2017 SPORTIVE / CHARITY RIDE – LONG ROUTE LESS EXPERIENCED RIDERS SHOULD SELECT THE SHORT ROUTE. Note - the HQ closes at 2:30pm General – Abide by traffic lights throughout the route (both permanent and temporary) - you have already agreed to abide by all the rules of the road. Ref. Direction Sign Comment Guidance notes – LONG ROUTE Miles 1 - - Start of route - Deeley's car park 0.00 2 Left - Left - Herald Ave 0.00 3 Left - Take 1st exit - Tile Hill Lane 0.10 4 Left Care Traffic Left at lights – Vanguard Ave We advise less confident 0.42 riders to dismount and take the foot path along Tile Hill Lane to rejoin the route after the traffic lights on the A45 (Ref 7) 5 Right Care Use centre bus lane Right - Herald Ave – take centre bus lane 0.48 6 Right Care Take LH lane Right - A45 – left hand lane 0.57 7 Left - Left at lights – Tile Hill Lane 0.68 7A Straight Care Pot hole 1.25 8 Straight - Cross traffic lights 1.66 9 Straight - Cross traffic lights – Tanner's Lane 2.26 9A Straight Care Pot hole 2.64 10 Left - 1st exit – Spencer's Lane 3.30 11 Right Care Oncoming traffic Turn right - Nailcote Lane (B4101) 3.52 11A Straight Care Pot holes 3.66 12 Straight - Straight at Hodgett's Lane 3.94 12A Straight Care Pot holes 4.41 13 Straight - Straight accross lights at A452 5.20 14 Left - Turn left - Holly Ln 5.43 15 Straight Care Main road Straight across cross road – Bree's Lane 6.60 16 Left - Take first exit at island – Honiley Road 6.90 17 Straight - Continue on A4177 7.31 18 Left - Turn left opposite Honiley Boot 8.01 19 Right - Curve right 8.34 20 Left - Slight left - Honiley Rd 8.92 21 Right - At T turn right - Red House Farm Ln 9.65 22 Straight - Continue - Beausale Ln 10.14 23 Right Care Surface Right - Firs Ln 10.40 24 Left - Curve Left 11.00 25 Straight Care Main road Continue across main road - The Green 11.63 26 Straight Care Traffic Continue - Dark Ln 11.95 27 Straight LONG Note - short route turns right 13.21 28 Left - Slight left - Norton Curlieu Ln 13.40 29 Straight - Keep straight to stay on Norton Curlieu Ln 14.00 30 Right Care Main road Turn right - A4189 and in 100yds 14.02 31 Left - Immediate left - Brittons Ln 14.05 32 Straight Care Main road Straight across Warwick Rd and up hill 14.39 33 Left - Slight left at pub and down hill – Snitterfield Lane 14.61 34 Straight - Stay on Snitterfield Ln 15.45 35 Right - Stay right - Snitterfield Lane 15.65 36 Straight - Continue onto Church Rd 16.67 37 Right - Turn right at T - Smith's Ln 17.05 38 Left Care Road works Turn left - The Green 17.66 39 Right - Turn right - Gospel Oak Ln 18.46 40 Straight - Stay on Gospel Oak Ln 19.29 41 Right Care Main road At T turn right - Birmingham Rd (A3400) 19.90 42 Left - Turn left - Featherbed Ln 20.17 43 Straight - Continue - Station Rd 20.34 44 Left - Turn left - Church Rd 21.26 45 Straight - Continue - Billesley Rd 21.46 46 Straight Continue - Billesley Rd 22.06 2017 SPORTIVE / CHARITY RIDE – LONG ROUTE LESS EXPERIENCED RIDERS SHOULD SELECT THE SHORT ROUTE. Note - the HQ closes at 2:30pm General – Abide by traffic lights throughout the route (both permanent and temporary) - you have already agreed to abide by all the rules of the road. Ref. Direction Sign Comment Guidance notes – LONG ROUTE Miles 47 Straight Care Steep down hill Continue - Billesley Rd 22.46 48 Right - Turn right towards Aston Cantlow - Wood Lane 23.00 49 Left - Continue left into Wood Lane 24.02 50 Left - Turn left - Mill Ln 25.11 51 Right Care Tight turn Tight right turn in Walcote 25.45 52 Left Care Tight turn Tight left in Walcote 25.56 53 Left - Turn left up Pelham Ln towards Haselor 26.01 54 Right - Turn right - Croft Ln 26.35 55 Straight Care Main road Straight over and UP Croft Lane> Temple