Portsmouth - Langstone Harbour Explorer - 16 miler

If you're fairly confident on your bike and ready to broaden your cycling horizons, our Steady rides are ideal. At a comfortable pace, and possibly with some modest hills along the way, rides take place on mainly quiet roads with plenty of sights along the way. Rides are between 6 and 20 miles long, at a moderate pace of between 7 and 10 miles an hour. From the Watersports Centre we'll head north up the Eastern Road to Farlington Marshes. Exploring the cycleway parallel to the A27 this takes us along the northern edge of Langstone Harbour. We'll have a great view of the harbour and if we are lucky the sight of a large flock of geese on the nature reserve. We'll continue on the shared footpath through to Langstone Technology Park and onto Havant town centre. We'll ride through the lovely Havant Park avoiding one of the cricket players hitting a six! Our route will take us past Havant railway station – so if you want to try the ride again you can start from here. We'll ride along the traffic-free Billy Trail, the disused railway line from Havant to Hayling Island. Again, we'll get a fantastic view across Langstone Harbour. Halfway down the Billy Trail we take a quiet lane, crossing Havant Road at the Yew Tree pub, then follow a quiet lane around to Northney. From here we take a similar route home. This ride is majority along the national cycle network.