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 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 Cycling UK 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: Click on: handc-ctc.blogspot.com
Information about the group rides
We are running our rides as normal.
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.
| Horsham and Crawley Member Group Runslist - January 28th to September 30th 2024 | |||||
| Date | Location | Time | Name | Leader | Mileage |
| 26-May-24 | TBR | 09:30 | Eastbourne Here We Come! Eastbourne and back - tarmac all the way. | Robin | 50 mile, hard |
| 02-Jun-24 | BIL | 10:30 | I-SPY DA Event. Popular Bicycle Treasure Hunt. Starts from Billingshurst Railway Station (northside) | Bob | 25 miles, easy/moderate |
| 09-Jun-24 | Oriel School | 10:00 | Crawley Family bike ride. Meet at Oriel School at 10:00 for a great family day out riding along the Worth Way to East Grinstead, have lunch and maybe catch sight of a steam train before heading back. |
Gordon | 16 miles,Gentle |
| 16-Jun-24 | HPP | 10:00 | Frank's Gone West. Lovely lanes | Frank | 30 miles, Medium |
| 23-Jun-24 | TBR | 09:15 | North Downs Approach. Lunch in Oxted | Adam | 50 miles, medium-hard |
| 30-Jun-24 | CRW | 10:30 | Summer Saunter to Strawberry Fields. Leaving the Crow Statue in Crawley High Street at 10:30 we will ride along leafy country lanes and well-surfaced bridleways to the tea shop at Strawberry fields. After rest and refreshments we'll take a quiet leafy route back to the start point. | Gordon | 20 miles, Gentle |
| 07-Jul-24 | WIS | 10:00 | Two Weald Ride - DA Event. Pick any one (or more) of four 25 mile circular routes. | Bob | 25+ |
| 14-Jul-24 | HPP | 10:00 | Great Western Ride. Heading west from Horsham using some really nice lanes. | Bob | 40 |
| 21-Jul-24 | TBR | 10:00 | Ros's birthday lunch at Tirana. SeeMeetup for details, | Adam | 30 |
| 28-Jul-24 | HPP | 10:00 | Lanes and Downs Link to the Milk Churn. Northwest towards the North Downs, lunch at the Milk Churn. | Robin | 35, mostly flat |
| 04-Aug-24 | CRW | 10:30 | Beginners Ride to Tan House Farm Shop. From Crawley Town Centre on leafy country lanes and well-surfaced bridleways via quiet villages north of Crawley. | Gordon | <25 , Gentle |
| 04-Aug-24 | CHI | 10:30 | Picnic Ride. Make you own way to Chichester Station. We'll use canal paths, lanes and bridleways to picnic at West Wittering Beach before heading back to Chichester via a ferry and a visit to Bosham | Bob | 30, flat |
| 11-Aug-24 | HPP | 10:00 | Summer Garden Party Ride. A 30 mile country pootle including some off road sections, followed by a garden bar-b-que and drinks (and the Q4 runslist). Suitable for hybrids, gravel bikes etc. | Gordon | 25-30 |
| 11-Aug-24 | HPP | 13:00 | Q4 Runslist. Help determine our schedule of rides for October, November and December. | Bob | |
| 18-Aug-24 | TBR | 10:00 | Washbrooks farm . A gentle and flattish 40 mile loop with a lunch stop at the farm shop at Washbrooks Farm and an optional ascent of Ditchling Beacon. |
Gordon + Bob | 40 |
| 25-Aug-24 | HPP | 10:00 | Shoreham Beach. Bring a picnic or buy a take away. A delightful ride on country lanes to the coast, and then return on the downslink | Adam | 35, mostly flat |
| 01-Sep-24 | CRW | 10:00 | Beginners Ride to Earlswood Lakes. From Crawley via cycle tracks, country lanes and well-surfaced bridleways to a lunch stop at Earlswood Lakes. |
Gordon | 25, flat, gentle. |
| 01-Sep-24 | ARU | 10:00 | Churches Ride. Make you own way to Arundel Station. We will then follow a set of instructions to visit various chuches and answer a question at each of them. | Bob | 40, mainly flat |
| 08-Sep-24 | HPP | 10:00 | Brockham Picnic Rides. Gentle pace through quiet Sussex and Surrey villages with optional climb of Box Hill to a lunch stop at Brockham village green . |
Gordon + Bob | 30, gentle,(+ longer, faster option) |
| 15-Sep-24 | TBR | 10:00 | Southern Circle. Worth Way then south and west via Ardingly and Slaugham. Food and drink available at the end of the ride as we get back to Crawley. Quite a few short hills. | Gordon | 25-35 miles, medium |
| 22-Sep-24 | HPP | 10:00 | Adam's Rib. On/off road loop to south of horsham | Adam | 35 |
| 29-Sep-24 | TBR | 10:00 | Edenbridge Loop. Heading north and east via Crowhurst. All tarmac. | Bob | 40 ish |
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
CRW - 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
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
