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 2025 | Q1 - January, February, March | ||||
| Date | Location | Time | Name | Leader | Mileage |
| 01-Jan-24 | TBR | 10:30 | Welcome to 2024. A short ride leaving Three Bridges station at 10:30, with a stop at the Surrey Oaks at 11:30. A longer alternative ride will leave before Sunrise, meeting the main group at the Surrey Oaks | Corinne | 20 miles, easy |
| 05-Jan-25 | HPP | 10:00 | Bax Castle and Shipley Windmill Loop. A 40 mile loop on the downslink to Bramber and back. Mix of lanes ,road and gravel with a lunch stop and the mid'way point in Steyning |
Celine | 40 miles. Medium and flat |
| 12-Jan-25 | TBR | 10:00 | Leaving Three Bridges at 10:30 heading north east. | Bob | |
| 19-Jan-25 | HPP | 10:00 | 19th Jan from HPP - Drungewick Lane loop - lunch at Milk Churn 30 miles easy all on road | Adam | |
| 26-Jan-25 | TBR | 10:00 | Heart of Winter Sussex. A southern route towards Ardingly and retuirning via Grouse Road and Pease Pottage (Horsham riders can peal off at Grouse Road) | Robin | |
| 02-Feb-25 | HPP | 09:30 | 2nd Feb from HPP - Woodhatch Café - lunch at Woodhatch Café 32 miles easy/medium all on road |
Adam | |
| 09-Feb-25 | HPP | 10:00 | Capel - easyish loop with a rreefreshment stop at Roby's Cafe near Capel | Bob | 26 miles easy/medium |
| 16-Feb-25 | TBR | 09:30 | Forest Row Winter Warmer with Worth Way return. A winter tour of the Ashdown Forest before returning via East Grinstead and Worth Way. 9:30am start. 30-35miles |
Robin | 30-35 miles, Medium |
| 23-Feb-25 | HPP | 10:00 | Guildford Loop with lunch at Shamley Greem. On road and the Downs Link. 40 miles, difficult. |
Celine | 40 miles. Difficult. Road and Downs Link. |
| 02-Mar-25 | TBR | 10:00 | Morning Ride and Runslist meeting. We will leave Three Bridges at 10:00 taking the Worth Way and then Vowels Lane to Ardingly, then returning through Staplefield, Slaugham and Pease Pottage for the runslist meeting at 13:30, where we will set the calendar of rides for April, May and June. | Gordon | 25-30 miles, hilly. |
| 09-Mar-25 | HPP | 10:00 | 9th Mar from HPP - Poynings, Lunch at Rushfield Garden Centre Lovely West Sussex lanes, all on road | Adam | 38 miles Medium |
| 16-Mar-25 | CHI | 10:00 | Chichester Roman Route. Leaving Chichester Station at 10 am for a 30/35 mile loop via a Roman road. |
Robin | 30-35 miles medium |
| 23-Mar-25 | TBR | 10:00 | Reigate Loop. | Ros | |
| 30-Mar-25 | HPP | 10:00 | Let's Head West - a 36 mile ride out west of Horsham stopping for lunch at The Onslow Arms at Loxwood | Bob | 36 miles Medium |
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
