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That unfortunately is where you need perseverance and savvy.
Mildenhall Cycling Rally will give you a chance at grass track cycling on the August Bank Holiday Weekend.
About the only one I know of. I would still encourage cyclocross though. The number of women racing, particularly in the SE are pretty good. On top of that the cyclocross community has always been a bit different to the rest of the racing types (ask someone who knows better than I about the history of it being subsumed by BC). Unless you screw up the competition between race leaders chauvanism rarely shows it's face and is far less tolerated. The high majority of male riders will be encouraging and supportive and generally consider you a far better rider than some of the men they're competing against. The down sides are riding cold conditions, getting wet and muddy and the risk of a bit of damage in wooded sections can make a crit look tame. Also there is sometimes a dearth of changing facilities which means trying to preserve your modesty in the back of someones car. The gf has been doing this since she was 14 and has mostly stopped caring.