Name: Southampton Cycling Campaign *** Glow Ride *** Women's safety as part of national rides event
Start: 2025-10-22T18:45:00+01:00
Location: outside the church & on Alma rd corner

Southampton Cycling Campaign *** Glow Ride *** Women's safety as part of national rides event

Glow Ride as part of Cycling UK national day of Glow Rides.
Meet either at St Andrews Church, The Avenue, Alma Road Corner, SO17 1XQ at 18:45 for prompt start 19:00, or join us at The Cenotaph at 19:10.
There will be an opportunity to leave the ride at Guildhall Square after roughly 4.5miles, or can head to Harbour Lights (Ocean Village) for social.
We'll ride after the social back to St Andrew's Church.
National info for 22nd: https://www.cyclinguk.org/my-ride-our-right/mass-rides#msdynmkt_trackingcontext=b9a1a581-ecd9-4a19-870d-8b075a530000
Women should have the right to move around the streets with confidence.
Sadly, when the evenings get darker, many women put their bikes away. Others feel forced to choose between cycling on a busy main road or a dark isolated cycle path.
This doesn’t feel right. There should be a route that feels safe and welcoming.
Mass glow rides are a powerful way to demonstrate that there are lots of us who want to cycle all year round. We come in all different shapes, sizes and ages, but we’re united by our desire to be able to travel freely.'
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ALSO we do monthly rides, usually 3rd Sunday of month, but also extra rides, see annual list here:
https://www.southamptoncyclingcampaign.org.uk/rides/
All welcome on our sociable, easy-paced rides in the Hampshire countryside — they are fun, friendly and FREE.
Sunday rides usually assemble at 9.45 and set off promptly at 10am, and finish at the start location around 1:30pm (if a half day). All are half day and circular rides, usually 16-18 miles, unless indicated otherwise. Half day rides always have a coffee stop and all day rides a lunch stop.
All rides include a mix of quiet roads, country lanes, off-road cycle paths and bridleways, so suitable for hybrid/mountain bikes. Children over 10 yrs welcome with an adult. See the link https://www.southamptoncyclingcampaign.org.uk/rides/