The North London Hill Training cycling route is a short route starting in Regents Park, and involves some fairly tough climbs such as the long climb up to Hampstead, Swain’s Lane in Highgate and Alexandra Palace Way.
Starting point: Regent’s Park Bar & Kitchen, Regent’s Park, London.
The Twyford Drift route is a fast and flat route out to Twyford via Drift Road and back via Windsor.
This gravel route takes us a largely off-road route from Hampton Court Palace heading south-east out of Surrey and into Kent where it descends off the north ridge of the Downs and winds its way offroad to Churchill’s family home of Chartwell. It then heads through woods of Toys Hill before the return leg back to Surrey.
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.
This cycling route route heads west via Virginia Water before heading north towards Maidenhead, where it turns back, stopping by Dorney Court before a return via Windsor.
The Heathrow Airport Loop is the perfect setting for a high-tempo time trial with a relatively unimpeded flat loop around the airport.
This gravel route heads up past the lakes and marshes of the Lee Valley before looping back down through Epping Forest. The route up the valley passes the Walthamstow Wetlands, Waltham Abbey, Lee Valley Country Park and the River Lee Navigation canal. The return leg heads first out into open farmland before heading right through the heart of Epping Forest before back into London.