Mole Valley Cycling Forum

Surrey Hills Cycleworks has sadly closed.  The nearest cycle shop, other than those listed below, is Horsley Cycles

Dorking

Destination Bike - Box Hill, 2 Green Tiles Box Hill Road, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 7JE 

Head For The Hills, 43 West Street. tel: (01306) 885007. Mountain bikes, road bikes, accessories and clothing. 
The Cycle Collective, 1a St Martin's Walk, Dorking RH4 1UT
Clunkerz Bicycle Company (formerly Bikes Direct U.K), The Gatehouse, Parsonage Mill, Station Road, Dorking. RH4 1EL
Cogs Bicycle Workshop, 43 South St, Dorking RH4 2JX
Just Pedal, The Workshop @ Denbies Wine Estate Dorking, London Road, Dorking, RH5 6AA. Provides bicycle repairs and servicing

Nirvana Cycles, 2 The Green, Westcott Street. tel: (01306) 740300. Open seven days per week. 

 

WeFixYourBike.com is a cycle servicing & repairs business based in Bookham, but also offering a free collection & return service covering Bookham, Fetcham, Cobham, Oxshott, Horsley, Leatherhead, Ashtead, Clandon & surrounding areas. 

Domex is based in Letherhead and provides mobile bike repair services in surrounding areas.

Clunkerz, The Gatehouse, Parsonage Mill, Station Road, Dorking. RH4 1EL
Destination Bike - Box Hill, 2 Green Tiles Box Hill Road, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 7JE 

Head For The Hills, 43 West Street, Dorking. tel: (01306) 885007. Mountain bikes for hire.

Nirvana Cycles, 2 The Green, Westcott Street, Westcott. tel: (01306) 740300 Mountain bikes for hire.

Surrey Bike Box Hire, based in Ashtead, offer quality bike boxes in a hire service for local Surrey riders looking to take their bikes safely abroad. Tel: 07963 161367.

Surrey Hills Mountain Biking provides Mountain Bike Skills Coaching & Instructions

Five leisure routes from Mole Valley Family Cycle Days - please be aware these were designed some years ago, and are currently being reviewed:

A family ride to Brockham (6 miles)

A family ride through Norbury Park (7 miles)

A ride around the eastern boundary of Mole Valley (36 miles, or 14 mile shorter ride)

A ride around the western boundary of Mole Valley (40 miles, or 17 mile shorter ride)

A tour of little villages in Mole Valley (27 miles, or 16 mile shorter ride)

The Surrey County Council website Get Cycling in Surrey page lists a number of routes, and associated information. Part of the Surrey Cycleway lies in Mole Valley. 

The Bikehike website allows a course to be plotted on Google and Ordnance Survey maps simultaneously, with auto routing (on roads) on the Google map. Upload and download of routes to and from GPS units is supported.

The CycleStreets website has a country-wide (and more) cycle journey planner, providing a choice of three routes for any journey - fastest, quietest and 'balanced'.

Cycle.travel is a website and app that provides quite advanced features.

The Sustrans interactive map also provides a country-wide cycle journey planner, highlighting local amenities and attractions.

Surrey County Council provides information on cycling in Surrey, including instructions on accessing routes shown on the Surrey Interactive Map.
A number of routes are available from the Surrey Hills Organisation

Oaktree Routes comprises a series of laminated maps showing bridleways, footpaths and quiet roads in Surrey,

Redlands Woods Mountain Biking Trails maps the off-road trails in the Redlands area of Leith Hill

There are quite a lot of books and leaflets with cycle maps of Surrey in them, the following are somewhat dated but may be of interest.....

Rural Rides 1, West Surrey, Ron Strutt, published by Cicerone Press ca.1998. Routes up to 10 miles suitable for families. (Note: for further cycling titles in the UK, see Cicerone Press Limited)

Rural Rides 2, East Surrey, Ron Strutt, published by Cicerone Press 1998. Routes up to 10 miles suitable for families. (Note: for further cycling titles in the UK, see Cicerone Press Limited)

On your Bike in Surrey, Valerie Bennett, published by Countryside Books, 2001. Road routes up to 22 miles. 

Cycling without Traffic: Southeast, Nick Cotton, published by Dial House, 2000. Routes up to 10 miles suitable for families. 

More Cycling without Traffic: Southeast, Nick Cotton, published by Dial House, rev.2000. Routes up to 10miles suitable for families. 

Cycle Tours, one day routes in Kent, Surrey and Sussex, Nick Cotton, published by Ordnance Survey and George Philip, rev 1999. A mix of road and off-road routes for day rides, ranging up to 33miles for road routes and 23 miles for of-road.

Services are provided by Southern (S), South Western Railway (SW) and Great Western Railway (GWR). Train operators allow a limited number of bikes to be taken on most services free of charge. However, restrictions apply to peak trains to and from London - please check with the corresponding rail operator's website for the latest details. There are ten railway stations in Mole Valley, of which three are in Dorking. There is provision for cycle parking at all stations, mainly of the Sheffield Stand type (2 spaces per stand).