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.
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.
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 |
Time |
Destination/ Description |
Dist |
H, M, E |
Leader |
Remarks |
|
4thAug |
Chichester Station |
10:00 |
DA Event: Summer Picnic at West Wittering |
25 |
Easy |
Pete |
Roads and trails. Pack a picnic in your pannier/rucksack/bumbag! |
|
11thAug |
HPP |
09:30 |
Bridleways of Sussex A gentle ride exploring lanes and bridleways |
30 |
Easy/ |
Adam |
Roads and trails |
|
Saturday 17thAug |
Cutty Sark, Greenwich
|
10:00 |
Cutty Sark back to Three Bridges using NCN21. Lunch at The White Bear, Fickleshole. |
46 |
Medium+ |
Bob |
Suburban Roads and Cyclepaths and tracks |
|
18thAug |
TBR |
10:00 |
Country Tracks to Strawberry Fields Beginners welcome. A gentle ride to tea shop. |
18 |
Easy |
Gordon |
Roads and Cyclepaths |
|
25thAug |
HPP |
09:30 |
West of Horsham |
35 |
Medium |
Bob |
Roads, lunch at The Milk Churn at Rudgwick. |
|
1stSept |
PWB Wiggonholt RSPB |
10:00 |
DA Event: The Churches Ride Exploring Sussex Churches |
30+ |
Medium |
Bob |
|
|
8thSept |
TBR |
09:30 |
Skirting Horsham – start Crawley, via |
30 |
Medium |
Gordon |
Roads, cyclepaths, tracks. |
|
15thSept |
TBR |
10:00 |
Redhill Aerodrome. Beginners welcome. Gentle ride to Café at Aerodrome and back. |
25 |
Easy |
Gordon |
Roads and Cyclepaths |
|
22ndSept |
HPP |
10:00 |
Equinox Ride |
35 |
Easy/ |
Adam |
Roads |
|
29thSept |
TBR |
10:00 |
Poynings |
35 |
Medium |
Ken |
Mainly Tarmac |
|
6th Oct |
HPP |
09:30 |
Lurgashall |
45 |
M + |
Corinne |
Nice part of West Sussex. |
|
13thOct |
HPP |
10:30 |
Cycle tracks and quiet roads to lunch at Gordons near Pease Pottage |
35 |
M |
Gordon |
Quiet roads and cycle tracks |
|
13thOct |
Gordon's House |
12:15 13:30 |
Runslist meeting Horsham & Crawley Member Group AGM |
|
|
Gordon Adam |
Determine rides for Q1 2020 Member Group AGM. |
|
20thOct |
HPP |
09:30 |
Cranleigh and Surrey Hills |
37 |
H |
Adam |
All on-road |
|
27thOct |
TBR |
10:00 |
Smallfield off road |
25 |
E/M |
Ken |
Gentle paced and lots of time to look at the scenery. |
|
3rdNov |
HPP |
10:00 |
Ruby's Cafe |
25 |
E |
Adam |
Easy ride to suit all . |
|
10thNov |
HPP |
09:00 |
DA AGM at Pulborough. |
30 |
M |
Bob |
All road, fairly fast-paced, AGM then pub lunch |
|
17thNov |
TBR |
09:00 |
Ashdown Forest: Uses Worth Way to East Grinstead station for alternative start at 09:45 |
42 |
M + |
Adam |
Ashdown Forest is a bit hilly |
|
24thNov |
HPP |
10:00 |
Autumn Colours |
35 |
M |
Bob |
All road. North and west of Horsham. |
|
1stDec |
TBR |
10:00 |
Surrey Dip |
28 |
M |
Corinne |
All on Road, Moderate pace |
|
8thDec |
HPP /TBR |
10:30 |
Christmas Dinner. |
15 |
E |
Pete/Bob |
Short ride at a slow pace. |
|
15thDec |
HPP |
10:00 |
Avoid the Christmas Shopping. Head south of Horsham |
25 |
H |
Bob |
Off road. Pace/difficulty: Hard. |
|
22ndDec |
TBR |
10:00 |
Mince Pie Ride. |
20 |
E/M |
Frank |
Easy pre-Christmas ride with a stop for mince pies |
|
29thDec |
TBR |
09:45 |
Lanes to Hassocks for lunch and back via NCN |
45 |
M |
Gordon |
All tarmac.
|
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
