Route Maps & Details for Zwift's London Course

This page includes route maps and basic details for all Zwift routes on the London course.

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Classique

The London course’s “Classique” route takes you on some of the most famous London streets including Strand, The Mall, Constitution Hill, and Birdcage Walk. You ride by Trafalgar Square and Buckingham Palace.

Route Basics

Length: 5.4 km (3.4 miles)
Elevation: 19 m (62‘)
Lead-In: 5.7 km (3.5 miles)
Map: London

Achievement Badge: 110 XP

Banners and Leaderboards

(in order of appearance)
The Mall Sprint Forward

Strava Segments

Classique
Classique Reverse
Classique Reverse Leadin from Start Banner

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It is a precise replica of the Prudential RideLondon Classique route, which is described as “beginning on The Mall in St James’s Park, going up Constitution Hill, turning at the top to come down and on to Birdcage Walk, then passing Big Ben and turning left on to Whitehall and right on to the Strand before turning again to come back up the Strand, through Trafalgar Square, Admiralty Arch and back on to The Mall.”

Greater London 8

London’s “Greater London 8” route covers the mostly flat “greater London” expansion and Box/Fox Hills. It is very similar to the “Greater London Loop“, only adding ~4km of flat roads and covering the greater London portion in the opposite direction.

Route Basics

Length: 23.8 km (14.8 miles)
Elevation: 256 m (840‘)
Lead-In: 5.7 km (3.5 miles)
Map: London

Achievement Badge: 480 XP

Banners and Leaderboards

(in order of appearance)
Greater London 8 Forward
Fox Hill KOM

Strava Segments

Greater London 8

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Greater London Flat

Route Basics

Length: 11.6 km (7.2 miles)
Elevation: 45 m (148‘)
Lead-In: 5.7 km (3.5 miles)
Map: London

Achievement Badge: 230 XP

Banners and Leaderboards

(in order of appearance)
The Mall Sprint Forward

Strava Segments

Greater London Flat
Greater London Flat 1 Lap Forward from Start Banner
Greater London Flat 1 Lap from Start Gate

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London’s “Greater London Flat” route covers the mostly flat Greater London expansion and most of the Classique route. It is currently the flattest route on the London course.

Greater London Loop

London’s “Greater London Loop” route covers the mostly flat “greater London” expansion and the Box Hill climb. It is essentially the “London Loop” with ~6km of flat roads added.

Route Basics

Length: 21 km (13.0 miles)
Elevation: 244 m (801‘)
Lead-In: 0.5 km (0.3 miles)
Map: London

Achievement Badge: 420 XP

Banners and Leaderboards

(in order of appearance)
London Loop Forward 1 Lap
Fox Hill KOM

Strava Segments

Greater London Loop
Greater London Loop Reverse

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Greatest London Flat

London’s “Greatest London Flat” was released with Zwift’s February 1, 2018 update and is the longest “flat” route on the London course.

Route Basics

Length: 23.6 km (14.7 miles)
Elevation: 147 m (482‘)
Lead-In: 7.5 km (4.7 miles)
Map: London

Start & Finish

If you choose this route, the game will spawn you on Constitution Hill near Buckingham Palace, riding in what is typically the reverse direction (westward). Since riders are placed at various points near Buckingham Palace on Constitution Hill, we chose to start our Strava segment at the Classique banner which is approximately 1.5km from the spawn point.

Events begin at the start pens, giving you approximately a 7.5km lead in to the Classique banner where your lap officially begins.

Achievement Badge: 500 XP

Banners and Leaderboards

(in order of appearance)
The Mall Sprint Reverse

Strava Segments

Greatest London Flat
Lead-In from Pens

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Route Description

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A free ride of Greatest London Loop begins on the Classique route in the reverse direction, but only covers a portion of it before turning onto the Greater London roads. You are then taken over the bridge, through the subway and into the “Richmond Park” countryside which was part of the January 2018 London expansion.

The subway tunnels carry you back into London, over the bridge and through the start/finish banner on the red pavement of the Classique.

Greatest London Loop

Route Basics

Length: 25.6 km (15.9 miles)
Elevation: 345 m (1,132‘)
Lead-In: 0.5 km (0.3 miles)
Map: London

Achievement Badge: 510 XP

Banners and Leaderboards

(in order of appearance)
London Loop Forward 1 Lap
Leith Hill KOM

Strava Segments

Greatest London Loop

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London’s “Greatest London Loop” route takes you on the outermost roads on London’s course, beginning with a flat 13 kilometers through the city then over Surrey’s Leith Hill.

Keith Hill After Party

London’s “Keith Hill After Party” is a custom route introduced for stage 3 of January 2019’s Tour de Zwift.

