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

06/04/2021: We are currently riding in groups of up to 6 people, limited to Cycling UK members only, with preference given to our Member Group members.

As Government restrictions are lifted, we will extend the offer to other CTC members and then guests when 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 CTC Member Group, individual CTC membership is also necessary to fully benefit from the insurance and discounts available.

Date	Start	Start Time	Title	Leader(s)	Surface; Length; Difficulty	Description
11-Apr	PP	10:00	Shermanbury Shuffle	Bob	Road, 29 miles, medium	Bring Picnic. Road ride with 1 mile of bridleway.
18-Apr	HPP	09:30	Ruby's Café	Adam	Road, 35 miles, medium/hard	Hilly Road ride to North of Horsham
25-Apr	TBR	09:30	Chiddingstone Castle	Frank T	Road, 40 miles, Medium	Possible refreshment stop at Chiddingstone, else at Edenbridge
02-May	HPP	09:30	Ashington	Frank P	On road and downs link, 42, medium	Details to come
09-May	TBR	09:30	Heaven Farm	Ros	Uses Worth Way and roads 35 miles.	Worth Way to East Grinstead and then south into Ashdown Forest. Refreshments at Heaven Farm. Possibly use Forest Way/Woirth Way to return to TBR.
16-May	HPP	09:30	Horsham Circular	Pete	Road, 35 Miles Medium	Circumnaviogates Horsham. Crawley riders can intercept at Colgate. More detail to come.
23-May	BRS	10:00 for 10:30	I-Spy. (DA Event)	Bob	25 Mile Bicycle Treasure Hunt	Bring picnic and a pen, follow route instructions and answer clues along the way. Starts and finishes at Billingshurst Railway Station.
30-May	HPP	09:30	Destination Horley	Dave	Road, 35 miles, easy/medium	Outdoor refreshment stop.
06-Jun	TBR	09:30	Gordon's Southern Loop	Gordon	Road/some stone surfaced track, 25 miles, medium	The ride will be followed by the Q3 Runslist meeting at Gordons House.