BoxHill .gpx

iampaulb

Does anyone have any decent routes of boxhill they could show me or send their .gpx files?
Im trying to create one, but dont really know my way round boxhill as such

tiredofwhiners

From which area to Box Hill and how far do you want to ride ?

Hampshire is a big place for your home location

iampaulb

tiredofwhiners wrote:

From which area to Box Hill and how far do you want to ride ?

Hampshire is a big place for your home location

Well I live in farnborough but I was going to loop boxhill a few times then drive home haha
Just wanna practice climbing

TheEnglishman

iampaulb wrote:

Well I live in farnborough but I was going to loop boxhill a few times then drive home haha
Just wanna practice climbing

I rode from box hill to Farnborough today. Plenty of hills both ways.

iampaulb

TheEnglishman wrote:

iampaulb wrote:

Well I live in farnborough but I was going to loop boxhill a few times then drive home haha
Just wanna practice climbing

I rode from box hill to Farnborough today. Plenty of hills both ways.

Got a route mapped?

just mapped up this, is this more or less correct? I dont like the idea of dual carriage ways

NewTTer

Is this of any interest to you, starts and finishes at the top of Box Hill and takes in some of the real nice climbs in the area.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/177333854
Its a route some friends and i do every year
If so pm me your email addy I will create a gpx and mail it

iampaulb

Ah nah that should be ok thanks, I should be able to save the course from your route.
It looks similar to the route which was in last months cycling plus. Which I have also saved...

I'll save the route though, thanks!

As a newbie to box hill, is there car parking and such there?

NewTTer

There is a national trust car park at the top of the hill opposite the National Trust Cafe. All day parking is very reasonable.
Be warned there are some 20% sections on some of those climbs.

drlodge

Where around box hill do you think there are some 1 in 5 climbs? Or are you talking off road? The road climbs are pretty relaxing, 1 in 10 steepest I think (10%).

bobtbuilder

drlodge wrote:

Where around box hill do you think there are some 1 in 5 climbs? Or are you talking off road? The road climbs are pretty relaxing, 1 in 10 steepest I think (10%).

I think he means the Surrey Hills near Box Hill. Winterfold Lane a.k.a. Horseblock Hollow has a 20%+ section

I think there is one near Ranmore Common (not Whitedowns) that also has a 20% section.

Whitedowns is 16% or 17% as well. There are loads of climbs in the area that are above 10%

hulla the hulla

Staples Lane between the Clandons (East or West depending on which way you attack it) and Shere is pretty tough. It's steepest coming from the Shere side, approx 15% in places.

IMHO Boxhill is not hard and to be honest, not that long as climbs go.

NewTTer

drlodge wrote:

Where around box hill do you think there are some 1 in 5 climbs? Or are you talking off road? The road climbs are pretty relaxing, 1 in 10 steepest I think (10%).

Go try Pitch Hill up into Winterfold, did you even look at the route? We all kow that Box Hill itself is pretty tame

tiredofwhiners

From Fleet to Boxhill and back via Aldershot for you - close enough to Farnborough for military work.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/208432387

iampaulb

tiredofwhiners wrote:

From Fleet to Boxhill and back via Aldershot for you - close enough to Farnborough for military work.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/208432387

oh sweet!! thanks man, that looks pretty awesome. Ill def try that out...thank you

tiredofwhiners

You're welcome.

The garage at East Horsley is a good place to stock up as you don't get much foot traffic there and you can lock your bike to the BBQ supplies stand when in the store.