Stroud Valleys Cycling Club Starting Points

If you aren't too familiar with the area you might be wondering where to meet us for the rides. Here is a mini guide to  the start points complete with Ordnance Survey references.

Runs start from these locations

PO - Stonehouse Post Office

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The Post Office in Stonehouse is easy to find in the High Street on the B4008. It's about 4 miles west of Stroud. Rides from here tend to be less hilly because they go to the Severn Vale but can be longer.

D - Dudbridge cycle track

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This is the cycle track at the roundabout opposite Sainsburys at Dudbridge. The cycle track follows the route of the old railway and we meet at the site of Dudbridge station. The roundabout is on the A419 where the Ebley Bypass meets the Dudbridge Road. Rides from here are either easy if they go east, or hard if they go west. Climbing Selsley Hill will warm you up fast and going to Nailsworth along the cycle track is an easy start saving up the hills for later.

LR - London Road Car Park

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This is the Stroud end of London Road at the roundabout between Waitrose and the Brunel Mall. We meet in the corner at the roundabout where there is a parking area for cycles. Cars can be parked there free on Sunday so don't worry about bringing your bike on the car. Rides from here are invariably hilly with a drag up to Bisley or Butterow or down the valley to Chalford and a climb at Frampton Mansell.

L - Stroud library

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The library is at Lansdown Road near the centre of Stroud. It's opposite the wonderful Institute for Science and Art. We meet by the cycle spaces outside the library or as in the picture, outside the Institute. Rides from here are always hilly and head north up Painswick Old road or the Slad Road.

CT - Upper Mills Cycle Track

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This is near Stonehouse and has a big sign on the main road at the entrance to Upper Mills Industrial Estate.  We meet where the cycle track from Ryeford emerges at the entrance gates of the estate next to the A419. We gather on the bridge over the Stroudwater canal. An adjacent parking space is a convenient place to leave your car. If you get there early, bring some bread for the ducks.

• Stroud Valleys Cycling Club (CTC)