St Peter’s Church – Ardingly Village loop from Balcombe

St Peter’s Church – Ardingly Village loop from Balcombe

Moderate

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St Peter’s Church – Ardingly Village loop from Balcombe

01:22

25.0km

430m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 18, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 4.48 km for 72 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.06 km

Ardingly to Balcombe — Climb

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

It's up and down, or down and up, between these two villages. The route takes you past the reservoir itself but it offers up two challenging climbs if you're traversing between the two picturesque villages.

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4.52 km

St Peter’s Church

Highlight • Historical Site

Worth a detour to visit, plenty of heritage

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5.54 km

Ardingly Cafe

Highlight • Cafe

Perfect London to Brighton coffee stop, decent bacon sarnies too

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5.57 km

Ardingly Village

Highlight • Cafe

A small Sussex village with all the vital ingredients; a good cafe, a couple of pubs, a post office... as well as one of the largest showgrounds in the Southeast …

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14.6 km

The Sharp Thorne Organic Cafe

Highlight • Cafe

Nice organic cafe with a nice hot chocolate.

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18.7 km

Cob Lane Climb

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Embrace Gravity!

Cob lane hill is only short, but at 20% it is a tough one hill to climb if you have tired legs.

Be a cyclist and get up …

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23.1 km

Ardingly Reservoir

Highlight • Climb

A stunning reservoir lake which is great to walk around. It feels like an enchanted forest, something out of a fairy tale but there is also a great downhill followed …

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24.4 km

The Balcombe Tea Rooms

Highlight • Cafe

Balcombe Tea Rooms is a hidden gem, snuck just round the corner on a
quiet unassuming road from where I rode through the quiet unassuming
village for years before I …

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