Stage 5 Course Details

Headquarters: All Saints Parish Church Hall, Chapel Green, Crowborough, Sussex TN6 1ED.

Time of Start: 12:00

Course Details: TL outside the Church Hall and TR at the mini-rab.  Descend Crowborough Hill and go under the railway bridge to the end of the Neutralisation.  In Rotherfield (2.7) TL into North Street.  Take care on Z-bends before climb of Blackdon Hill (KoM 4.7).   TR onto A26 and then TL into Broadwater Forest Lane (7.6).  Bear L, L again and then R and R again (all with the priority) into Groombridge (10.4).  TL and then bear R at top of the hill to top of Withyham Hill.  TL into Ladies Mile (KoM 17.2, 21.4, 25.6 and 29.8).  At Motts Mill  (13.7) TL onto B2188 to start 5 full laps of circuit. (17.9, 22.1, 25.3, 30.5 and 34.7).  Then TR to Lye Green where bear R to Friars Gate.  TL to Crowborough.  At summit (KoM 38.6 and 43.6) TL to Lye Green.   At junc with B2188 TL to Kingstanding (KoM 48.0).  (Circuit starts in 1 mile). TR onto B2026 and proceed to Hartfield (52.3, 58.9 and 65.4).  TL to Colemans Hatch (54.5, 61.0 and 65.6) where TL and in 0.2 miles TL again by ‘The Hatch’ and up ‘The Wall’ to Gills Lap (KoM 56.1, 62.7 and 69.3).  At the end of the 3^rd lap TR to Kingstanding.  TL onto B2188 to Lye Green (73.8).  TR to Crowborough to Finish by ’30 sign’. (KoM  75.2).

Hot Spots Primes: None

K.o.M: Blackdon Hill (cat2) (4.7 miles), Ladies Mile (cat 4) (17.2, 21.4, 25.6 & 29.8 miles), Crowborough (cat 1) (38.6, 43.6 miles), Kingstanding (cat 1) (48.0 miles), The Wall (cat 1) (56.1, 62.7 & 69.3 miles), Finish Line (cat 2) (75.2 miles).

Finish Point: By 30mph sign in Crowborough.

Race Distance: 75.2 miles, 120.7 kilometers

Our version of an Alpine Stage – not a flat bit of road anywhere.   Sussex roads don’t go very high but they go there very quickly and far too frequently if you have tired legs.