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Child-friendly cycle routes - Michael Scott (2nd Jul 2009 - 13:35:19) Can anyone recommend some good cylce routes for kids of 5/6 years old - ideally not gravel paths or grass, preferably concrete / very, very quiet roads. And flat. And picturesque. Thanks

Re: Child-friendly cycle routes - Chris (2nd Jul 2009 - 15:21:41) Michael, I only know of the non-concreted kind such as Queen Elizabeth Country Park or Alice Holt Park. Ludshott Common/Waggoners Wells are the same. The Heath at Petersfield may be a good compromise but its also not concreted.

Re: Child-friendly cycle routes - Chris Adamson (3rd Jul 2009 - 11:56:56) Milland is a very pretty village with relatively flat and usually quiet roads. My friends and I have enjoyed many a pleasant cycle ride from Liphook to tackle the gruesome Lynchmere hill or anti-clockwise challenged by the equally exhausting hill from Milland up towards the Black Fox. Perhaps if you drove there with cycles attached to your car, you could cycle up towards Lynchmere and back and treat the kids to refreshments at the pub!! It's part of the LiDBA bike ride - early training :-)

Re: Child-friendly cycle routes - MattD (3rd Jul 2009 - 22:12:20) If its to teach your kids to ride I took mine to the old ICI site near fernhurst, its closed down but you can still get in under the barrier and there is a big road all the way round the main building and various car parks off of that, all empty. It is protected by security but no one has ever said anything to us, alternatively there is the King Edward VII hospital at Easebourne, which is very much the same situation, Matt

Re: Child-friendly cycle routes - Sarah (4th Jul 2009 - 14:03:11) Hello We agree with the Ludshott Common suggestion. If you head through Bramshott up Rectory Lane to the very top you will come to a car park. The common has lots of long straight paths, many very hard if not tarmac (or other hard surface) and it's a great place for children to ride in lovely surroundings. Alternatively as suggested there is the Waggoners Wells side.

Re: Child-friendly cycle routes - mike brown (7th Jul 2009 - 20:02:06) Both sides of Bramshott Common are great for Kids. If you park in the layby by the Canadian Memorial on the A3, you can head back towards the old Little Chef on compacted gravel surfaces or go under the recently constructed underpass and link up with the bit of the common that eventually leads to Waggoners Wells/Ludshott Common. Another option is the bridleways/byways that run off-road from the Deers Hut through to the Portsmouth Road by the Golf course and then on to Iron Hill. The roads from the Portsmouth Road to Forest Mere and Liphook Equine Hospital are also really quiet.

Re: Child-friendly cycle routes - P Weyland (12th Jul 2009 - 21:36:12) Slab common at Bordon is very good for young ones on bikes. In WW2 it was used to house Lithuanian migrants and has left a huge network of tarmacced roads in-accessible to cars including a massive square of tarmac. Some people refer to it as the 'old laundry' If you park in on of the laybys on the A325 over Broxhead common the best access is to cross over the road and head down the path with the barrier over it (next to the access road to the Oncology place), head down the hill and turn left at the bottom. Alternatively you can access it from Bolley Avenue/BOSC club.

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