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Does anyone know any good rides around surrey?

Hey there. Anyone here have a nice route from Brussels to Ghent? I'm heading over for a four day trip to Amsterdam. Checked out a few sites including fietsnet but a good recommendation from here would be welcome. It's maybe operator error but I just seem to end up with routes amounting to an endless tool through industrial estates and motorways.

Cheers. UG

Does anyone know any good rides around surrey?

The whole of Surrey is nice, tbh. Good place for just riding around and making things up as you go along. Avoid the A3 though, as it goes through the area and is well grim.

Try the Five Hills Fixed route from this very thread: http://www.lfgss.com/post590749-59.html

Hi, route advice much appreciated please.

I'd like to go from London to Walberswick, on the Suffolk coast, using a combination of train and bike. I'd like the bike part to be about 30-60 miles. I'm thinking of training it to Colchester, Chelmsford, Ipswich, places like that, then cycling on. Does anybody know a nice route that avoids the A12? Thanks!

You could try this
. I find it all a bit tedious in that Ipswich/Colchester corridor, but the route is ace once you leave Ipswich behind. I guess your other alternative would be to join the Dunwich Dynamo route from Sudbury or somewhere like that.

Awesome. Thanks Corlis, that looks perfect, 40 miles from Ipswich. I'll investigate the Dynamo route too. Appreciate it.

The whole of Surrey is nice, tbh. Good place for just riding around and making things up as you go along. Avoid the A3 though, as it goes through the area and is well grim.

Try the Five Hills Fixed route from this very thread: http://www.lfgss.com/post590749-59.html

Thanks so much. Looks like a good ride, will for sure do it it the future!

People living in south london have ready access to the north downs escarpment. Where do people who live in north london go to ride countryside hills?

Essex, the Lea Valley, or Potters Bar are quite popular, and if you're more west and you like hills then you've got the Chilterns quite close by, too. Check out the TNRC routes as they do a lot of jaunts in these areas.

Edit - link: https://www.lfgss.com/thread80839-30.html#post2943656

Thanks for the links. But it looks like it would be pretty hard to put a route together in any of essex/lea valley or potters bar that gets 2000+m of climbing in it.

And sadly I am east rather than west. The chilterns are barely any closer than the north downs.

Yeah, it's not really known for its inclines. Have a look at London and its surroundings on Google Maps with the terrain switched on - it's super-flat to the north-east, and things only really start getting bumpy west of St Albans when the Chilterns start to rise. Sticking with the east your only real option is going south of the river, unless you fancy doing 23 reps of Swains Lane (which isn't really bucolic).

Planning to ride London - Bexhill tomorrow morning on the tourer. Anyone have a good route? Not looking for the shortest distance, just the quietest roads / most rural.

Also if anyone knows somewhere good for breakfast en-route that would be valuable info!

I've never ridden directly to Bexhill, but...I quite often ride that way on my home to my parents. You have a lot of options. This
is my bog standard route home, although I often change the way out of London. You could stop for Breakfast in Westerham or Chiddingstone has a good little spot I think, have a look here.

From Burwash I might as well punt the route I did a couple of weeks ago
- except you would do it in reverse. And then peel off at Rickney towards Pevenesy and then take the coastal road to Bexhill, which looks like the most pleasant approach. That's how I'd do it anyway.

You'll have to stitch the route together yourself but those are lovely lanes. East Sussex is great. I hope you like hills. :)

Edit: You could also use anothersam's hastings route.

thanks, very helpful

I do like hills.... but rode to faversham in kent from london recently and the severity of the gradients was absolutely ridiculous. Over 25% on some of the back lanes for short periods of time. Different kind of knackering compared to proper cols etc., sod trying to control your heart rate after a few british ramps.

Hello all,

Has anyone tackled the London to Brighton route that starts off in Rosslyn Park nr Teddington going through Cobham, Dorking Colgate and getting into Brighton via the west?

I've some friends doing it on geared bikes on Saturday and would like to join them but i've only got SS so wan't to know whether it will kill me or not.

Can anyone tell me what the a2 towards Canterbury is like, any better alternate routes?

thanks for the routes, downloaded a few gpx files for the future.

Does someone knows a good long route near cheddar? I am taking cisco for a bmx race on the weekend and have a bit of time to ride too

really helpfull thanks.

afternoon, i'm riding to just past Colchester from N16 / north east london on Saturday. Anyone with a tried and tested route? My GPS is fucked so it will be iphone and printed google maps this time - old school like happy shopper

Has anyone got a decent route from London (E5) --> Coventry?
Been googling and can't find anything!

Riding out west saturday with a mate,

Anyone got a decent route taking in some sights, windsor castle? So i don't miss them all like a lemon.

Riding out west saturday with a mate,

Anyone got a decent route taking in some sights, windsor castle? So i don't miss them all like a lemon.

Couple of options to Windsor here:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/130419367
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/232910364

Perfect thanks!

Can you cycle through windsor great park fine? Is it worth the view?
Or is it like cycling through the middle of regents park? And slow/not worth it?