Exeter & East Devon Cycling Pages

Cycling routes and events, mostly Audax related, starting in the East Devon area

The Permanents

These are for experienced and self-sufficient cyclists. They may be ridden at any time, but entry should be made well in advance to the organiser. Although the routesheets are each written for a particular start location, you can ask to start at any other control along the route.
Entry forms and other details are available via the Audax UK Permanent events list.
Note that these routesheets may be updated only occasionally.
Entry fee is the same for all the routes at £2 a go.

Two Hilly 100s

Coast and Coach Roads (map here)
Devon and Somerset (map here)
These start from Honiton. They both originated as Audax UK calendar events run on the last weekend of October, the end of the audax season. Now they are available as permanent events so you can ride them when you wish. They are hilly and,as such, attract AAA points.

Exmoor and Coast

200k (click for map)
A simple route with enough climbing to keep you warm and to reward you with AAA points. It's a Tiverton start. If you ride it early in the year, weather permitting, you'll see Snowdrop Valley in full flower. Simonsbath is the halfway point and, unless you are a very cautious descender, you can make up time shortly thereafter.

Blackdowns and Levels

300k (click for map)
The start is at Honiton. It shares a route with the Sea and Levels 200 between Lyme Regis and Clevedon. After Bridgwater, heading west towards South Molton, the hills become more noticeable. The final leg is mainly rolling, with a couple of climbs.

Sea and Levels events

150k and 200k (click for map)
These were devised for a newspaper article featuring cycling routes around the country. Hence the routesheet contains quite a lot of extra information about places on the way. The 150k and the 200k share a routesheet. The 200 does an extra leg out to Clevedon. The start is Lyme Regis, just over the county border in Dorset.

Valley of the Rocks

200k (click for map)
Ride from Honiton to Lynmouth, follow the spectacular coastline past the famous Rocks and along Woody Bay. Visit the resort of Combe Martin, then return on quiet roads and lanes via South Molton and Crediton. Also a calendar event for 2007

Kernow and Southwest

600k (click for map)
This is a challenging and scenic route that covers the SW peninsula. It is best undertaken outside the main holiday period: just before or after the school summer break are ideal times. You'll need to prepare well and carry some provisions. There is a calendar version as well.

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