- Starts: Wednesday 11 March 2026 9:00 am
- Ride leader/Event organiser: Phil Beed

- Category: Faster rides
- Terrain: B - Very hilly
- Duration: d - All day
- Estimated moving average speed: 12-13mph (19-21kph Medium+)
- Ascent: 2,660ft / 812m
- A - Severe. Route has extreme elevation change, with both short and longer sustained climbs (e.g. Duncton Hill).
- B - Very hilly. Route has major elevation change, with longer sustained climbs (e.g. Harting Hill from the south).
- C - Hilly. Route is undulating with a number of short climbs involved (e.g. Havant to Bishop's Waltham).
- D - Gentle. Route has minor elevation change on gentle slopes (e.g. south coast cycle route to Chichester).
- E - Flat. Route has little or no elevation change (e.g. Portsea Island).
- Cancel or postpone this ride
Our grading scheme
When grading routes we use the following scheme:
Start and stops
| Ride start/event venue | Denmead community centre School Lane Denmead PO7 6LU More details and map |
| Coffee stop | Graffham Village Shop The Street Graffham GU28 0QD More details and map |
| Lunch/dinner stop | Wendy's Bosham Walk Bosham PO18 8HX More details and map |
| Tea stop | The Woodmancote Woodmancote More details and map |
All rides return to the start unless stated otherwise. Use the 'Map' link below to see a map of all locations
Contact us about this event
Send an email to ride leader/event organiser: Phil Beed.
Map
Combining a Wednesday Ride with a recce of riding our CCP Audax route in the reverse direction.
Start at Denmead Community Centre 9am
A moderately hilly ride out to Graffham for 11'es at the village shop (40Km)
A few more hills, including the climb up to Duncton, then Upwaltham and East Dean, picking up the Centurion Way at West Dean. From here the riding is mostly flat.
Two options for lunch, we'll make a decision on the day:
a) At Chichester go slightly off route for the Dolphin and Anchor (70Km).
b) Wendy's Cafe at Bosham (80Km)
After lunch we'll head back to Denmead to complete the route. Total distance 107Km, total climb only 812 Metres, but first half is hilly.

Bookings for this ride/event
Booking is required for this ride. Please let the ride leader know if you want to join. Please do not turn up for the ride unless you've had your booking confirmed or your name appears below.
There are 8 spaces available for the leader and riders. Of these, 5 are left.
Bookings recorded for this ride (Log in to see rider names):
- A PCTC member
- A PCTC member
To ask to join this ride, please use the 'Contact us about this ride' link above to send an email to the ride leader.
About faster rides
Our other rides go at the pace of the slowest rider or we will split the ride to accommodate a slower rider. 'Faster rides' go faster than other rides and people joining are expected to keep up.
We're not talking about professional or even 'club' riding speeds, but trying to ride at any speed faster than you can manage is an unpleasant experience.
If you want to join a faster ride, but uncertain whether you can keep up:
- Consider trying one or two of our other rides classed as A (Demanding) or B (Hilly) first. If you're able to keep up without difficulty that's a good indication you're ready for a faster ride. The chances are you'll be riding with other members familiar with faster rides that can help you with your assessment.
- In any case, contact the ride leader and discuss your experience to date with them. Bear in mind, however, that subjective assessments of average speed and cruising speed are notoriously unreliable even for those that routinely use cycle computers.
Before you join a faster ride, please review the route and prepare to make your own way back if you're struggling to keep up - and we all have bad days. We will not, however, intentionally drop slower riders; nor will we leave riders without first checking they are confident with getting back.
