2026 PERMANENT (Audax UK) CYCLING EVENTS
Entry fee for all events: £5 (except the Taster Trip, which is £3
(+ £3 temporary membership fee, if you are not a member of AUK or Cycling UK) New Forest National Park TASTER TRIP 50km - (30miles)
This AUK Permanent Event is a short cycle ride intended to give an introduction to the New Forest. I hope you enjoy what on a fine day is spectacular scenery. It is actually the same scenery in the rain, but not always appreciated as much. The route sgeet is written for a start and finish in Lymington with café stop opportunities at Burley and Homsley. A minimum speed of 10kph means that you can linger or pause on the way round. ENTER New Forest TASTER TRIP Permanent 50km New Forest National Park DAY OUT (via Breamore) 100km - (60miles) This event route explores the centre and west of the New Forest National Park and includes descending the Ornamental Drive. NOTE: Breamore is a good place for a half way stop, but the Tea Rooms here are not open in the winter. So, this event is best ridden as a summer cycle ride (There are two other all-year 100km events via Cranborne) The route sheet is written for a Lymington start and finish, but you may use any Control as your start point. ENTER New Forest DAY OUT (via Breamore) Permanent 100km New Forest National Park DAY OUT (via Cranborne and Forest) 100km - (60miles) This is the original New Forest Day Out cycle ride. The route heads west from Lymington into the New Forest before skirting around Burley and continuing to the Avon Valley. From there you continue to reach Cranborne as the half way café stop. The route returns to cross the River Avon again and then follows the scenic ‘Ornamental Drive’ through the heart of the Forest to Brockenhurst. Across heathland to Hatchet Pond before returning to Lymington. ENTER New Forest DAY OUT (via Cranborne & Forest) Permanent 100km New Forest National Park DAY OUT (via Cranborne and Coast) 100km - (60miles) Permanent version of the Second half of the On and Offshore Calendar event. This event route explores the centre and west of the New Forest National Park and including the Ornamental Drive. Cranborne Garden Centre café is a good place for a half way stop, ENTER New Forest DAY OUT (via Cranborne and Coast) Permanent 100km New Forest National Park Excursion 200km - (125miles) This event route explore most parts of the New Forest National Park. On the way you will pass or travel through Ancient and Ornamental woodland, timber Inclosures, heathland, Forest lawns, valley mires, bogs, temporary Mediterranean ponds and coastal grazing marshes (don’t worry you do not have to tick an I-Spy book as well as completing the event) ENTER New Forest EXCURSION Permanent 200km New Forest Goes West 300km - (190miles)
Permanent version of the former 'New Goes West' Calendar event. Heads west through the Forest and across the Somerset Levels towards Weston-Super-Mare, returning via Cheddar Gorge and the Mendips. There are Controls at Podimore, Sedgemore Services, and Nunney Catch Services. ENTER New Forest GOES WEST Permanent 300km Isle of Wight End-to-End 100km - (60miles)
Unless you live on the Isle of Wight this event starts by using the ferry from Lymington to Yarmouth to cross the Solent. Bicycles go free. The event route (and the clock) starts from the Yarmouth ferry terminal with a short warm up to the Needles. Don't rush the few easy climbs on the way to Alum Bay where the only proper climb on the route takes you to the Needles. This is a private road on which you should give way to coastguard vehicles and most certainly to a double deck 'Breezer' bus should you meet one on its way down. From the Control you descend again and continue along the southern side of the island to complete the IoW End to End at Bembridge lifeboat station. From here it is easy cycling on the north of the island to return to Yarmouth. ENTER Isle of Wight End-to-End Permanent 100km BOOK Wightlink ferry ticket New Forest On and Off Shore 200km - (125miles) Permanent version of the 'New Forest On and Off Shore' Calendar event. An opportunity to have a trip across the Solent on the Isle of Wight ferry (drinks and snacks served). Then,starting in Yarmouth, a short warm up to the Needles sets you up for a hilly End-to-End to Bembridge lifeboat station, then back to Yarmouth via the Cowes chain ferry to return the the mainland for an easier 100km finishing along the coast with views of the IoW where you cycled in the morning, finally returning to Lymington ENTER New Forest ON and OFF SHORE Permanent 200km BOOK Wightlink ferry ticket New Forest and Wiltshire Century - 162km (100miles)
Lymington Tuesday Cycling (LTC) was started to encourage bicycle owners who were really non-cyclists to go a bit further. Ten miles to coffee and ten miles home again. Then it grew in both numbers of members and their aspirations. We went on some tours and we always had representatives on the annual CTC Gridiron 100km event around the New Forest. And then.....someone (Mary Godroy) asked if it was really possible to cycle 100 miles in one day? Thus the Mary Godfroy 100 miles cycle ride around the New Forest and Wiltshire was born, and until Covid a small LTC team of individuals who nad never cycled so far before would do it every year. It is not a wickedly challenging route but also by no means flat, taking in zig-zag hill on the way to Shaftesbury and Spread Eagle hill on the way to Blandford. ENTER New Forest and Wiltshire Century 160km |
Public transport to Lymington
Lymington Town railway station is very close to the events start and finish in the town centre. (Lymington Pier railway station is where the IoW events start) There are earlier/ later and more frequent trains on the main line to Brockenhurst, which is about 10km from Lymington. These Audax UK Events You are provided with a route sheet and gps track to follow (the route is not signed on the road). There will be opportunities to feed at the Controls. Use whatever bike suits you. 100km events have a minimum speed of 10kph, which will give you lots of time (all day) to finish. Longer events are harder. You should be an experienced cyclist with fitness and stamina. There is a minimum speed of 15kph for these events. Don't worry about the maximum speed of 30kph - you won't get near it. If you have ridden a 'Sportive' event and you want to try something a bit more challenging in terms of distance and self sufficiency, then an AUK event is for you - And the entry fees are much less too! Prepare your bike carefully for any of these events. Further information Audax UK  |
