km

Dartford Creek Barrier and Erith Marshes

Highlight • Monument

Amazing place by the water, just remember to report any fly tipped rubbish!

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11.3 km

Erith Footbridge on the Thames Path

Highlight • Cycleway

Shortly before you get to Erith on the Thames Path is a surprise- a very steep, footbridge. Part of a dredging complex, there’s no cycling signs at the foot but …

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14.7 km

Crossness Pumping Station

Highlight • Historical Site

The Crossness Pumping Station is a former sewage pumping station designed by Sir Joseph Bazalgette and architect Charles Henry Driver. Constructed between 1859 and 1865 by William Webster, as part …

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15.1 km

Belvedere & Erith Marshes

Highlight • River

Along the Thames Path past Thamesmead by Crossness Engines.
The river side entrance to the Ridgeway overlooks this marsh land. Very scenic.

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18.1 km

Thames Cycle Route at Tripcock Ness

Highlight • Cycleway

The 99-mile (159 km) Thames Cycle Route runs from Woolwich to Oxford via Windsor and Reading. It takes you along several stretches of the Thames, as well as through Richmond Park and Windsor Great Park.

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28.8 km

Beach

30.5 km

Northern Ecology Area

Nature Reserve

38.2 km

Viewpoint

38.7 km

Gravel Path Section, Thames Path near Gallions Reach

Highlight • Cycleway

The Thames Path cycle C14 route is mostly tarmac but there’s a lovely gravel path section below Thamesmead just before Gallions Reach.

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51.7 km

Dartford Creek Barrier

Highlight • Monument

On Dartford Creek, close to its junction with the Thames, is the Dartford Creek Tidal Flood Barrier with two 160-tonne drop-leaf gates, which may be lowered if the sea threatens …

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52.0 km

River Cray Embankment Singletrack

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Fantastic single track, bit flat as it goes along the river but very enjoyable

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57.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

41.4 km

7.43 km

4.98 km

1.90 km

1.42 km

252 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

23.4 km

22.2 km

6.55 km

4.15 km

1.06 km

119 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 1 September

22°C

16°C

63 %

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Max wind speed: 25.0 km/h

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Comments

September 19, 2025,Last day of sunny rays.

Ride up the river on the last day of summer ... according to the BBC weather lady.

March 6, 2025,All the way and back again… loop.

More exhausting than I'd anticipated, probably due to the rocky trail between Erith and Dartford. I took the scenic route through the park, across the 'stripey' bridge before the end section of the Ridgeway, to avoid the muddy trail (the end bit is a bushy dirt trail - at the end is a hilly pasture which is a great MTB …

June 16, 2025,Rockin’ the Salt Marshes

Log slog up to and beyond the Erith Salt Marshes. I always forget how tough going it is - the 'gravel' track is more like rocks. Hot days, took three bottles of water and ran out 10 miles from home.

June 20, 2025,The river breeze on a hot day.

Followed the thames path for the river breeze up to Franks Park; popped into the Golf Course for a couple of rounds.

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Crossness Pumping Station – Dartford Creek Barrier loop from Crayford

Dartford Creek Barrier and Erith Marshes

Erith Footbridge on the Thames Path

Crossness Pumping Station

Belvedere & Erith Marshes

Thames Cycle Route at Tripcock Ness

Gravel Path Section, Thames Path near Gallions Reach

Dartford Creek Barrier

River Cray Embankment Singletrack

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