The Chelmsford Loop cycling route offers up a scenic loop from London to Essex beyond Epping Forest.
Starting point: Café Society by Vauxhall Bridge.
Suggested café stop: Bakehouse Café, located in the Fox & Goose, Wyse’s Road (63 km).
The Aldbury Loop cycling route heads north out of Regents Park and Hampstead and skirts south of Watford, out into the countryside and the eastern, Hertfordshire, end of the Chilterns with a loop around Aldbury Common back to London.
The Chartwell Loop cycling route heads over the north ridge of the Downs and, once through Westerham and up Hosey Hill, the route follows a forested loop around Chartwell and Toys Hill. Brasted Hill adds some further spice on the return leg back to London.
The Knowl Hill Loop cycling route heads out in the direction of Wargrave and Henley but before it reaches Wargrave loops back around the paved parts of the Knowl Hill Bridleway.
A collect-the-set route through the Surrey Hills with nine significant climbs racking up nearly 1900m of climbing.
This London to Cambridge one-way cycling route is fast, fairly flat ride leaving London via the City, through Epping Forest before heading into the stunning countryside of rural Essex and Cambridgeshire.
The North Kent Woods & Downs cycling route heads out into the Dickens country of the North Kent Woods & Downs National Nature Reserve. The route involves a fair amount of climbing in the first half of the ride culminating in Vigo Hill just before the café stop in the woods of Trosley Country Park.