Cyclists have held a vigil with a white-painted "ghost bike" for a man who was killed in a collision with a car while riding his bike in south-east London.

Leonard Woods, 53, of Burnt Ash Lane, Bromley, was killed while cycling towards Blackheath along the The Avenue in Greenwich Park on June 26.

Greenwich Cyclists held a vigil at the site of the accident one month after it happened.

The group, a voluntary organisation which promotes cycling in the borough, placed a white-painted bicycle and flowers on The Avenue, a route used by many cyclists in the area.

Greenwich Cyclists, which has 350 members, has written to MP for Greenwich and Woolwich Nick Raynsford to seek his support for an amendment to the 1999 Royal Parks Act governing speed limits.

Co-ordinator of the cycle group Anthony Austin said: "We are campaigning for a reduction in the speed limit to 20mph from 30mph.

"The overwhelming view at a meeting we held shortly after the accident was in favour of an outright ban on motor traffic, but many felt this would be very hard to achieve."

The group is also campaigning for a ban on overtaking and a realignment of the cycle path on The Avenue, which it says is dangerous for both cyclists and pedestrians at the moment.

Mr Austin pointed to the success of a previous amendment in 2004 which reduced the speed limit in Richmond Park to 20mph.

A spokesman for the Royal Parks, which runs the park, said: "We are already in dialogue with Greenwich Cyclists and will consider any suggestion which makes the park safer.

"We will of course also consider any recommendations which may be made as a result of the ongoing police investigation."

Mr Raynsford said: "I'm very sympathetic, but we do need to wait until we've got the results of the inquiry before we know the reasons for the collision."

An investigation by the Met police's collision investigation unit into the incident is ongoing and no arrests have been made.

The inquest will be heard on January 22 at Southwark Coroner's Court.