Horsham & Crawley CTC Member Group

Friendly, unhurried cycling in the Horsham, Crawley, East Grinstead areas of Sussex and Surrey.

Contact details

Bob Moore: Secretary
Contact group by email

meetup.com/horsham-crawley-ctc/

Our activities

MTB/Offroad rides

Leisure/Touring rides

Family rides

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.

Horsham and Crawley Member Group Runslist 2025					Q4 - October, November, December
Date	Location	Time	Ride Details	Leader	Mileage
07-Sep-25	HPP/ Berrets Farm	09:15	Churches Ride (DA Event). This event will take you around the mid-Sussex countryside and visiting the grounds of several chuches. In each one you will find the answer to a simple clue and quite possibly have the opportunity to see the inside of the church. There are many old and beautiful chuches in the area. The Start point is The Cabin at Berrets Farm, Henfield ( on the Downslink) at 10:30 and the finish point will be The Old Railway pub (formerly the Cat and Canary), just half a mile to the north). Either meet at the start, or ride down from Horsham Pavilions in the Park - I will lead a ride from HPP starting at 09:15. Please be aware that this ride will use both lanes and off road tracks and is not suitable for delicate bikes - hybrid, Gravel and MTB’s are all recommended, skinny tyres are not. The ride from Horsham is 11 miles (and the same distance back), the Churches ride itself will be about 33 miles long.	Bob	33 (or 55)
14-Sep-25	TBD	09:30	** CANCELLED due to weather forecast *. Cutty Sark ride. Train to London Bridge, ride to Greenwich and then NCN21 back to TBR	Bob	50
21-Sep-25	HPP	10:00	A gentle ride to the Camelia Botnar tea shop.	Adam	25
28-Sep-25	TBD	09:30	Ditchling and Washbrooks. Taking the flattest route possible from Three Bridges to Ditchling and Washbrooks Farm for Lunch and back. Before lunch, more intrepid riders can make an optional ascent of Ditchling Beacon nefore rejoining the group for lunch.	Robin	40
05-Oct-25	TBR	10:00	Autumn in Ashdown. Starting on the Worth Way, but otherwise on road, with a refreshment stop at Heaven Farm.	Ros	10 or 25
12-Oct-25	HPP	10:00	Downslink, trails and road to Busbridge for lunch. On/Off road ride to Howling Owl café at Busbridge, Godalming 44 miles via Downslink outward and return	Adam	44
19-Oct-25	CHI	10:00	Roman Adventure. A hard off road route leaving Chichester station and heading up onto the downs	Robin	35
26-Oct-25	TBR	10:00	Road Ride to Outwood Windmill. Refreshment stop at Dojo café	Frank	25
02-Nov-25	HPP	10:00	Western Wanderer. A 26 mile medium rated mainly road loop with a refreshment stop at The Milk Churn (at 10 miles), Sumners Ponds (at 20 miles) or both!	Bob	26
09-Nov-25	TBR	10:00	On/Off road ride to Red Rum café Lingfield 34 miles returning on Worth Way	Adam	34
16-Nov-25	HPP	10:00	Up and down Leith Hill.	Robin	35
23-Nov-25	TBR	10:00	Reigate. On road	Ros	30
30-Nov-25	TBR	09:30	Runslist ride. Leaving Crawley High Street at 9:30 will we do a northern loop of about 10 miles, passing through Horsham with a brief stop at the Horsham Pavilions. Leaving the Pavilions at 11:00 we will take a southern loop of about 15 miles, returning via Slaugham to our usual runlist meeting location on the southern edge of Crawley. Mostly on-road, with short sections of good condition tracks to avoid high-traffic sections.	Gordon	25
07-Dec-25	HPP/TBR		Christmas Lunch. A short ride morning ride from both HPP and TBR to arrive for a 12:00 Christmas lunch.	Adam/Bob	15
14-Dec-25	HPP	10:00	Pickled Partridge. Roads and Downs Link to Partridge Green	Bob	30
21-Dec-25	TBR	10:30	The Mince Pie Ride. A fifteen/twenty mile on-road morning ride with a warming stop for mince pies	Gordon	20
28-Dec-25	HPP	10:00	Gatwick Circular from Pavilions - On/Off road ride. Ride in a loop around Gatwick airport with café stop at Dijo or Old Pop in Café 25 miles Return via Rusper.	Adam	25
01-Jan-25	TBR	10:30	New Year Ride.	Corinne	25
04-Jan-26	HPP		details to come	Gordon
11-Jan-26	TBR	10:00	Muddy ride in Tilgate Forest	Bob	10
18-Jan-26	TBR	10:00	On road - Frank to provide details	Frank
25-Jan-26	HPP	10:00	30 mile road ride except for Golf Course and possibly Shelley Path. Ride via Mole Street and Ewhurst to Apple Tree Café or Milk Churn Café.	Adam	30