Want some climbs

If you live in the Wimbledon and surrounding boroughs and want some short sharp hills to have a go at look no further than those from the top of Wimbledon Hill, turn past Tescos at the top onto the Ridgeway, turn left and drop down to Worple Road a right turn and you can soon turn right again to climb then at the top onto the Ridgeway, so up and down the hills until you come to the end of the Ridgeway where you encounter a small roundabout, straight across into Copse Hill (time for a good breath as you drop to Coombe Lane. Turn left to go into Raynes Park and you can do the whole thing in reverse starting at Durham Road that leads up to the small roundabout you crossed a little earlier, then up and down again and end back at Wimbledon Hill, top or bottom.
This can go on for as long as you want or can keep going, check out your mapping system or A-Z to see the way the roads run, it will certainly give you a good sharp or slow workout.
All the best.

Geoff G.

Author: Geoff Gregory

1 Comment:

Dave Vine 29 March 2020 at 10:05 BST

Excellent idea Geoff. A long time ago I used this loop as a training ride for a trip to Venezuela, when I had hardly any time away from work. Only about 13 miles out and back from home, but 1,400ft climbing. There are 7 climbs outbound in my version, all but one over 10%, max about 15%, same for the return leg.

I rode this route on Friday. I ended the outward leg on the cycle path through Morley Park, an excellent new park, once part of the former Atkinson Morley Hospital site. Return was a reverse of the outward, so I experienced all the hills both climbing and descending. Super views on the descents over to the Surrey Hills.Main risk is you admire the view so much you forget to stop at the bottom in Worple Rd.

If you do this 8 times it's hillier than The Shark 200k Audax which I had intended doing in April.

I’ll put a route map on the blog.