Canberra Bike Map

Inner North - Ainslie Shops to Dickson Shops

Ainslie Shops to Dickson Shops

April 2025

Overview

Distance: ~3.7km

Start at Ainslie Shops
Turn right onto O'Connell Street, and turn left onto Wakefield Avenue
Turn left onto Ebden Street (later turns into Officer Crescent), and continue straight until you get to the Majura Avenue/Officer Cres intersection.
Cross zebra crossing onto footpath
Turn left onto bike path
Follow along bike path until it turns into the C6 Bike Path
Turn right into Dickson Shops

1. Start

The route starts at Ainslie Shops.

Start of Route - Ainslie Shops — The bike racks are near the Ainslie IGA

Start of Route - Ainslie Shops — The bike racks are near the Ainslie IGA

2. Turn right onto O'Connell Street, and turn left onto Wakefield Avenue

Exiting Ainslie Shops carpark onto O'Connell Street, Ainslie — Wakefield Avenue cuts through half of Ainslie, but confusingly is not a continuous street.

Turn left onto Wakefield Avenue — Wakefield Avenue cuts through half of Ainslie, but confusingly is not a continuous street.

3. Turn left onto Ebden Street and keep going until T intersection at Majura Ave/Officer Cres

You can continue straight for a while, Ebden Street itself morphs into Officer Crescent

Ebden St, Ainslie — Ebden St/Wakefield Ave intersection. Turn left onto Ebden Street

Ebden St, Ainslie — Ebden St/Wakefield Ave intersection. Turn left onto Ebden Street

4. Cross zebra crossing on left near Officer Crescent/Majura Avenue intersection

While you are still on Officer Crescent, it can be easier to turn left onto the footpath before the yellow 20 km/h speed bump sign

Turn left onto the footpath here — You can see the end of the road. Consider taking a left to switch onto footpath here.

Zebra crossing at Majura Avenue/Officer Crescent — You can see the end of the road. Consider taking a left to switch onto footpath here.

5. Switch onto footpath

Take the zebra crossing onto the footpath

Zebra crossing at Majura Avenue/Officer Crescent — This is the zebra crossing near the Majura Avenue intersection we are attempting to cross

Footpath near Majura Avenue — This is the zebra crossing near the Majura Avenue intersection we are attempting to cross

6. Turn left onto bike path

This bike path more or less connects Dickson (on the left) and Hackett (on the right). We will continue left until we hit the C6 Bike Path (connecting Dickson to the City/ANU)

Left onto bike path — Turn left here

Bike path near Dickson — Turn left here

7. Cross the road and take the left along the C6 Bike Path

Alternate destination: Turn right a little earlier to go to Dickson Pool instead

Before you hit the road intersection, there will be a bridge that will take you to Dickson Pool.

Bridge to Dickson Pool — Turn right onto this bridge here to get to Dickson Pool

After crossing the road (Cowper St), continue following the bike path on the left.

Road ahead — Cowper St ahead. Get ready to slow down

Cowper St crossing — Cowper St ahead. Get ready to slow down

Alternate destination: You already are at Dickson Shops, just turn right

You can also turn right and you will be relatively close to Dickson McDonalds, Dickson Woolworths/Coles and the Library.

Onto C6 bike path — This is the bike path

Onto C6 bike path — This is the bike path

7. Take any right to get to Dickson Shops

Alternate destination: Turn right a little earlier to go to Dickson Pool instead

Before you hit the road intersection, there will be a bridge that will take you to Dickson Pool.

Bridge to Dickson Pool — Turn right onto this bridge here to get to Dickson Pool

There will be a series of small paths on the right, any of these will take you into Dickson Shops

Near Tradies — The right turn here will take you near the Dickson Tradies

Near Super Bao — The right turn here will take you near the Dickson Tradies

Where next?

From Dickson Shops, you could:

Go to Farmer's Markets at EPIC (Watson) (~4.7 km)