Route Basics

Length: 36.2 km (22.5 miles)
Elevation: 407 m (1,335‘)
Lead-In: 0.5 km (0.3 miles)
Map: London

Restriction: Event Only

Achievement Badge: none

Banners and Leaderboards

(in order of appearance)
The Mall Sprint Forward
London Loop Forward 1 Lap

Strava Segments

Keith Hill After Party from Start Banner

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Route Description

This mostly flat route begins in the city with a lap of Greater London Flat roads in the reverse direction, then uses the Classique route to turn around and hit the same roads in a forward direction. Riders are taken back through the start/finish then into the subway tunnels to the countryside, where they finish the route with a climb up Keith Hill.

The route ends at the KOM banner, so more than half the overall elevation gain is completed in the final 4.1km!

Leith Hill After Party

London’s “Leith Hill After Party” is an event-only route, meaning it is only available for group events. Very similar in profile to London’s “Keith Hill After Party” route, the Leith Hill version has an extra 5km of flat road before the finishing climb.

Route Basics

Length: 46.1 km (28.6 miles)
Elevation: 411 m (1,348‘)
Lead-In: 0.5 km (0.3 miles)
Map: London

Restriction: Event Only

Achievement Badge: none

Banners and Leaderboards

(in order of appearance)
London Loop Forward 1 Lap
The Mall Sprint Forward

Strava Segments

Leith Hill After Party from Start Banner

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Route Description

This mostly flat route begins in the city with a lap of Greater London Flat in the reverse direction, which diverts onto a nearly-complete reverse lap of the Classique route. We do this again (Greater London into Classique), then hit Greater London Flat for a third time, but before we reach the Classique we hang a right to cross the Thames.

Once across the Thames we head through the Underground tunnel, then hit the final climb, Leith Hill.

The route ends at the KOM banner, so more than half the overall elevation gain is in the final 5km!

London 8

The London course’s “London 8” route covers the entire original London course by combining the “London Loop” and “Classique” routes.

Route Basics

Length: 20.3 km (12.6 miles)
Elevation: 255 m (837‘)
Lead-In: 0.5 km (0.3 miles)
Map: London

Achievement Badge: 410 XP

Banners and Leaderboards

(in order of appearance)
The Mall Sprint Forward
London Loop Forward 1 Lap
Fox Hill KOM

Strava Segments

London 8 Forward
London 8 Reverse 1 Lap

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London Loop

The London course’s “London Loop” route takes you along the Thames, down through underground tunnels, and up the Box Hill KOM.

Route Basics

Length: 14.9 km (9.3 miles)
Elevation: 220 m (722‘)
Lead-In: 0.5 km (0.3 miles)
Map: London

Start & Finish

You will spawn just before the main London start/finish banner. The route begins and ends here.

Achievement Badge: 300 XP

Banners and Leaderboards

(in order of appearance)
Box Hill KOM

Strava Segments

London Loop
London Loop Reverse 1 Lap

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London Loop with Box Hill Finish

“London Loop with Box Hill Finish” is a custom route introduced for stage 8 of January 2019’s Tour de Zwift.

Route Profile

This route is simply the London Loop with a different finish line. The full London Loop takes you along the Thames, down through underground tunnels, up the Box Hill KOM, down Fox Hill, up the tunnels and through the start/finish banner for your next lap. On your final lap of this route, you finish at the Box Hill KOM banner instead of descending Fox Hill.

The longer version of this route is approximately 2.5 laps of London Loop, while the shorter version is 1.5 laps.

Route details:
Distance: 39km (24.2 miles)
Elevation Gain: 625m (2051′)
Strava Forward Segment, 2.5 laps (from start banner)Strava Forward Segment, 1.5 laps (from start banner)

London Pretzel

At the time of its release, the “London Pretzel” route was the only route covering all London roads. In fact, it covered them all in both directions. The route leaves off newer additions to the London course, but it’s still a fun one if you’re looking for a longer ride with a mix of flat efforts broken up by two decent climb sections.

Route details:
Distance: 55.6km (34.5 miles)
Elevation Gain: 531m (1742′)
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PRL Half

The London course’s “PRL Half” route is meant to mimic the distance (but not the full course) of the real Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 46. It takes you on four circuits of the “London Loop“, then turns around at the Surrey roundabout and heads towards the sprint and finish banner on The Mall.

Route details:
Distance: 69 km (42.8 miles)
Elevation Gain: 954m (3,130′)
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PRL Full

The London course’s “PRL Full” route is meant to mimic the distance (but not the full course) of the real Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100. It takes you on eleven circuits of the “London Loop“, then turns around at the Surrey roundabout and heads towards the sprint and finish banner on The Mall.

Although I can’t seem to find numbers for the 2016 course, it appears that Zwift’s version has significantly more elevation gain than the real-life course. (The 2013 course had a gain of 6,167′.)

