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Furnace Lane – Forest Way Cycle Path loop from East Grinstead

Furnace Lane – Forest Way Cycle Path loop from East Grinstead

Hard

5.0

(1)

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Furnace Lane – Forest Way Cycle Path loop from East Grinstead

03:03

53.4km

540m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 22, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 14 m for 30 m

After 53.4 km for 30 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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6.28 km

Fifty Acre Wood

Forest

7.68 km

Furnace Lane

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

This is one of my favourite country lanes and is featured in the book Lost Lanes (No. 3). It follows the route of Kent Water and is an absolutely gorgeous route through a little valley.

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19.0 km

Rywell Road

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

A gorgeous country lane surrounded by fields, generally quiet

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20.2 km

The Slips

Forest

32.7 km

Broadwater Warren Quiet Forest Road

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

Well surfaced and almost traffic-free Road going from High Rocks pub to Groombridge village (or vice versa) through Broadwater Warren - former unmanaged conifer plantation that is being gradually reverted …

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42.0 km

Stone Arch Bridge on Forest Way

Highlight • Bridge

Just another little part of history. Just imagine the old steam trains going through.

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42.0 km

Forest Way Cycle Path

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

Gorgeous in summer, a firm path (not paved so muddy after rain) covered in trees that follows the path of an old railway line and now exclusively for bikes, hikers and horses. Great with children and virtually flat

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47.4 km

Forest Way Country Park – National Cycle Network Route 21

Highlight • Cycleway

A ten mile stretch of the National Cycle Network running from East Grinstead to Groombridge

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47.4 km

Forest Way

Highlight • Cycleway

The Forest Way is a shared use trail on the line of the disused railway between East Grinstead and Groombridge. It forms part of the Sussex section of the Avenue Verte, the long distance cycle route between London and Paris.

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49.8 km

Forest Way Country Park

Highlight • Rest Area

Superb gravel route in to East Grinstead.

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53.4 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

30.5 km

13.8 km

4.75 km

1.72 km

1.50 km

1.10 km

112 m

Surfaces

26.9 km

11.0 km

7.83 km

7.30 km

411 m

Elevation

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Highest point (130 m)

Lowest point (30 m)

Weather

Wednesday 6 May

16°C

6°C

18 %

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Max wind speed: 11.0 km/h

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Furnace Lane – Forest Way Cycle Path loop from East Grinstead

Furnace Lane

Rywell Road

Broadwater Warren Quiet Forest Road

Stone Arch Bridge on Forest Way

Forest Way Cycle Path

Forest Way Country Park – National Cycle Network Route 21

Forest Way

Forest Way Country Park

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