Best areas of London for cycling into Central

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I currently live in a high cost of living, slightly grim town within commuting distance of London. Rent is roughly on par with a few areas of London and I pay a huge amount of council tax. I'm currently applying for jobs in central London and, should I eventually get one, I'm wondering if it would be better to bleed money in London rather than out here in the sticks. If you were a single twentysomething who preferred a cycle or a very long walk to a tube ride, what neighbourhoods would you look at?

CS4 route is pretty decent and good connectivity with other routes that go into the city via Blackfriars.
So, Woolwich, Charlton, Greenwich, Deptford, Rotherhithe etc.

We lived in Camberwell in our 20s with that brief. It was perfect.

It depends partly on where your central London job is. It’s really easy for me to cycle to the City from Greenwich, but would be less easy to Kings Cross or the West End I suspect

Depends where your job is and what your budget for rent is I think. I ride in from North London to Sw1. Which is fine. I'd find it more daunting to travel to West London from where I am.

London is fairly good for cycling. I’d think about distance and time than cycling routes per se - there’s a decent route to get anywhere.

There are cycling maps for London - I'd put some links in, but there are loads of them including TFL. Putting your rail fares into rent and cycling sounds like a great idea.

Hackney? Walthamstow? Tooting?
Almost anywhere depending on your budget, I'd avoid the hilly areas.

Bethnal Green will get you into Liverpool Street / City with a 30 minute walk or 10 minute cycle. Roads aren’t always cycle friendly in any part of London though.