How to get half-price TfL Santander Cycles for an entire month

Picture the scene. It’s 8am and you are waiting on a packed tube platform for the Central line. It’s delayed, and the next one isn’t arriving for seven whole minutes. The train arrives, and you squeeze yourself into the carriage like a sardine. You can’t believe you are spending the first hour of your day with your nose pressed into another person’s armpit. The hellish journey will cost you £2.90, at the very least. 

But what if we told you it didn’t have to be this way? There are other options. This month, TfL is offering half-price memberships for Santander Cycles, meaning that instead of being cramped in a metal tube underground, you could breeze to work aboveground, feeling the wind in your hair. 

To mark World Car Free Day 2025, Santander Cycles are selling a half-price monthly subscription of £10 (instead of the usual £20) for unlimited 60-minute rides. The offer can be redeemed in the Santander Cycles app by using the code ‘CFD25’. The offer is available to redeem until 11.59pm on September 23.  

David Eddington, Head of Cycle Hire at TfL, said: ‘We want to encourage more people to discover the joy of Santander Cycles and hope this new offer for World Car Free Day does this. There are many car free events happening across the capital this week, and we hope people leave their cars at home and choose Santander Cycles.’

The 3 safest (and most dangerous) places to live in London. 

Plus: London’s Central line is celebrating its 125th birthday with a treasure hunt this weekend. 

Get the latest and greatest from the Big Smoke – from news and reviews to events and trends. Just follow our Time Out London WhatsApp channel.