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OK, so you’ve got a bike, and all the gear, but no idea… ...where to ride. You’ve ridden the cycle path between Seaford and Newhaven, and ridden along the seafront until you hit the foot of the cliffs at Splash Point. Now where? Just click on some of the routes below - they should give you some ideas. Wherever you like to ride, make sure you treat yourself to a 1:50,000 scale Ordnance Survey map of your chosen area and a compass. That way you will know where all the minor roads and bridle paths are, and what the PH symbol stands for! And don’t forget one of our puncture repair kits - just in case!
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East Hampshire Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (road trip!) Queen Elizabeth Country Park (4 miles south of Petersfield on the A3. If you tire of the park there’s always Butser Hill...) Centurion Way (ex-railway path between Chichester and West Dean, West Sussex) The Downs Link (37 miles Shoreham to Guildford on old railway routes) The Arun Valley (why not pop into the museum at Amberley on the way?) Shaftesbury, Dorset - in and around the Blackmore Vale Dorset - Frome Valley Cycle Trail (Evershot to Dorchester, 14.3 miles) Purbeck Cycle Route Map (cycle routes around Purbeck between 8 & 47 miles) The Ridgeway (follow in the footsteps of Ancient Britons 43 miles along the Downs from Overton Hill to Streatley) The Camel Trail (no sand dunes, just a nice, level 17-mile route along a disused railway track beside the River Camel in Cornwall) Wales (mtb-wales.com) The Isle of Man (off-road across the island on the End-to-End Challenge. Ride it with 399 others on 9th Sept. 2007) Scotland (The 7 Stanes) Switzerland (3,300 km of cycle routes 130 mountain bike tours with downloadable route descriptions, maps and GPS co-ordinates) Compare and Review Cycling Holidays -Compare & Review over 750 Cycling Holidays and Mountain Bike Holidays from the leading operators at TheCyclePeople.com. |
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Further afield... |
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Cuckmere Valley (very short and very easy. Great for small kids, pushchairs, wheelchairs and lazy picnics) Devil’s Dyke Railway (another short and easy one. Where would we cycle if we hadn’t got rid of all the branch lines?) The Cuckoo Trail (11 miles of the old railway line between Polegate and Heathfield) Centurion Way (former railway line between Chichester and West Dean, West Sussex) Friston Forest (the flat track between West Dean and Butchershole! Can be extremely muddy between car park and West Dean) Beneath The South Downs (follow the old coach road between Firle and Alfriston. Discover the murals at Berwick church, or the bar at The Cricketers!) Seven Sisters Country Park (very gentle, very short - great for small children) The Downs Link (37 miles Shoreham to Guildford on old railway lines. You don’t have to ride it all in one go! Can be bumpy.) Worth Way (7 miles, Three Bridges to East Grinstead, and then links to Forest Way) Forest Way (10 miles, East Grinstead to Groombridge - continuation of Worth Way) Shinewater Park, (Eastbourne.– one for the kids) Salterns Way (West Wittering to Chichester Harbour - a personal favourite. Wave to the cars as they queue to get to the beach!) |
