These are a selection of rides to encourage new and returning cyclists to get out and enjoy riding , and to gradually build up the distances they can do, and increase the enjoyment of riding in a safe environment. They are grouped according to your location within our area –
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- Coventry
- Kenilworth
- Warwick & Leamington
- Southam
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Rides based in and around Coventry
Start Point | Distance | Route |
City Centre
Transport Museum |
10 miles | Transport Museum to Warwick University
https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/8202681/#11.88/52.39194/-1.53738 · The junctions of Fairfax St. / Cox Street, and Cox Street / Jordon Well have no specific right of way. Take Care. · Give way to pedestrians while crossing the Ring Road at Parkside, within the War Memorial Park, within Warwick University campus, Shultern Lane, and after the Railway Station.· Ensure the Kenilworth Road is crossed using the Toucan Crosssing. · Within Warwick University there are numerous sculptures, and the route suggested below is suggested to see a sample of the best. C:\Users\User\Documents\CTC\100 DOCS\sculpture_map_a4.pdf
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City Centre
Transport Museum |
8 miles | Transport Museum to the Midland Air Museum, Coventry Airport
https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/8202718/?created=1#12.4/52.39144/-1.49849 The junctions of Fairfax St. / Cox Street, and Cox Street / Jordon Well have no specific right of way. Take Care · Use Courtleet Rd and Frankpledge Rd to avoid a right turn on Daventry Road. · Take care turning right after going under the A46 in Mill Hill because illumination under the bridge is poor · Give way to pedestrians on the shared path between Mill Hill and Leaf Lane, and also between Station Square and Warwick Road. |
City Centre
Transport Museum |
15 miles | Transport Museum to Kenilworth |
Rides based in and around Kenilworth
Rides based in and around Warwick & Leamington
Start Point | Distance | Route |
Heathcote Lane, Whitnash | 4.5 miles | Route 1 – Heathcote Lane, Whitnash to St. Mary’s Lands / Racecourse, Warwick via St. Nicholas Park
https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/8380560/#12.73/52.27864/-1.56468 Tachbrook Road, Harrison Way/Juno Drive, Queensway cycle path, controlled crossing at Aldi, McDonalds/The Waterside, Cycle path to Myton Road, Charter Bridge, St. Nicholas Park, Broad Street, (Coventry Road crossing), trackside cycle path to The Packmores, Newburgh Crescent, Cape Road, The Saltisford Common, Ansell Road, Warwick Racecourse |
Chesterton Windmill, Plough Lane /Windmill Hill Lane
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5 miles | Route 2 – Chesterton Windmill to Heathcote Road, Whitnash via Harbury and a trackside cycle path
https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/8380630/#12.74/52.25012/-1.49242 Plough Lane, Temple End, Harbury, Farm Street, Middle Road, (Fosse Way crossing), trackside Bridleway cycle path, Golf Lane, Whitnash Road |
St. Mary’s Lands / Warwick Racecourse, Warwick. | 5.5 miles | Route 3 – St. Mary’s Lands / Warwick Racecourse, Warwick to Oakley Woods via Barford and Wasperton Lane
https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/8380688/#15.69/52.270734/-1.601839 Warwick Racecourse, Hampton Road, cycle path to Shelley Avenue, Stratford Road, Longbridge M40 cycle path, Bridge Street, Barford, Wasperton Lane, Oakley Woods |
Newbold Comyn, Leamington Spa | 6.3 miles | Route 4 – Newbold Comyn, Leamington Spa to The Green, Long Itchington via the Greenway and Stonebridge Lane
https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/8381490/#11.72/52.2855/-1.4556 NCN Route 41 Cycle Path, Radford Road crossing point, Canal towpath, Offchurch Greenway (disused railway line), Offchurch Lane, Fosse Way crossing, Stonebridge Lane, Long Itchington, Church Road, (The Green / Duck Pond) |
