Not content to go up Leith Hill once? Try going up and down it eight times from different angles. This is a gruelling ride with little recovery between climbs and nearly 2500m of elevation.
Starting point: Coppernose Café, Hampton Court.
Suggested nutrition & hydration stop: Heartwork Café Bar (43km, 101km)
A collect-the-set route through the Surrey Hills with nine significant climbs racking up nearly 1900m of climbing.
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.
The Rusper Circuit climbs Mill Way after Leatherhead before a long flat section along Rusper Road.
At the village of Rusper, the route turns left round to the left and back to Kingston via Headley Lane to the north of Box Hill. The route finishes at the Local Hero café in Kingston.
Starting point: The Coppernose, Hampton Court.
Suggested café: Tanhouse Café, Tanhouse Farm (37km).
The Windsor Alternative Loop cycling route differs from the Classic Loop in that it does not come back so directly. Rather than shadowing the river by Staines, this route turns up Crimp Hill and Callow Hill for a lumpier and more scenic return journey. It rejoins the usual route at Chertsey.
The Ranmore special is an unusual HITR route – comparatively flat but with the eponymous lump in the middle.
The Redhill Aerodrome Circuit cycling route heads south from Hampton Court Bridge, up over Box Hill before heading further south with a loop south of Reigate. There is an opportunity to stop at Redhill Aerodrome’s café to watch light aircraft take off and land. The route then heads north towards Kingston.