Grafton 26.99 56 Right - Turn right at Church Bank 28.09 56A Straight Care Pot holes 28.42 57 Right - Keep Right in Ardens Grafton 28.60 58 Right Care Steep down hill Tight right and down steep hill 28.70 59 Left - Left – Follow road thru Exhall Village 29.65 60 Right - Fork right at small junction 30.61 61 Right - Turn right opp 3 HorseShoes> thru Wixford 30.66 62 Right - Up over bridge over A46 then Curve right 31.06 63 Right Care Main road Turn right onto A422 31.64 64 Straight - Continue straight thru Arrow on A422 32.54 65 Straight Care Main road 2nd exit at Island» into Alcester – Evesham Street 32.71 66 Straight - Straight into Alcester 32.82 67 Right - Right at island (3rd exit) onto Swan St 33.27 68 Left - Turn LEFT - High St (the main shopping street) 33.46 69 Straight - Continue onto Church St 33.49 70 Straight - Continue onto Henley St 33.50 71 Straight - Straight across mini island up Captains Hill 34.02 72 Right - Mother Huff Cap -Curve right on main road 35.39 73 Left - Left on main road 35.56 74 Straight - Straight 37.79 75 Left - Follow main road to left 37.98 76 Right - Follow main road to right 38.18 77 Straight - Straight to Wooton Wawen (Do not use Pennyford Lane) 38.84 78 Right Care Traffic Turn right - B4089 39.56 79 Right Care Main road Turn right - Stratford Rd/A3400 (Cross Carefully) 39.75 80 Left - Turn left - Pettiford Ln (Near Wooten Wawen Cafe) 40.16 81 Right - Fork Right 41.66 82 Right Care Main road Slight right onto Warwick Road (A4189) 41.70 83 Left - Turn left after Crab Mill Pub 41.98 84 Left - Keep Left road 42.24 85 Right - At T turn right - Preston Rd (Possible flooding) 42.92 86 Left - Slight Left stay on Preston Rd 43.66 87 Straight Care Steep down hill Descent into Lowsonford -keep left at bottom 44.14 88 Left - Slight left onto Lapworth St (Passing Fleur de Lys Pub) 44.44 89 Straight - Straight -stay on Lapworth St. 44.64 90 Straight - Straight -stay on Lapworth St. 45.34 91 Straight - Straight -stay on Lapworth St crossing over M40 46.04 92 Straight - Straight -stay on Lapworth St to end of lane 46.52 93 Left - Turn left onto Old Warwick Rd (B4439) 46.79 94 Right - Immediate right onto Packwood Ln 46.85 95 Straight Care Traffic Slight right to stay on Packwood Ln 46.91 96 Right - Curve right - Rising Ln 47.18 97 Straight - Straight -pass Punch Bowl Pub on right 47.80 98 Left - Turn left - Netherwood Ln (Opp Baddesley Clinton) 48.76 2017 SPORTIVE / CHARITY RIDE – LONG ROUTE LESS EXPERIENCED RIDERS SHOULD SELECT THE SHORT ROUTE. Note - the HQ closes at 2:30pm General – Abide by traffic lights throughout the route (both permanent and temporary) - you have already agreed to abide by all the rules of the road. Ref. Direction Sign Comment Guidance notes – LONG ROUTE Miles 99 Right - Right to stay on Netherwood Ln 49.39 100 Straight Care Main road Straight across A4141 - Oldwich Ln W 49.83 100A Straight Care Pot hole 50.09 101 Right - Curve right - Oldwich Ln E 50.84 102 Straight - Cross into Table Oak Ln 51.75 103 Left - Turn left - Holly Ln 52.09 103A Straight Care Pot hole 52.93 104 Right Care Main road Turn right - Alder Ln (B4101) 53.26 105 Straight - Straight across traffic lights - Kelsey Lane B4101 53.46 106 Left - Turn left - Spencers Ln (just past Nailcote Hall) 55.20 107 Right - 2nd exit – Tanners Lane 55.39 107A Straight Care Pot hole 56.08 108 Straight - Cross traffic lights – Tile Hill Lane 56.41 109 Straight Care Traffic Cross traffic lights – Tile Hill Lane 57.44 110 Right Care Keep to left lane Right at lights – Vanguard Ave 58.09 111 Left - Left at lights – Herald Ave 58.19 112 Straight - 2nd exit – Herald Ave 58.26 113 Left - Left into Deeley's car park 58.42 114 Finish - Congratulations you have finished