Grouse Road – Furnace Pond loop from Balcombe
Grouse Road – Furnace Pond loop from Balcombe
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Grouse Road – Furnace Pond loop from Balcombe
01:56
39.7km
400m
Road cycling
Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: June 26, 2026
Tips
The surface along some of this route may not be suitable
Some segments of your route comprise a surface that may not be suitable for your chosen sport.
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After 39.7 km for 81 m
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
Get Directions
587 m
The Balcombe Tea Rooms
Highlight • Cafe
quiet unassuming road from where I rode through the quiet unassuming
village for years before I discovered it was there by riding past it on a “I
wonder where this goes?” lost lanes explore. Now they know my sandwich order. It’s been a mid-ride destination on many occasions, a life-saver on a few, we cried when it was shut on that grey damp day and it’s a proper no frills nice place to be. You can sit outside in the summer and warm up in winter while gazing out the steamed up windows wondering if the mizzle’s going to ease. They can do you a full roast dinner with a pudding adrift in custard for afters if you want, but they do a good 70km to go sarnie and the back of the cafe has a vast display of cakes to choose from, I’ve seen people crumple at the very sight. And they do proper tea in a pot, although we have to remember that proper tea is theft. They’re very cycling friendly as they sit right in the middle of the Venn diagram of those pedalling up from the south
and clubs coming down from the big city but if there’s a bunch of you it’s polite to ring and let them know, they’re also very welcoming because they know that cyclists eat A Lot. There’s no dedicated bike parking, you just leave it outside.
Tip by
4.64 km
High Beeches Plantation
Forest
9.68 km
Grouse Road
Highlight (Segment) • Trail
Tip by
15.2 km
Lake View in High Weald National Landscape
Highlight • Forest
Tip by
26.1 km
Furnace Pond
Highlight • Viewpoint
Tip by
31.8 km
Holmsted Woods
Forest
39.7 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
39.4 km
211 m
< 100 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
26.3 km
13.3 km
< 100 m
< 100 m
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Elevation
Highest point (150 m)
Lowest point (50 m)
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Tuesday 14 July
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