Cycling UK Member Group

Horsham & Crawley CTC Member Group

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

Contact details

Bob Moore

Contact person by email

Our activities

MTB/Offroad rides

Leisure/Touring rides

Family rides

About us

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.

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. Our Flickr page also contains photos from some of our past rides.

Information about the group rides

17/03/2020: Cycling UK have said that we should cancel all group rides for the time being (on Government advice). Therefore, until further notice we will NOT be running any Club Rides. However, there is nothing to stop individuals going out for a solo ride if they are fit and healthy and showing no signs of the COVID-19 virus. Just avoid other people but get some exercise.

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.

Here are our upcoming rides, don't forget to update us in Meetup to say you're joining us on a ride:

Date	Start	Start Time	Title	Leader(s)	Surface; Length; Difficulty	Description

22-Mar			Group Ride Cancelled - perhaps go for a solo ride if you are well?	You	Keep your distance from others, take a packed lunch and stop at your favourite spot?	Post your ride on Strava and discuss with other club members to keep the club spirit going?
29-Mar			Group Ride Cancelled - perhaps go for a solo ride if you are well?	You	Pick a loop and see how fast you can ride it?
05-Apr	HPP	10:00	Provisional: watch this space DA Event - Freewheel	Bob	Road, 35 miles easy/medium	DA Event. Lunch at Queens Head, West Chiltington, Freewheel down Woods Hill afterwards.
12-Apr	TBR	10:00	Provisional: watch this space Camelia Botnar	Frank	Road, 35 miles, medium	Easter Sunday Road ride 3
19-Apr	HPP	09:30	Provisional: watch this space A forking good ride	Adam	Road, 40 miles, medium	A forking good ride
26-Apr	TBR	09:30	Provisional: watch this space Playing in the woods	Bob	Off road, you choose how hard you make it. Probably muddy but fun.	Mountain biking in Tilgate Forest. Forest trails in Tilgate Park and Tilgate forest.
03-May	HPP	09:30	Provisional: watch this space Chiddingfold Loop	Adam	On road and downs link, 42, medium	On-road and downs link north
10-May	HPP	09:30	Provisional: watch this space Leith Hill	Kevin	Off road, 35 miles, hard	Playing in the woods on B/Holiday weekend (avoiding Run Gatwick and the Commercial Vehicle run).
17-May	PUL	10:00	Provisional: watch this space I-spy	Pete	25-ish miles	DA Event - Bicycle Treasure Hunt - further details to come
24-May	TBR	10:30	Around Crawley	Gordon	A gentle pootle on cycle tracks and residential roads exploring the parks and neighbourhoods of Crawley	A gentle pootle along leafy cycle tracks and residential roads of Crawley. Beginners ride starting at 10:30 at Three Bridges.
24-May	HPP	10:00	A trip to Crawley	tbc	Road, 40 miles, medium	Ride starting at HPP, meet at Crawters Brook (11:30), cycle together to Crawley High Street for a lunch stop, then back to HPP via Ifield.
31-May	TBR	09:30	Corinne's (belated) birthday ride	Corinne & Gordon	All on tarmac. 40 miles - Medium (gentle lanes with a few short hills). 45 miles - Hard for Ditchling Beacon option	Quiet Lanes to an early lunch stop in Hassocks. On through Ditchling (with an optional ascent of Ditchling beacon) and returning on lanes, and NCN 20.
07-Jun	HPP	09:30	Surrey Dip	Corinne	Road, 35 miles, medium
Saturday 13-Jun	HPP	09:30	Worlds Biggest Bike Ride	Bob	Heading southwest of Horsham for a sunny (I hope) day on some wonderful Lanes, stopping for a pub lunch somewhere nice....	This ride is timed to coincide with other CTC rides around the country in order to collectively claim the title "World's Biggest Bike Ride"
14-Jun	Oriel School	10:30	Crawley Family Bike Ride	Gordon	Cycle Track, 18 miles.	The annual family bike ride along the Worth Way to East Grinstead. Almost completely traffic free.
21-Jun	HPP	10:00	South of Horsham	Adam	Road, 30. easy/medium	Midsummers Day ride (avoiding the BHF London to Brighton ride).
28-Jun	TBD	09:30	Hooley	Adam	Road, 40 miles, flat (apart from one massive hill)	What goes up must come down
04/05-Jul			La Belle France	Adam		French weekend trip
05-Jul	TBD	10:00	Heaven Farm	Ros		Meet Ride Leader Imberhorne Lane bridge over Worth Way @ 10:45