Capital’s runners and riders move into the motor car’s basement pad

It sounds like something out of an environmentalist’s dream: to convert an underground car park into a commuter club for cyclists and runners. But in central London this is reality.

Ed Slater

Ed Slater

The men’s locker room

The men’s locker room

The ladies’ changing room

The ladies’ changing room

Bike parking area and the service and repair shop

Bike parking area and the service and repair shop

Underground car parks are generally dark and dingy places – certainly not somewhere you’d choose to hang out. But, after a £1.5m-plus makeover, everything about this former one in central London is fizzing with energy – from the vibrant orange corporate colour, to the pop music filling the air, to the cheerful greeting from the centre’s manager. Welcome to H2 Bike Run: the UK’s first commuter club for cyclists and runners.

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