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 31-May | TBR | 09:30 | Three Bridges: Do the Charleston East and South to Lewes, cafe stop then ride or train back to Three Bridges. |
Robin | 27 (54) | Hard |
| Sun 07-Jun | Partridge Green | 10:00 | DA Event: I-Spy. (Partridge Green and south) | Pete Eyre | 30 | Medium |
| Sun 14-Jun | Oriel | 10:00 | Crawley by Cycle: Family Bike Ride | Paul & Gordon | 20 | Easy |
| Sun 21-Jun | HPP | 10:00 | Billinghurst | Frank? | 35 | Medium |
| Sun 28-Jun | TBR | 10:00 | Pooh Sticks Express | Bob | 40 | Medium |
| Sun 05-Jul | WIS | 10:00 | DA Event - Two Weald (Wisborough Green) | Bob | 25-100 | Easy, Medium, Hard |
| Sun 12-Jul | CHS | 10:00 | Crawley by Cycle: Strawberry Fields | Paul & Gordon | 20 | Easy |
| Sun 19-Jul | HPP | 09:30 | Downs Link North to Surrey Sand Dunes | Robin | 40 | Medium |
| Sun 26-Jul | TBR | East Sussex Awayday to Polegate | Adam | 35 | Medium | |
| Sun 02-Aug | CHI | 10:30 | DA Event: Picnic Ride | Bob | 30 | Easy |
| Sun 09-Aug | CHS | 10:00 | Crawley by Cycle : Tan House | Paul & Gordon | 25 | Easy |
| Sun 16-Aug | TBR | 09:30 | Summer off road countryside jaunt |
Gordon | 30 | medium |
| Sun 16-Aug | TBR | 13:00 | Runslist meeting. |
Gordon | 30 | Easy |
| Sun 23-Aug | HPP | 09:30 | To the beach! - with Downs Link Return | Adam | 45 | Sun 23-Aug |
| Sun 30-Aug | CHS | 10:00 | Crawley By Cycle: Redhill Aerodrome | Paul & Gordon | 25 | Sun 30-Aug |
| Sun 06-Sep | HPP? | 10:00 | DA Event : Churches Ride | Adam | 35 | Sun 06-Sep |
| Sun 13-Sep | TBR | 10:00 | Chiddingstone or Horley | Frank? | 35 | Sun 13-Sep |
| Sun 20-Sep | TBR | 09:30 | Eastbourne Outing | Robin | 45 | Sun 20-Sep |
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
