Gravel

The Dirty Belgie Gravel Loop

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.

Recent routes

Shere Loop

The Shere Loop cycling route into the Surrey Hills ups the elevation a bit. Rather than using Staple Lane to climb to Shere, this route takes Shere Road and Combe Lane up to the woodlands where there is then a loop with a series of climbs and descents including St. Martha’s Hill, Alderbook Road and Sandy Lane.

Newlands Corner

A HITR Route incorporating the Newlands Corner climb & fast descent.

The Devil’s Punchbowl

The Devil’s Punchbowl cycling route offers up a longer ride with some of the most spectacular views in the Surrey Hills. The route has two notable climbs: the climb up Chalk Lane and Combe Lane through Effingham Forest and a longer climb up Punchbowl Lane to Hindhead Common and the Devil’s Punchbowl.

The Kent Ramp Hunter

The Kent Ramp Hunter is a relatively short but VERY challenging ride that takes on some of the steepest climbs in the area.

Fairoaks Airport Loop

The Fairoaks Airport Loop cycling route goes south of Chertsey out to the airfield at Fairoaks before looping back round for the same fast return route. There is an optional café stop for small groups at the Hangar Café at the airport.

The Barhatch Blinder

The Barhatch Blinder is a a four-hill cycling route in the Surrey Hills: Staple Lane, Row Lane, Barhatch Lane and Whitedown Lane.