Horsham & Crawley CTC Member Group
Horsham & Crawley CTC Member Group
Friendly, unhurried cycling in the Horsham, Crawley, East Grinstead area of Sussex and Surrey.
We are a group of CTC 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 CTC members or not, pride ourselves on our knowledge of the local routes and are proud of the fact that we never leave anyone behind.
Further down this page you can find more information about us and details of forthcoming rides. This list also appears in the West Sussex CTC Member Group publication "The Pedaller" but the version on this page should always be viewed as the definitive one as it is more up to date.
Upcoming rides feature on our Meetup page and any last minutes 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.
Write ups of rides back in 2016 and earlier are available in the Blog that we kept back then.
Our Facebook Group is a place in which we occasionally post various photos and chitter-chatter. Click on: Horsham and Crawley CTC
Our Flickr page also contains photos from some of our past 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).
n.b. as we are a CTC Member Group, individual CTC membership is also necessary to fully benefit from the insurance and discounts available.
Please see the file links above for neatly formatted tabulated versions of our runslists for November 2018 through to end of June 2019.
Here are our upcoming rides:
|
Date |
Start |
Time |
Destination/ Description |
Leader |
Dist |
H, M, E |
Remarks |
|
3rd Mar |
HPP |
10:00 |
Camelia Botnar cafe |
Adam |
20 |
E |
Short Morning / Beginner's Road Ride
|
|
10th Mar |
TBR |
10:00 |
Kens offroad route east |
Ken |
<20 |
M |
Off Road Ride linked by some lanes
|
|
17th Mar |
HPP |
10:00 |
Pete’s Alternate local ride |
Pete |
30 |
M |
Mystery route……
|
|
24th Mar |
TBR |
10:00 |
Proper Cycle Café, Hassocks |
Bob |
40 |
M / H |
Long Road Ride, tarmac all the way.
|
|
31st Mar |
HPP |
10:00 |
Beare Green – Rosies Café |
Adam |
<20 |
E or M |
Short Beginner's Road Ride |
|
7th April |
HPP |
10:00 |
DA Event – Freewheel - ride to Barns Green possibly via Copsale Bacon Butty stop. |
Adam |
30 |
E to M |
Easy Ride. Lunch at Sumners Ponds and then the Freewheel event nearby. |
|
14th April |
TBR |
10:00 |
Camelia Botnar cafe |
Frank |
35 |
M |
All on road |
|
21st April |
HPP |
10:00 |
Winkworth Arboretum – lunch at the cafe |
Adam |
30 |
M |
Easter Sunday. Bring National Trust card if you want to visit the arboretum |
|
28th April |
TBR |
09:30 |
West Hoathly and Borde Hill - quiet lanes, farm tracks, some sharp ups, some long downs. |
Gordon |
35 |
E |
Gentle paced and lots of time to look at the Sussex scenery. |
|
28th April |
|
13:00 |
Runslist Meeting at Gordon & Jacqui's – members only |
|
|
|
Determine our rides for the summer months |
|
5th May |
HPP |
09:30 |
Offroad with Bacon Butty stop at Copsale |
Bob |
25 |
M |
Bank Holiday Weekend, Downs link and bridleways -MTB or tough Hybrid with grippy tyres. |
|
11th/12thMay |
France |
|
Awayday (weekend) in Northern France. |
Adam |
40 |
M |
Weekend in France – leave Sat am, back Sun pm |
|
19th May |
BIL |
10:00 |
DA Event – I-Spy Ride Starts 10:00 hrs from Billingshurst Station |
- |
30 |
E |
Make own way to start, answer clues on ride. Pub lunch in Southwater area |
|
26th May |
TBR |
09:30 |
Surrey Oaks for lunch |
Corinne |
30 |
M |
Bank Holiday Weekend |
|
2nd June |
HPP |
09:30 |
South of Horsham, Copsale for Bacon Butty, The Windmill at Littleworth for lunch |
Bob |
45 |
M |
All road |
|
9th June |
Oriel |
09:30 |
Family Bike Ride – help us shepherd guest riders safely to East Grinstead and back. |
Gordon |
<20 |
E |
Out and back along the Worth Way - coffee/lunch stop at East Grinstead. |
|
16th June |
HPP |
09:30 |
West of Horsham |
Pete |
40 |
M |
n.b. BHF London to Brighton Bike Ride takes place on this date |
|
23rd June |
TBR |
10:00 |
Chiddingstone |
Frank |
40 |
M |
Road Ride |
|
30th June |
HPP |
10:00 |
Summer bike ride: Downs Link Loop South. |
Gordon |
30 |
E-M |
Loop using the Downs Link, quiet lanes and some moderately rough bridleways. Moderate pace. |
Start Points:
BRS - Billingshurst Railway Station
CHI - Chichester Railway Station (north side)
CK2 - Crawley K2 Leisure Centre
EGS - East Grinstead Station (at bottom of steps)
HPP - Horsham Park Pavilion (Swimming Centre )
LIB - Crawley Library
PG - Polegate Railway Station (car park)
PUL - Pulborough Railway Station
PWB - Pulborough Wild Brooks RSPB Centre (cafe)
TBR - Three Bridges Railway Station
WIS - Wisborough Green
