- Starts: Wednesday 3 December 2025 10:15 am
- Ride leader/Event organiser: Tricia Farnham
- Supported by: Martine Hebblethwaite
- Category: Wednesday rides
- Terrain: E - Flat
- Duration: am - Morning only (finishes before lunch)
- Estimated moving average speed: 10-11mph (16-18kph Easy+)
- Ascent: 535ft / 160m
Start, stops and finish
| Ride start/event venue | Hayling ferry (Hayling side) Ferry Road Hayling More details and map |
| Coffee stop | Canteen Café Point Battery & Barracks Broad Street PO1 2FS More details and map |
| Finish | Langstone Technology Park Langstone Road Havant PO9 1SA 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 leader: Tricia Farnham.
Send an email to supporter: Martine Hebblethwaite.
Send an email to both Tricia Farnham and Martine Hebblethwaite.
Map
Meet at Hayling ferry (Hayling side) to catch 10.20am ferry. Alternatively meet Eastney side of Hayling ferry at 10.30am.
Ride along Eastney and Southsea sea front to Broad Street, Old Portsmouth. Pause for group photo at sign saying "OLD PORTSMOUTH, Broad Street", between the Square ad Round Towers.
According to the "Visit Portsmouth" web site the Round Tower was built around 1418 to defend the entrance to Portsmouth harbour and to prevent raids on the city by French ships. Wikipedia says it is a Grade 1 listed building.
Adjacent to the Round Tower is The Canteen cafe. We may have our coffee stop here, but if too crowded we could head back to The Coffee Pot via Clarence Parade, South Parade, then Eastney Esplanade. Next Henderson Road, Ironbridge Road, Furze Lane, Moorings Way ad Shore Avenue to the Solent Way shared cycle path. Hence to Eastern Road cycleway, Farlington Marsh cycleway and Langstone Technology Park, where our group ride ends having completed 20 miles.
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.
This ride is currently full but we encourage you to ask to join the wait list. That will let the ride leader:
- Find out the demand for that type of ride
- Nominate you as a replacement if someone drops out
- Arrange to split the ride if there is sufficient demand
Bookings recorded for this ride (Log in to see rider names):
- A PCTC member
- A PCTC member
- A PCTC member
- A PCTC member
- A PCTC member
- A PCTC member
- A PCTC member
- 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 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.