Jephson Gardens / Newbold Terrace, Leamington | 6.5 miles | Route 5 – Newbold Terrace, Leamington to Hill Top Farm, Hunningham via Offchurch Greenway
https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/8381526/#11.39/52.3084/-1.4573 NCN Route 41 Cycle Path, Newbold Comyn Leisure Centre, Radford Road crossing, Canal towpath, disused railway line, Welsh Road, Offchurch, Hunningham Road, Hunningham, Hunningham Hill, Fosse Way junction, Hill Top Farm Garden Centre |
Old Milverton Road, Milverton | 6.5 miles | Route 6 – Milverton to Charles Street, Warwick via Blackdown and Hill Wootton
https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/8381585/#13.32/52.30473/-1.55703 Old Milverton Road, (Blackdown Nuffield RAB), Stoneleigh Road, Sandy Lane, Blackdown, Kenilworth Road, Blackdown Mill, Hill Wootton, Leek Wootton, Warwick Road, Coventry Road, (Woodloes RAB), Montague Road, Charles Street |
Priory Park / Cape Rd, Warwick | 8 miles | Route 7 – Cape Road, Warwick to Snitterfield via Hampton Magna, Norton Lindsey and Wolverton
https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/8381649/#11.89/52.26281/-1.64404 Cape Road, St. Michael’s Road, Birmingham Road, cycle path to Old Budbrooke Road, Warwick Parkway, Hampton Magna, Hampton on the Hill, Old School Lane, Henley Road, Warwick Road, Littleworth, Norton Lindsey, Wolverton Road, Wolverton, Snitterfield |
Priory Park / Cape Rd, Warwick | 9 miles | Route 8 – Cape Road, Warwick to Snitterfield via Budbrooke, Norton Lindsey and Wolverton
https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/8381679/#11.89/52.26326/-1.64404 Cape Road, St. Michael’s Road, Birmingham Road, cycle path to Old Budbrooke Road, Warwick Parkway, Hampton Magna, Church Lane, Budbrooke, Woodway, Hampton on the Hill, Old School Lane, Henley Road, Warwick Road, Littleworth, Norton Lindsey, Wolverton Road, Wolverton, Snitterfield |
Market Square, Warwick | 9 miles | Route 9 – Market Square, Warwick to Black Hill/Hatton Bank via Sherbourne and Hampton Lucy
https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/8381700/#12.1/52.2464/-1.62406 Market Street, Theatre Street, Linen Street, Racecourse, Hampton Road cycle path, Robins Grove, Purser Drive, Tapping Way, Stratford Road, Longbridge M40 cycle path, Sherbourne, Hampton Lucy, Stratford Road, Hatton Bank Lane |
Brownley Green Lane, Hatton | 9 miles | Route 10 – Hatton to Preston Bagot via Shrewley Common and Lowsonford
https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/8381756/#11.82/52.30318/-1.69506 Brownley Green Lane, Haseley Mill, Firs Lane, Birmingham Road, Stoney Lane, Five Ways Road, Shrewley Common, (M40 bridge), Back Lane, Narrow Lane, Lowsonford, Henley Road, Preston Bagot |
Woodloes Estate, Warwick | 10 miles | Route 11 – Woodloes Estate, Leek Wootton, Rouncil Lane, Kites Nest and Wedgnock Lane
https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/8381884/#12.53/52.31291/-1.60869 Coventry Road cycle path, Leek Wootton, Woodcote Lane, Rouncil Lane, Beausale, Kites Nest Lane, Bridleway to Bulloak Farm, Wedgnock Lane, Cape Road, The Lower Cape, Lock Lane, cycle path to Greenway, Woodloes Avenue South |
Barcheston Drive, Hatton Park | 10 miles | Route 12 – Ugly Bridge Road, Hatton Park to Brownley Green Lane, Hatton via Norton Curlieu and Haseley
https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/8381923/#12.57/52.29403/-1.64616 Ugly Bridge Road cycle path, (A4177 crossing), Ugly Bridge Road, Woodway, Hampton on the Hill, Old School Lane, Henley Road, Warwick Road, Littleworth, Norton Lindsey, Brittons Lane, Norton Curlieu, Hatton Country World, The Green, (Birmingham Road crossing), Haseley Mill, Waste Green, Beausale Lane, Brownley Green Lane |
Newbold Comyn Leisure Centre,
Leamington Spa |
10 miles | Route 13 – Newbold Comyn Leisure Centre, Leamington Spa to Draycote Water via Birdingbury
