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Cycling For Health: Wednesday Morning Rides

Morning Rides from 19th May 2021

Price:  Session £5 or Session Bike Hire and Helmet £10

From Wednesday 19th May Cycling is back to the original starting time 10am and bike hire/helmet is available (limited number).

The Cycling for Health programme is a series of weekly led rides in the Lee Valley Reginal Park organised by Epping Forest District Council for Adults 18 plus. Cycling is a great activity that can help you get active and improve your health without high costs or high intensity activity that can leave you aching or fatigued. Furthermore, cycling is a very low impact activity so it can also be enjoyed by absolutely everyone.We also have Monday Evening rides throughout the summer so please take a look. 

The routes used are generally traffic free as we stick to bridleways and paths. The rides are approximately 10 to 15km (6-10miles) and although this may sound short the routes differ in intensity and terrain. Currently we won’t be having a break at a café, so please bring a drink and a snack and the sessions will be one hour and 45minutes long. (this may change)

Book here online or call 01992 564226 (phone lines open 10am to 4pm Monday to Friday not including Bank Holidays) 

Please see our size chart, check your bike size here.

Gradients

The routes used are generally traffic free as we stick to bridleways and paths. The rides are approximately 1.45hours long and we cover approximately 10 to 15 km (6 – 10 miles) and although this may sound short the routes differ in intensity and terrain. During the cycle we will stop for a drink and snake (not provided) We won’t be stopping at any Cafes when we first return to Cycling from 14th April 2021 to 12th May 2021. Each ride is given a gradient.

Easy

Routes are flat and on walking/cycling paths where participants can keep a constant steady pace.

Medium

These routes will have varying gradients and may be on bridal way or solid earth paths. There will still be large sections of flat paths.

 

Programme of Rides

Wed 19/05/2021 10:00am Gunpowder Park Car Park EN9 3GP Easy

Wed 26/05/2021 10:00am Clayton Hill Car Park EN9 2HU Medium

Wed 02/06/2021 10.00am Fishers Green Car Park EN9 2EF Medium

Wed 09/06/2021 10:00am Hooks Marsh Car Park EN9 2ED Easy

Wed 16/06/2021 10:00am Gunpowder Park Car Park EN9 3GP Medium

 

Meeting Points

Meet at Lee Valley Park, Hooks Marsh car park. Fishers Green Lane, Crooked Mile, Waltham Abbey. EN9 2ED Gradient Easy.

Meet at Lee Valley Park, Gunpowder Park car park. Sewardstone Road, Waltham Abbey. EN9 3GP Gradient Easy.

Meet at Lee Valley Park, Clayton Hill car park. Clayton Hill, Nazeing Road, Nazeing. EN9 2HU Gradient Medium.

Meet at Lee Valley Park, Fishers Green car park. Stubbins Hall Lane, Crooked Mile, Waltham Abbey. EN9 2EF