Horsham & Crawley CTC Member Group
Our activities
About us
We are a group of Cycling UK members living in the north of West Sussex - ranging from Rudgwick in the west to East Grinstead in the east. We enjoy riding through the wonderful countryside around us and have grouped together in order to provide a programme of rides throughout the year. Our rides are generally unhurried and are planned at an average speed of about 10 mph, thus making them suitable for most riders. We provide a friendly welcome to fellow cyclists on our rides whether Cycling UK members or not, pride ourselves on our knowledge of the local routes and that we never leave anyone behind.
For information about the Cycling UK Safeguarding Policy, please click here.
Further down this page you can find more information about us and details of forthcoming rides, but the best place to see what we're doing is our Meetup page.
Upcoming rides feature on our Meetup page and any last minute changes/details can be found there. Joining our Meetup group is free and you can then indicate whether you will be attending our ride and be able to ask questions about it.
Our Facebook Group is a place in which we occasionally post various photos and chitter-chatter. Click on: Horsham and Crawley CTC
Write ups of rides back in 2016 and earlier are available in the Blog that we kept back then: Click on: handc-ctc.blogspot.com
Information about the group rides
Anyone and everyone is welcome to take part in our rides, but we would expect people to join our Group after two or three rides in order to make a contribution towards our costs (membership is only £5 a year).
the latest details and availability for each of our rides is best found on our Meetup page .
n.b. as we are a Cycling UK Member Group, individual Cycling UK membership is also necessary to fully benefit from the insurance and discounts available.
| Date | Start | Start Time | Description | Leader | Mileage | Rating |
| Sun 04-Oct | TBR | 09:30 | Heaven Farm. On road. 35-40 miles | Ros | 34-40 | Medium |
| Sun 11-Oct | HPP | 10:00 | Southern Sortie. Mainly on road loop south of Horsham with refreshment stop at Cadence Clubhouse in Partridge Green. Easy 30 miler. | Bob | 30 | Easy |
| Sun 18-Oct | HPP | 10:00 | Café ride to the south of Horsham. A 30 mile medium graded, on road looop to the Mayblossom café just north of Henfield Henfield | Adam | 30 | Medium |
| Sun 25-Oct | TBR | 10:00 | Skirting the Surrey Badlands. Almost all tarmac 35 miler using roads and a small amount of cycletrack. Refreshments at Redhill Aerodrome. | Bob | 35 | Medium |
| Sun 01-Nov | HPP | 10:00 | Cheese on Toast. A 30 mile ride using a combination of mainly quiet country lanes and traffic free off road trails. Refreshments at The Milk Churn. | Pete Eyre | 30 | Medium |
| Sun 08-Nov | HPP | 10:00 | Horsham Environs. 36 mile on-road loop including my favourite Lane, Weare Street, as it heads south and then lunch at Barns Green. Medium rated. | Bob | 36 | Medium |
| Sun 15-Nov | TBR | 10:00 | Frank's November Ride - details to come. | Frank Tinsley | ||
| Sun 22-Nov | HPP | 10:00 | Woodhatch Wander. A 31 mile easy-medium loop to the Woodhatch cafe near Reigate for lunch. Return to Horsham via Charlwood. The ride is on the road except for a short part on the Crawley - Horsham cycleway which is a good quality track. | Adam | 31 | Easy/Medium |
| Sun 29-Nov | TBR | 10:00 | Morning Ride. Worth Way and quiet lanes (aiming to fill our seasonal bingo card - mistletoe, robin, holly, ivy) returning to Crawley for 12:30 | Gordon | 25 | Easy |
| Sun 29-Nov | TBR | 12:30 | Runslist meeting. Help us produce our rides list for Feb-May, food and drink provided. | Gordon | ||
| Sun 06-Dec | HPP | 10:00 | Camelia Botnar Coffee Ride- suitable for beginners, Refreshments at Camelia Botnar Garden centre. This ride is suitable for beginners. It is perfect for a winter's day, a few short hills to keep us warm followed by a warm drink in the cafe and a short ride back to Horsham. |
Adam | 25 | Easy |
| Sun 13-Dec | TBR | 10:00 | Winter Wandering. Probably north of Crawley, Leaving TBD at 10:00, trying to keep to the quieter lanes. After a lunch stop we'll return south to the start point. | Bob | 35 | medium |
| Sun 20-Dec | HPP | 11:15 | Christmas Lunch - Horsham start. Decorate your bike and enjoy a short 10 mile ride on trails and roads to the Christmas Dinner. We will use a section of Downs Link. Christmas Lunch is at the Partridge pub in Partridge Green and is booked for 12.30. Bikes can be decorated in seasonal style. You will need to have booked and paid for your Christmas Dinner beforehand. Only sign up to this ride if you are riding from the Horsham area, otherwise sign up to the Crawley starting ride. |
Adam | 20 | easy |
| Sun 20-Dec | PP | 10:30 | Christmas Lunch - Crawley start. PLEASE NOTE: this Ride will start from in front of the Black Swan in Pease Pottage. An 11.5 mile ride on lanes to the Christmas Dinner at The Partridge in Partridge Green. The route will be: Pease Pottage, Lower Beeding, Littleworth, Partridge Green. You will need to have booked and paid for your Christmas Dinner beforehand. Only sign up to this ride if you are riding from the Crawley area, otherwise sign up to the Horsham starting ride. |
Bob | 24 | medium |
| Sun 27-Dec | HPP | 10:00 | Festive Morning Ride. A short ride leaving from the front of Horsham Pavilions (by the cycle racks on the car park side) taking a short loop to Copsale, Maplehurst, Warninglid and Handcross, before Mince Pies and other Christmas Fayre on the edge of Crawley, before making your own way home. | Gordon | 28 | Medium |
| Sun 03-Jan | TBR | 10:00 | Short morning loop. This will be a short and hilly (to keep us warm) loop to the East and South. There’ll be no rush and it should be an easy paced sociable ride, returning to Three Bridges by 13:00 (earlier if the weather is bad). |
Gordon | 30 | medium |
| Sun 10-Jan | HPP | 10:00 | Sou'Wester. South and West of Horsham. More details to come | Bob | 35 | easy/medium |
| Sun 17-Jan | HPP | 10:00 | A short winter loop including the Downs Link, with a warming stop at the Milk Churn. | Dave F | 32 | medium |
| Sun 24-Jan | TBR | 10:00 | Groombridge - Worth Way/Forest Way | Eric Fraga | 40 | medium |
| Sun 31-Jan | HPP | 10:00 | Adam TBA | Adam |
Start Points:
ARU - Arundel Railway Station
BIL - Billingshurst Railway Station
BHR - Burgess Hill Railway Station
CHI - Chichester Railway Station (north side)
CK2 - Crawley K2 Leisure Centre
CROW - The Crow Statue, middle of Crawley High Street
EGS - East Grinstead Station (at bottom of steps)
HPP - Horsham Park Pavilion (Swimming Centre )
LIB - Crawley Library
Oriel - Oriel School Car Park, Maidenbower
PG - Polegate Railway Station (car park)
PP - Pease Pottage (in front of The Black Swan PH)
PUL - Pulborough Railway Station
PWB - Pulborough Wild Brooks RSPB Centre (cafe)
TBR - Three Bridges Railway Station
WIS - Wisborough Green
Adam Wray: Chair
Caroline Dainty: Treasurer
Gordon Easden: Runslist Secretary
Caroline Dainty: Safeguarding Officer
