The Dirty Belgie Gravel Loop cycling route is a clockwise circuit starting in Richmond Park that crosses Wimbledon Common, before heading uphill to the woods between Chessington and Oxshott.
Starting point: Roehampton Café, Richmond Park, London.
The Biggin Hill Loop cycling route is a relatively quick blast out of South London, around the top of the first ridge of the Downs by Biggin Hill.
This scenic cycling route through the Surrey Hills takes in the climb up through the Shere Woodlands, Holmbury Hill and Leith Hill before the long descent down through Redlands Wood.
The Bough Beech Loop cycling route crosses two ridges of the Downs, first over Biggin Hill via the Beddlestead and then the Brasted Chart climb over Toys Hill before heading to Chiddingstone. The return return passes through Bough Beech reservoir and up Ide Hill to the stunning views at the top.
This gravel route broadly mirrors the Frensham Pond Loop route in the Surrey Hills section but this time favours off-road tracks, exploring more of the heathland and Frensham Common itself in the south-western corner of Surrey.
From smooth, iconic ascents to brutally steep lanes that never seem to end, here are ten of the best and toughest climbs in the Surrey Hills – climbs every rider should experience at least once.
The London to Whitstable one-way cycling route heads south over Crystal Palace, out of London, before the climb up the side of Biggin Hill.