https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/8382009/#11.17/52.305/-1.4279 NCN Route 41 Cycle Path, Radford Road crossing, Canal towpath, Offchurch Greenway (disused railway line), Offchurch Lane, Fosse Way crossing, Stonebridge Lane, Snowford Hill, Shakers Lane, Birdingbury, Route 41 cycle path, Draycote Village,cycle path to Draycote Water |
Warwick Parkway | 10 miles | Route 14 – Warwick Parkway to Aston Cantlow via Langley Green and Bearley Cross
https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/8382049/#10.99/52.2548/-1.693 Old Budbrooke Road, Hampton on the Hill, Old School Lane, Henley Road, Warwick Road, Littleworth, Norton Lindsey, Langley Road, Langley Green, Bearley Cross, Salters Lane, Edstone Aqueduct, White House Hill, Aston Cantlow |
Church Lane, Hampton Magna | 10 miles | Route 15 – Hampton Magna to Preston Bagot via Norton Curlieu, Pinley Green and Lowsonford
https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/8382080/#11.65/52.2883/-1.6878 Old Budbrooke Road, Hampton on the Hill, Old School Lane, Henley Road, Warwick Road, Littleworth, Norton Lindsey, Brittons Lane, Norton Curlieu, Dark Lane, Nunhold Grange, Pinley Green, High Cross Lane, Narrow Lane, Lowsonford, Henley Road, Preston Bagot |
Ugly Bridge Road, Hatton Park | 10.2 miles | Route 16 – Hatton Park to Wilmcote via Norton Lindsey, Snitterfield and Pathlow
https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/8382175/#11.57/52.2601/-1.6934 Ugly Bridge Road cycle path, (A4177 crossing), Woodway, Hampton on the Hill, Old School Lane, Henley Road, Warwick Road, Littleworth, New Road, Norton Lindsey, Snitterfield Lane, Snitterfield, Bell Lane, School Road, The Green, Gospel Oak Lane, Pathlow, A3400 Birmingham Road, Featherbed Lane, Wilmcote |
Offchurch Greenway car park, Offchurch Lane / Welsh Road) | 10.5 miles | Route 17 – Offchurch to Lighthorne via Bascote Heath, Harbury and Chesterton
https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/8382238/#11.8/52.24335/-1.46173 Welsh Road, Fosse Way crossing, Welsh Road, Bascote Heath, Harbury, Bush Heath Road, Kingston Manor Farm, Chesterton Church, Chesterton Green, Chesterton Wood, Lighthorne |
Chase Meadow, Warwick | 12 miles | Route 18 – Warwick to Stratford upon Avon via Sherbourne, Charlecote, Wellesbourne Airfield and Loxley
https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/8382272/#11.76/52.219/-1.6521 Stratford Road, Longbridge M40 cycle path, Sherbourne, Hampton Lucy, Charlecote, Wellesbourne Airfield, NCN Route 41, Loxley, Loxley Road, Dale Avenue, Rushbrook Road, Kipling Road cycle path, (Shipston Road crossing), Park/Recreation Ground, The Old Tramway |
Based in and around Southam
Southam does not have a roads layout which makes it easy to plan out some easy and safe short rides. However nearby there are a few options if you can transport your bike to the start.
Start Point | Distance | Route and Map |
Comments |
Draycote Water.
Park at the Visitor Centre |
5 miles | Follow the tarmac route around the Reservoir.
Severn Trent guide to using Draycote Water
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The Visitor Centre has toilets and a good cafe.
Please take care an observe the signs as the route is shared with pedestrians |
Chesterton
Park at Chesterton Church, Chesterton Windmill, or south end of Bush Heath Lane |
6 miles | This description of the route starts at Chesterton Church and travels anti-clockwise.
https://cycle.travel/map/journey/208224 |
Chesterton Church and Chesterton Windmill are worth stopping for a look |
Grandborough & Willoughby – choice of three rides from 5 miles to 10 miles
Park at Grandborough Church
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5 miles | https://cycle.travel/map/journey/208238 | Almost completely flat |
7 miles | https://cycle.travel/map/journey/208239 | Almost completely flat | |
10 miles | https://cycle.travel/map/journey/208240 | Slight rise from Willoughby |