Route details:
Distance: 173 km (107.5 miles)
Elevation Gain: 2,496m (8,189′)
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Surrey Hills

Route Basics

Length: 44.1 km (27.4 miles)
Elevation: 1029 m (3,376‘)
Lead-In: 5 km (3.1 miles)
Map: London

Start & Finish

This route's official start/end point is the KOM banner atop the Fox Hill climb. That means you'll have a lead-in of approximately 5 km before the route actually starts, and that lead-in includes a climb up Fox Hill!

We’ve created two Strava segments, one for the “event version” (which begins at the start pens) and one which begins at the Fox Hill KOM banner.

Achievement Badge: 820 XP

Banners and Leaderboards

(in order of appearance)
Fox Hill KOM
Leith Hill KOM

Strava Segments

Surrey Hills from Start Pen

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London’s “Surrey Hills” route takes you on a complete tour of all the climbs on the London course, riding over each pass in both directions. Since the route keeps you almost entirely off of flat ground, you get a lot of climbing done in just over 40km. Interestingly, this route begins at a different spawn point then other London routes, facing in what is typically the reverse direction. This bypasses the typical flat London start so you can get climbing quickly! Once you’re in the Surrey Hills, you will continue to ride this route, never going back into the city or crossing the start/finish banner. One bummer about how this route works is it dumps you onto the Box Hill KOM after the start line, which means you don’t get credit for that segment.

Triple Loops

London’s “Triple Loops” route is a large loop containing three more loops. First you hit the Greater London loop, then the Classique, then ride over Leith Hill to a loop which includes Box Hill. Descend Fox Hill, ride up through the Underground, then it’s a drag race to the finish.

Route Basics

Length: 40.8 km (25.4 miles)
Elevation: 544 m (1,785‘)
Lead-In: 0.5 km (0.3 miles)
Map: London

Start & Finish

Begins and ends at the main London start/finish banner.

Achievement Badge: 810 XP

Banners and Leaderboards

(in order of appearance)
Greater London Loop Forward
The Mall Sprint Forward
Leith Hill KOM
Keith Hill KOM

Strava Segments

Triple Loops

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The route is essentially flat for the first half, then very hilly for the back half. A bit like the Richmond 2015 UCI course in that respect, except more than twice as long.

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Jim Mattson

9 months ago

The Classique description says, “When choosing this route option in game you will begin near the main start/finish banner, then ride a short warmup before you turn off for the Classique loop, which you will stay on as long as you wish.”

This is no longer true. When choosing this route option in game, you will begin in the Classique loop, just before the Classique sprint.

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Eric Schlange (@eschlange)

6 months ago

Reply to Jim Mattson

Thanks. Updated!

Guy Vandersmissen

5 months ago

Can you please make a selection screen for the London routes as you did for Watopia. It is so much easier than scrolling all the time.
Thanks.

David Rowlett

This is one of my go to pages before tackling an event or ride. Great info.

Stuart McAlister

I think the “free ride” version of Surrey Hills isn’t in use anymore. I rode it this morning (not in an event), and had to go to the top of Fox Hill a second time to get the badge for completing the route.

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Ryan

Not seeing the majority of maps or descriptions with the new update…

Michael

Keith Hill After Party is added twice 🙂 Once as 7th track and then as last.

James Gibson

4 months ago

When doing the PRL full, do you get the route badges for London Loop and PRL half on the way? Or do you have to do them all separately?

Reply to James Gibson

Gotta do them separately.

Phil

Several of these routes don’t load for me.

Reply to Phil

Apologies. Fixed!

Steve R

The ZwiftHacks map for the Greatest London Flat is actually the one for Greatest London Loop (it’s got Leith Hill in it).

Christian

The new-style layout for the maps is great and love the bike suggestions for each route.
Couple of animated maps don’t match route though; Greater London 8 misses Box Hill climb, Greater London Loop says it goes up Fox Hill, Greatest London Flat goes up Leith hill, London Loop and London 8 refer to Fox Hill.
Ongoing thanks for the hardwork and effort put into such a great resource.

Tom Russell

The Greater London 8 *animated* part of the route description does not show the route going up Box Hill, and I’m pretty sure it does. The chart showing the elevation does indicate that it ends like the London Loop routes by climbing Box hilll as the last step.

Jamison Roberts

Reply to Tom Russell

I was just going to say the same. I rode Greater London 8 today and can confirm it definitely goes up Box Hill. I set a PR, although it’s still not great.

David B

This Website is a great resource for me as a new Zwifter to get familiar with all the rides prior to jumping on my bike 👍

Ray Morro

26 days ago

Hi Eric, I just rode the PRL Half route this morning as part of my quest to obtain all the route achievement badges. The elevation you have listed for this route 954 meters/3130 feet is off by approximately 300 feet. When I crossed the finish line at the sprint banner at Mall, I had ~2800 feet total elevation (see attached screenshot). I knew something was adding up when I climbed up Box Hill for fourth and final time and the elevation was off. Must be something with the Strava segment?