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
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 2024 | Q4 - October, November, December | ||||
| Date | Location | Time | Name | Leader | Mileage |
| 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 |
| 06-Oct-24 | HPP | 10:00 | Southern Softie. Dragons Green, Ashington and Partridge Green - Lunch at The Partridge. A 30m loop on quiet lanes. | Gordon | 25-35 miles, easy/medium |
| 13-Oct-24 | TBR | 09:30 | Hever Castle Loop | Celine | 36 miles, medium |
| 20-Oct-24 | TBR | 10:00 | A three hour loop heading south from Crawley, followed by lunch and the runslist meeting in the normal location (near Pease Pottage). Approx 25-30 miles before lunch (then 3 miles to Crawley or 5 miles to Horsham) | Gordon | 25-30 miles, medium |
| 27-Oct-24 | TBR | 09:30 | Feels Like Heaven. A ride out to Ashdown Forest and lunch at Heaven Farm. | Ros | 36 miles, medium |
| 03-Nov-24 | HPP | 10:00 | North East from Horsham | Pete | 30 miles |
| 10-Nov-24 | TBR | 09:30 | Oxted | Adam | 35 miles, medium |
| 17-Nov-24 | HPP | 10:00 | A Partridge for lunch. A southern loop and lunch at The Partridge in Partridge Green | Bob | 35 miles medium |
| 24-Nov-24 | TBR | 10:00 | Portugese Custard.Horley/Dijo | Adam | 25 miles, easy |
| 01-Dec-24 | HPP | 10:00 | Christmas is coming. A 30 mile ride winter morning ride on quiet lanes, followed by hot food in front of warming fire in front of the Christmas Tree. | Gordon | 25-30 miles, medium |
| 08-Dec-24 | TBR/HPP | The Club Christmas Dinner. A traditional Christmas Curry. A short ride from both the Horsham and the Three Bridges start. | Adam/Bob | 20 miles, easy | |
| 15-Dec-24 | TBR | 10:00 | Tilgate twinkle - offroad in Tilgate Forest (there will probably be mud - dress accordingly and use a gravel bike or MTB). | Bob | 2 hours max |
| 22-Dec-24 | TBR | 10:30 | Mince Pie Ride. | Gordon/Adam | 20 miles, easy |
| 29-Dec-24 | HPP | 10:00 | Lantern Rouge - work off that Xmas Pud. | Adam | 30 miles |
| 05-Jan-25 | TBR | Placeholder for Q1 runslist meeting |
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
