Rides calendar and routes to try
• The Colchester Cycling Calendar
• Colchester Cycling Map
• Colchester - Sudbury - Halstead loop
• Marks Tey to Toppesfield loop
• Colchester - Kersey - Hadleigh loop
• Colchester to Stratford St Mary loop
• Colchester - Hadleigh - Raydon loop
• Colchester - Dedham - Ardleigh loop
• Colchester to Walton seaside route
• Abberton Reservoir loop
• Colchester to Brightlingsea avoiding Tenpenny Hill
• Colchester to Fingringhoe via Friday Wood
• More routes based on Colchester
• Port of Harwich: see link or contact us for advice
More cycling maps
• Find a route on the National Cycling Network
• The NCN on an Ordnance Survey map
• Cyclestreets map based on London (easy to use for anywhere in the UK)
• Need more help getting across London?
• Biking routes around Ipswich
Rides & clubs
• Colchester Cycling UK runs Sunday rides at speeds of 10-12 mph (slow) – all ages and abilities. The late Alan Palmer, a CCC member for 30 years, was instrumental in getting this going.
• Suffolk Cycling UK runs Thursday evening rides from Colchester, 14mph. Call Pete Finch on 07860 263921.
• Forty Plus is active across the county and Cycling for Pleasure (Colchester) is for those who like an occasional bimble in good company.
• For racing, sportives, time-trials or audax see Colchester Rovers, VC Revolution, Amis Velo, and VC Oyster (Mersea).
