Is Zone 2 Greater London?

City and West End became zone 1 and the rest of Greater London was within zones 2, 3, 4 and 5.



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Understanding Zones for Tourists:
  • Zone 1 covers Central London where most of the tourist attractions and touristy neighbourhoods are located. ...
  • Zone 2: Camden, Notting Hill, Regents Park, London Zoo, Shoreditch, Arsenal FC Stadium, Chelsea FC Stadium.


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London is divided into 1–9 zones*, but most of it fits into zones 1–6. Central London is zone 1, zone 2 is the ring around zone 1, zone 3 is the ring around 2 and so on.

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The theory is that you use Z2 to get in the training without overtaxing yourself and therefore give your body the proper recovery it needs to make your hard days hard. Z3 used to be referred to as “junk miles” because they were not hard enough to stimulate growth/adaptation, but not easy enough to facilitate recovery.

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Stratford and several other stations have been moved from Zone 3 to the new Zone 2/3. What this means is that the Zone will change depending on direction of travel. Travelling between these stations and central London will actually be cheaper.

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Zone 1 covers the West End, the Holborn district, Kensington, Paddington and the City of London, as well as Old Street, Angel, Pimlico, Tower Gateway, Aldgate East, Euston, Vauxhall, Elephant & Castle, Borough, London Bridge, Earl's Court, Marylebone, Edgware Road, Lambeth North and Waterloo.

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On the District line and Circle line, it is between High Street Kensington and Bayswater stations. It is on the boundary of Travelcard Zone 1 and Zone 2.

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There are ways to estimate HR zones including the formula 220-age to find out maximum heart rate. Zone 2 is approximately 60-70% of maximum heart rate. For me, HRmax would be 220-30= 190. However, this calculation can be off from true HRmax by 20 bpm.

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Zone 1 is considered the target range for warm-up and recovery work and should be about 50-60% of your heart rate (HR) max. Zone 2 is considered the target range for aerobic and base fitness work and should be about 60-70% of your HRmax.

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Can you do zone 2 training every day? If that's what you feel like doing, absolutely. It's low-impact and low-intensity nature means there is no harm in doing zone 2 training every day, but know that you will see results from doing it just 1-2 times per week, as per Vincent's advice above.

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Zone 1 is aerobic and uses a higher type 1 muscle fiber and fat ratio for energy. Z2 is aerobic, uses type 1 muscle fibers, and fat for energy. Z3 is both aerobic & anaerobic, uses both type 1 & type 2 muscle fibers, and fat & glucose for energy. This is the zone where lactic acid starts to build up as well.

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Some of London's trendy neighbourhoods like Camden and Notting Hill are located in Zone 2. Make sure to use an Oyster Card or contactless payment when riding the underground to get the cheapest fares.

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