Hilly route in and around Brighton

davep1
davep1 Posts: 837
edited April 2013 in Road general
I've been thinking of planning a hill route to take in some of the bigger climbs in the Brighton area for some time, and having just been in the Abruzzo mountains have had a burst of inspiration. On the list so far are -

Ditchling Beacon
Coldean lane
Rottingdean to Falmer
Bear Road
Wilson Avenue
Mill Road
Clayton Hill
Preston Drove
Elm Grove and May Road, near top of EG
Copse Hill in Westdene
King George VI Avenue ( otherwise known as Snakey Hill)
Bramble Rise
Albion hill
Millers Road, which South Road turns left into.

I may not include all the above, I want to link them so I don't have too many double-backs, or ride up just to come back down and head to the next.

If anyone has any suggestions please add, or even a Garmin route already on similar lines.

Two queries - the Droveway, Hove. Think this is one way only, downhill?
Cobb Lane - seen this mentioned, but can't locate it in the Brighton area. Any ideas if it is mis-spelt, or goes under another name?

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  • Roadtart
    Roadtart Posts: 54
    Type Cobb Lane, Haywards Heath into Google Maps and you'll see where it is in relation to Brighton.

    It's well used in the SRS Events sportives which start in Burgess Hill.

    Enjoy.
  • marcusjb
    marcusjb Posts: 2,412
    Cobb Lane is a nasty little brute for sure (fortunately it is fairly short).
    Stuff about riding a bike a long way
  • jimmybloom
    jimmybloom Posts: 82
    Cobb lane is a cheeky one, that's for sure. Lots of climbs around it too. I should have the .GPX file (for garmin etc) from one of the SRS events if you want it?
  • writethatd0wn
    writethatd0wn Posts: 5
    Personally I would get a bit further out of brighton and enjoy some quieter roads, having only started cycling this year I am having fun searching out the sussex hills. I have attached a ride from the weekend which incorporated 4 of the recognised sussex hills.

    The 10km mark is Steyning Bostal which is a 1.5km stretch split into two uphill sections of about 17% then around 58km you have Pillow mounds which is a 6.5% 1.6km climb up a narrow track closely followed by Kidds Hill (the Wall) about 68km which is a really enjoyable climb up a dead straight road (about 9%) then finished off with Ditchling Beacon to ensure your legs have had a good workout!

    Hope the link works!

    http://connect.garmin.com/course/3233006
  • davep1
    davep1 Posts: 837
    Thanks for the route, writethatd0wn, will try it out. I live near Steyning Bostal so it was my first challenge when I reverted to a full size chainset...

    I was looking at Brighton because I wanted to cram as many hills in as short a ride as poss, and was possibly going to do it before going to watch the runners in the Marathon this Sunday.

    I've found Cob Lane, Haywards Heath which I think must be the same hill. May have been up it a long time.
  • cerv52
    cerv52 Posts: 81
    If your dead set on sticking in Brighton how about Southover Street? How many of these hills are you going to put into one ride?, you must have incredibly strong legs if your doing all of them... :shock:
  • dynamicbrick
    dynamicbrick Posts: 460
    Short sharp climbs aplenty, but you can string together some pretty monstrous climbs if you're that way inclined.

    Here's a route which might test you - from the front head up towards Brighton station, then up to Dyke Road - which broadly uphill for the whole length, and although not steep it is psychologically relentless (there's so many options to turn off), and the final kick at the end often finishes you off. Drop down King George V, hang a left, then take a right, round in a loop and up King George V

    Fer crying out load use the path on the way up King George V - the steep bit at the beginning is a real grinder, and fapping about in the road isn't a good idea.

    Once at the top of King George, rejoin Dyke Road and then hang a left when you like. Drop down the hill to London Road and follow it into town. At the one-way head up to Ditchling Road, and then take Ditchling Road all the way to the A27.

    From here you can head off to Ditchling, and do a big a big loop back round via Albourne (and the Dyke if you really want). Alternatively you can drop back into Brighton from Hollingbury. Head down to Patcham and then come up Mill Road (runs parallel with A27) to the top of Dyke Road again. Then pick a route back down to the front.

    Here's the short loop. Couldn't work out how to export from bikeroutetoaster
    brightonroute_zps7496254b.jpg

    This route is fairly safe for cyclists as it keeps you off the London Road except where there's cycle lanes.
  • TKF
    TKF Posts: 279
    You could try this http://app.strava.com/activities/48554474

    Not mine but I saw it on my feed earlier

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