Sunday, 23 October 2011

London to Brighton cycle route

The London to Brighton cycle ride is great, but there are lots of junctions & turns... that can make navigating complex. I mapped it out on the OS maps in advance, but got a small note pad that would fit in my pocket.
These were the key roads, crossings, signposts & roads to follow...

  • A217 to Tooting Broadway
  • Rgt on A24 to Colliers wood
  • Lft - Longley Road - Tooting
  • Rgt @ Tooting station
  • A217 to Mitcham
  • Round one way system
  • A236 to mitcham Common (Carshalton Road)
  • Rgt - Before Hackbridget
  • Hackbridge Road - Nightingale
  • B277 - past Carshalton Station
  • Rgt (Pound Street)
  • B278 - To Carshalton Beeches, past station
  • B278 - To Little Woodcote
  • Rgt - Rectory @ Woodmansterne
  • B278 - to Chipstead
  • Rgt - under railway
  • How Lane - Chipstead Golf course
  • Rgt - Markedge Lane
  • Under M25
  • Rgt - Gatton Bottom
  • Lft - Rocky Lane
  • Across A23 - lft + Rgt
  • Across / under railway (Ormside Way)
  • Lft Southcote Road
  • Rgt - Nutfield Marsh
  • Over A25
  • Cooper's Hill Road (turns into) Prince of Wales Raod
  • * Past Dog & Duck pub
  • Daysel Hill
  • Rookery Hill
  • Chapel Road
  • Reham Road - to Small Field
  • Rgt - B2037 - Effingham Road
  • Rgt - B2028 (W. Park Road)
  • Over roundabout
  • B2028 - Turners Hill Road
  • Crawley Down
  • Over cross road @ The Crown @ Turners hill
  • B2028 - Selsfield Road
  • Rgt @ Selsfield Common
  • B2028 To ARDINGLY
  • Rgt fork onto Lindfield Road
  • B2028 to Lindfield
  • Lft - B2111 - Lewes Road
  • B2111 toward Haywards heath
  • Rgt @ A272 - then immediate left into Slugwash Lane - to Wivelsfield
  • Lft @ crossroads - onto Green Road
  • Rgt - before The Cock Inn @ Wivelsfield county school
  • Hundered Acre Land
  • Rgt - Middleton Common Lane
  • Rgt - towards B2112
  • Lft @ roundabout - on B2112
  • B2112 to Ditchling - after bear left
  • Ditchling Beacon Road
  • Under A27
  • Past London Road station
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New route I found on Cycle-Route from Croydon station to Brighton, looks simpler that the traditional London to brighton & avoids the nasty bit of getting out of London




http://www.cycle-route.com/routes/East_Croydon_to_Brighton-Cycle-Route-106.html

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