wellington 1
New Member
Planning to do a London to Brighton trip in the summer is there a favourite route for this trip?
If you want to go over Devils Dyke then it might be a good idea to go right in Turners hill and head down through Handcross and Warninglid.
Yep. Red box number is NCN National, Blue box number is NCN Regional (so potentially not unique if you go a long way) and local routes vary with green box numbers currently most popular. Then there are named routes that have name and/or logo on the blue signs, and the meandering Hovis-sponsored National Byway which has brown tourist signs that say National Byway.On my little tour last week on a few occasions we took blue signed routes with numbers in red boxes (are they the NCN ones?) with results that were at best mixed. (Nottingham was great, some others were a bit substandard/ suitable for mountain bikes only)
I've just read your page. I'm really impressed with the effort and detail you've put into it - and I think I'll try that route next time (except for the London escape, because of where I live).Bear in mind that the roads are closed for the actual BHF event, but they won't be when you're riding it. I know that sounds obvious but it does have some influence on your route choice - there's a lot of speeding Audis on those B roads usually.
This is my route - https://cycle.travel/route/london_to_brighton - but as @Dogtrousers says, you're spoilt for choice really.