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Stating from the Methodists Hall in Meriden, the Heart of England Cycling Club offer three Audax rides in the Warwickshire and Cotswolds countryside. Chose from our 50k, 100k, and 160k rides. Free parking nearby, refreshments provided before with free beans on toast and a drink afterwards. £8 in a...

Stating from the Methodists Hall in Meriden, the Heart of England Cycling Club offer three Audax rides in the Warwickshire and Cotswolds countryside. Chose from our usual 100k and 160k rides and in addition this year, a new 50K audax ride, aimed at newcomers and those returning to cycling. Parking n...

Fellow Beaconites, Just a short note to let you know the CTC Heart of England Meriden Cycle Rally will be held on Sat/Sun 16th & 17th May 2015. There will be four organised rides to choose from on the Saturday; 160k and 105k Audax rides plus 20 and 30 mile Leisure Rides. On Sunday 17th May the 94th...

CTC Heart of England Meriden Audax rides will be held on Sat 16th May 2015. 0800 Start of Cotswold Challenge Audax - 160km across the Avon valley through Cotswold villages (refreshment/control stop) to Moreton-in-Marsh then east to Edge Hill, Burton Dassett Country Park (fine views), Harbury (refre...

That’s great David. Please everyone, if you can join David and attend the Cyclists’ memorial this year, it is our opportunity as a cycling community to remember cyclist who died during WW1. You may not know but the humble cycle was used a lot in 1914. There were Cyclists’ Battalions who carried out ...

CTC Heart of England, 'Cotswold Challenge' 160k Audax. Starting from Meriden, this ride consists of mostly country lanes and takes riders across the Avon and visits many Cotswold villages. The route climbs Edge Hill and passes through Burton Dassett Country Park before returning round Leamington Spa...

CTC Heart of England, 'Warwickshire Wanderer' 105k Audax - Starting from Meriden. The ride consists of mostly country lanes and takes riders across the Avon, then leafy scenery past the Edgehill Civil War site. The route then climbs through Burton Dassett Country Park before returning round Leamingt...

The CTC Heart of England Cycling Rally Weekend has been held for many years at the village of Meriden, between Coventry and Birmingham. Meriden is the proclaimed Centre of England, where a national War Memorial dedicated to cyclists was erected on the village green in 1921. This year sees the centen...