LONDON WORLD NAKED BIKE RIDE 2018
World Naked Bike Ride London 2019: Date, time, route and everything you need
This year, it falls the same day as Trooping the Colour, so streets are expected to be especially busy and travel may be affected.
Brace yourself for a whole lot of nudity — here’s everything to know about the event.
What is the World Naked Bike Ride?
Every year, the World Naked Bike Ride sees budding cyclists join together to protest oil dependency and car culture, as well as to shine a light on the vulnerability of cyclists.
It’s also a celebration of body freedom and positivity. Bikers can opt to ride clothes-free if they so wish, but body paint and fancy dress is also encouraged.
The World Naked Bike Ride is a global protest movement, with rides taking place in cities around the world. The London ride has a carnival-like vibe to it and tends to attract big crowds of cheering spectators.
The stripped-down event is completely legal, too. According to the Sexual Offences Act 2003, nudity is only illegal if it’s used to intentionally cause harassment, alarm or distress — which, of course, is not the nature of the London ride.
When is the World Naked Bike Ride 2019?
The event will take place in the afternoon of Saturday June 8, followed by an afterparty in London Bridge, kicking off around 6pm.
What is the World Naked Bike Ride London route?
As with previous years, the route will have seven starting points, each with their own starting times, but all routes will merge to form a core circuit taking bikers from Westminster Bridge to the end point at Hyde Park.
Participants will have a choice of starting points, depending on whether they want a leisurely route or a longer ride.
Routes have been designed so that the event can deliver its environmental campaign message on 65km of the capital’s congested roads, including 14 bridges.
What are the World Naked Bike Ride London start times?
For those looking to take part, these are the start times for this year:
Clapham Junction (Grant Road, SW11 2NU) Gather 14:30 Depart 14:45
Deptford (Matchstick Piehouse, SE8 5HD) Gather 13:00 Depart 14:00
Hyde Park, North Carriage Drive, near Marble Arch) Gather 13:45 Depart 15:00
Kew Bridge (North end of Kew Bridge near W4 3NQ) Gather 13:30 Depart 13:45
Regents Park (Outer Circle, near NW1 4NA) Gather 14:20 Depart 14:50
Tower Hill (Trinity Square Gardens, EC3N 4DJ) Gather 14:00 Depart 14:45
West Norwood (242 Norwood Rd, SE27 9AW) Gather 12:00 Depart 14:30.
How to get involved in the World Naked Bike Ride 2019
Anyone and everyone is invited to bare all for the event and, while it’s completely free to take part, donations are encouraged to cover funds required for the large-scale ride.
For more information visit wnbr.london
OUR MISSION
Cyclists are vulnerable
The World Naked Bike Ride is a global protest movement with rides in cities around the world, raising awareness of issues such as safety of cyclists on the road, reducing oil dependence and saving the planet. Let’s make the planet great again!
WNBR’s themes are to:
- protest against the global dependency on oil
- curb car culture
- obtain real rights for cyclists
- demonstrate the vulnerability of cyclists on city streets
- celebrate body freedom
Celebrate Body Freedom
As well as promoting healthy life choices it can also be the best fun you can ever have on two wheels. The London ride has the excitement of a carnival, with big crowds to cheer it on. It is a “naked bike ride” but you can be “as bare as you dare” – body painting and fancy dress are welcome. It is fun, legal and all in a worthy cause.
Sometimes the crowds are overly enthusiastic
Photo by Tony Minou
The global message of WNBR talks about “oil dependency” and “car culture”. In London our problem with motor vehicles is not just private cars. Much of the threat to cyclists, along with the oil burning, pollution and congestion in Central London, comes from taxis, private hire vehicles, buses, coaches, vans, delivery vehicles, articulated lorries, tipper trucks, and people travelling in company cars on business. What do those drivers have in common? They are all clogging up our streets because they are paid to be there and someone else is picking up the costs. The danger is compounded by out-of-town drivers who are not used to driving on streets where there are more cyclists than drivers and bicycles can often go faster than motor vehicles.
Waiting to cross 6 lanes of car culture
Rights for cyclists means good, segregated cycle routes and safer streets
