- Starts: Wednesday 1 October 2025 9:15 am
- Ride leader/Event organiser: Terry Willis
- Category: Wednesday rides
- Terrain: C - Hilly
- Duration: d - All day
- Estimated moving average speed: 12-13mph (19-21kph Medium+)
- Ascent: 2,860ft / 871m
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Start, stops and finish
| Ride start/event venue | The Fox and Hounds, Denmead School Lane Denmead, Waterlooville PO7 6NA More details and map |
| Coffee stop | New Alresford New Alresford More details and map |
| Lunch/dinner stop | White's café Gilbert White's House High Street GU34 3JH More details and map |
| Finish | Hampshire Hog London Road Clanfield PO8 0QD 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: Terry Willis.
Map
A faster ride out via New Alresford for Coffee, before looping around Alton and then dropping down to Selbourne for lunch.
Approx 85km, hilly and demanding in places! (Coming out of Selbourne for example).
Starting at The Fox & Hounds, Denmead then onto Swanmore, Beacon Hill, Cheriton & New Alresford.
Post coffee, north east via Medstead then to Alton. Looping out to Worldham and then Selbourne.
Final leg through Noar Hill, Hawkley and steep Marsh into Petersfield. Ride finishes at The Hampshire Hog, Clanfield.
Full route on attached GPX.
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.
The ride leader has not recorded any bookings yet.
Ride leader notes
Riding a lightweight road bike (during better months) the faster day rides I lead are typically 100-130km (60-80m) and occasionally 160km (100m).
Routes are at best undulating, usually “lumpy” (hilly), sometimes with severe hills!
- Average GOOD speed on “Faster” rides: 23kph (14mph)
- Average TYPICAL speed on “Faster” rides: 21kph (13mph)
Morning only rides are scaled back versions of day rides, usually at the same pace.
I also lead moderate rides as well, where the terrain difficulty is reduced (not so lumpy!) and the speed is adjusted to those attending the ride.
When I lead Waterlooville Community Cycle Club (WCCC) rides, which are generally easy relaxed rides, the pace is that of the slowest attending rider in the group.
About Wednesday rides
Wednesday rides usually start from Havant with stops for elevenses, lunch and sometimes tea. If you're unable to keep up or have a mechanical problem, someone will be available to help you - although we obviously cannot guarantee to solve all problems.
Wednesday rides usually provide a range of options to riders as we'll try to arrange multiple rides with different paces, distance and degree of hilliness.
On Wednesdays it is likely that there will be several riders coming back to the Havant area after an elevenses stop - although they might not include a PCTC ride leader. If that is what you'd like to do, please consult the ride organiser before the day of the ride to ensure someone knows and is able to bring you back.
This article describes what you should consider bringing with you on one of these rides.