The Elizabeth Line, formerly Crossrail, provides easy access to many cycle rides in the countryside around London. I’ll be adding new routes regularly. They will all be for any type of bike - no muddy off road routes!
Langley Windsor Great Park Hurst Langley 73 km
An easy 73 km route starting and finishing at Langley station. Out through Windsor Great Park, skirting Wokingham and with a coffee and cake break at 43 km in Dinton Country Park. I rode this as the first part of a 200 km ride i’m planning from London to Whitchurch, based loosely on the Audax “Brace of Bramleys”.
Totally suitable for a road bike, generally good surfaces with no gravelly sections.
Never Far from Maidenhead - 58 km
At just under 60 km, a leisurely circular ride starting and finishing in Maidenhead. With so many changes of direction this is a great ride for a breezy day because you are never left slogging into a headwind for long.
Two refreshments stops - at 20 km and 44 km. Options to cut the route short.
Shenfield - Good, Quiet Roads
A ride of just over 60 km from Shenfield at the eastern end of the Elizabeth Line. Good quality, quiet roads with no hills and two recommended refreshments stops at Matching Tye and Norton Heath.
Twyford, Stokenchurch, Maidenhead
Starting from Twyford station, the route took me to a hot drink and homemade cake at the Ewelme Village Store before turning north through Cuxham to the A40 old Oxford to London road for a long but easy climb to Stokenchurch. It was then downhill through the picturesque village of Hambleden to the weir at Mill End. The route then took me on familiar roads passing the Velolife cafe at Warren Row before reaching Maidenhead for a train back to London on the Elizabeth Line.