The Petworth End of Summer Time 200

Description

210km cycling event starting from Pound Street Car Park, Petworth, W Sussex. Controls at Petersfield, Hampers Green Community Centre, Pease Pottage Service Station and Hampers Green Community Centre., plus 4 information controls.

An End of Summer Time 210k ride of two loops starting in Petworth and centred on Hampers Green Community Centre, Petworth.

Entry fee covers food at start, manned control and the finish. No entries on the line.

Final Welcome Letter, Routesheet and GPX track will be sent to online entrants the week before the event. On request for postal entries.

Start in the free Pound Street Car Park (Behind Co-Op Store). One feed on route at halfway in the Hampers Green Village Hall and again at the finish.

Stage 1 (36km) initially leaving Petworth N on a main road before you turn W through Lurgashall and Fernhurst on country lanes. Further country lanes after Fernhurst take you W to Elmers Marsh before you head N to Liphook (INFO). From Liphook, you head SW on the former route of the A3 to Petersfield and the well-used Esso Petrol Station to CONTROL.

Stage 2 (49km) from Petersfield you head SE to South Harting before climbing Harting Hill over the South Downs, and then passing through Chilgrove to Lavant. After a short section on a main road in Lavant, you are soon skirting the N of Chichester to the second INFO. You return to Petworth via a main road, that includes a descent of Duncton Hill, before returning to Hampers Green Village Hall to CONTROL.

Stage 3 (34k) returning through Petworth you are soon heading SE through Pulborough and Storrington into Steyning. Passing though Steyning you take the lanes through Botolphs and Coombes to the traffic lights crossing the A27 for INFO.

Stage 4 (35k) retracing back to and through Steyning, before heading N to Partridge Green. From here you continue heading N on minor roads to join the A281 for a few hundred metres into Lower Beeding. You then remain on the B2110 into Handscross, before arriving at the Pease Pottage Services (near Crawley) to CONTROL.

Stage 5 (56k) leaving Pease Pottage you head W to Colgate before heading N through Faygate and Rusper. From Rusper you head NW towards Capel. A short section on the A24 is needed before turning W towards Cranleigh. The main road could have been used, but you are taken down Were Street, passing through Paynes Green, Oakwoodhill and Walliswood before reaching the outskirts of Ewhurst. Back on a main road you are soon in Cranleigh (INFO) before heading SW, passing through Alfold, Loxwood and Kirdford, before arriving for Arrivee at the Hampers Green Village Hall.

Event Date and Location

Date:

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 Add Event to my Personal Calendar

Distance:

200 km (210 km) in 14h00

Time:

08:30 to finish by 22:30

Starting from:

Pound Street Car Park, Petworth, W Sussex

Fee:

£9.00

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PARENTAL CONSENT is required for entrants under 18 years of age. This can be declared by the parent/guardian making an online entry on behalf of the under 18 rider. Otherwise, although an entry can be made online, the parent/guardian should complete and sign the parental consent form available here. More information about event entry terms related to under 18 year olds is here.