Preston u3a Cycling Group🚴

                                Hurst Grange Cafe in October 2025

Group Leader: Ken Youde

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We operate a sedate cycling group where lycra is not de rigeur! Yes we may go upto 16 miles on our jaunts but we take our time and proceed at the rate of the slowest cyclist. We always arrange our routes to visit a café where we partake of coffee/tea/cake/ice cream/fish and chips/etc. - basically, anything they have to offer!
We ask that you have cycled before but emphasise we are 'recreational' cyclists not budding professionals! A bicycle rack for your car would be a bonus as we sometimes venture further afield having done all the routes from our base at St. Cuthbert's.

This group is now getting full. Please email me if you would like to join.

If you are interested in joining this group and suggesting ideas for cycling routes, to contact the Group Leader Ken Youde, click here. 

The group meets on the third Wednesday of the month through spring/summer/autumn. If the weather is looking inclement on the morning of the ride, check out the WhatsApp page to see if it is still going ahead.

Before attending any cycling group meeting you must read the "Participant Risk Assessment" - click here. All riders MUST wear a helmet and preferably some kind of fluorescent top.

Our 2026 season:-

If you could volunteer to lead a ride that would be great.

Ride Schedule 2026:-

Wednesday 17th June: Pat and Norman Green

Wednesday 15th July: Karen Hope

Wednesday 19th August: Christine Kitchen

Wednesday 16th September: Pat Lyon

Wednesday 21st October: ?

Wednesday 18th November: Ken Youde

Wednesday 16th December: Christmas meal

Next Ride:

Ride Leaders: Pat & Norman Green.

Day/Date: Wednesday 17th June 2026.

Meeting point: Broadgate, Stone Bridge.

Parking: parking on Broadgate. 

Ready to leave at: 12 noon

Route: Start at the on-road parking at the end of Broadgate in Preston, near the Old Stone Bridge.

From here we cycle over the bridge and through Lower Penwortham using mainly off-road paths to meet the newly resurfaced Tram Road. Then over the new Tram Bridge to meet up with the Guild Wheel. From here we follow the Guild Wheel to the Brockholes Nature Reserve Café.

After refreshments, we return along the Guild Wheel as far as the Pavilion Café in Avenham Park, where we divert up to the old railway track cycle path and ride through the recently opened Cravengate and into the Preston Station area. We will view the secure cycle storage area and Preston Pedals Cycle Hub at the bottom of Butler Street, before heading up Butler Street to join Fishergate. We will cycle a short distance down Fishergate as far as West Cliff, where we will turn left. From here we will ride through a historic area of Preston and back to the Guild Wheel and continue the short distance back to our starting point on Broadgate.

Refreshments: Brockholes Nature Reserve.

Mileage: 12 miles approx.

Notes: Mainly Cycle Paths, with a very small amount of road cycling.

Want to go?: respond to Pat/Norman via our WhatsApp group message board so they can compile a list of participants..

Weather: if the weather is unsuitable Pat/ Norman will WhatsApp the group beforehand.