Course records:

Open: 21m 4s.set by Mike Skidmore of Cheltenham and County CC Gloucester Ctiy CC on May 23rd 2023

Women: 23:44 by Claire Taylor of Gloucester City CC in 2013.

CORSE / STAUNTON 10 MILE COURSE

10 Mile circuit consisting of 3 laps.

Racers start at the intersection between A417 & Barn Ln and make one large full lap Anti-Clockwise.
After the first rotation has been made, turn left into Barn Ln and from this point – complete 2 more full rotations.

 

UC50 Chaxhill 10 mile course

Sign on

In the unnamed road as described below.

Description

Start on the Northbound A48 at Chaxhill, at the junction with an unnamed road approximately 200m North of the entrance to the Severn & Wye Smokery. Proceed North on the A48 to the roundabout at Highnam Court (5.00 miles). Make a U-turn at the roundabout to proceed South on the A48 (back toward the start). Finish at drain cover opposite farm shop sign (10.06 miles).

Course map

Course record

21 m 52 s set by Dan Kelly of Gloucester City CC on 24th May, 2022.

Course details are UC50_ten_mile_time_trial_course, and the route can be downloaded at ridewithgps.com/routes/35574406

 

Course record of 32m 28s set by Jim McLoughlin of Gloucester City CC on July 2nd 2014

 

 

 

UC714B TT COURSE (14 AND 28 MILES)

Sign on

By the finish, in the layby on Malvern Road in Staunton, same as for the Pendock courses (see below)

Description

Start on B4211 just north of the junction with B4213 (Straight Lane). Proceed north and turn left at the T junction with the A438 (3.8 miles). Proceed west to the junction with the B4208 (8.8 miles). Turn left and head south on the B4208 to Staunton. Turn left at the T junction (13.5 miles) and proceed east along B4213 to T junction to B4211 (14.5 miles). Turn left, pass the start and repeat the loop. Finish is just before the Staunton T junction (28 miles).

 Course map

Download a hard copy of UC714B

 

 

ELMORE 6.5 MILE CIRCUIT

Course records:

Men 15m 31s Sean Townsend (Ark Cycles) set 30th March 2021

Course record women 17m 14s Ellie Mackman (Ark Cycles) set 30th March 2021

Sign on

In the start layby (see below)

Description

The course traces a circular route around Elmore, Farleys End, Longney and back to Elmore.

Start in layby near the junction of Elmore Lane and travel in a counter clockwise direction through Farleys End and on the Longney to the junction with School Lane, turn left and proceed back to the layby.

 

Course map

1 lap is required to complete the course

Download course details here

Course record set 14m 01s by Sean Townsend and matched by Jim McLoughlin, both of Gloucester City CC, on July 3rd 2013 and April 2nd 2014

HARDWICKE 7 MILE TRACK

Starting and finishing at the same point alongside the M5, racers must follow the road along until the roundabout just before the River Frome. From here they must circle the roundabout and continue along the same path they came from.

Sign on

In the bus stop opposite the start (see below)

Description

Start on A417 Gloucester to Ledbury road just before the speed de-restriction sign on the north side of Maisemore (grid reference 811212). Continue northbound on A417 through Hartpury and Staunton. Continue on A417 over M50 motorway bridge to the round-a-bout at Ledbury. Circle Round-a-bout & retrace route south bound to finish just beyond old school buildings beyond Hartpury at the pull-in on left by gate (grid reference 798234).

Course map

 

Course Records

• Solo Male 50m 37s set by Jake Sargent of Team Bottrill on 10th September, 2023
• Solo Female 1:00:44 set by Ellie MacKman on 18-Apr-21
• Solo Male (Junior) 1:08:20 set by Nathaniel Powys 20-Apr-19
• 3-up Team TT 49:46 (Open) set by Simon Wilson, John Archibald, and Joshua Jackson of HUUB Wattshop on 23rd June, 2024
• 3-up Team TT (Female) 56:40 set by Alex Clay, Kate Allan, and Emily Martin of Team Bottrill on 23rd June, 2024

 

Download a hard copy of U72

 

Course record of 42m 53s set by Sean Townsend of VC Equipe on May 2nd 2018 beating the previous record of 43m 46s for two laps (18 miles) set by Jim McLoughlin of Glloucester City CC on May14th 2014

UC101 9 AND 18 MILE TT COURSES

Sign on

In the layby by start (see start area map below)

Description

Start in Staunton & Corse village on crest of rise behind Staunton Cross garage on Malvern Road (B4208). Proceed through Pendock over M50 to Camers Green junction. Take left turn onto unclassified road over M50 to Junction with A417. Turn Left onto A417  and head back to Staunton & Corse. At mini round-a-bout take first exit onto Straight Lane and Immediately left again to Start.

Repeat once more for the 18 mile course.

 Course map

Download or print a copy HERE

 

 

 

PENDOCK 7 MILE CIRCUIT

Circuit used for evening time trials when the M50 bridge is closed. Start is on Malvern Road, just north of the Swan Inn roundabout. Each lap is 7 miles, riddenanticlockwise, so 14 mile TT’s require two laps. It can be viewed and downloaded here: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/30206014

 

 

THREE CITIES RACE DETAILS AND ROUTE

The course route is down to the rider, but they must start and finish at The Dog (Toby Inn) at Over,

you must cross Westgate Bridge, Gloucester,
you must cross St John’s Bridge, Worcester,
you must also pass the Shire Hall in Hereford.

The accepted fastest route is the A38 to Worcester, A4103 to Hereford, and A438 / A4172 / B4215 to Gloucester.

The Course Record is 3h 18m 1m set by Tim Butler in 2024

The previous record was 3 hr 20m 26s set by George Unsworth in 2007

WHITMINSTER COURSE

Sign on

By the start (see below)

Description

Start at the entrance to Rance Lane on the B4073 adjacent to the Kings Head Inn in Upton St. Leonards. Proceed south on B4073, the course is approx. 1.5 miles long with a gradient averaging 7%. It is semi rural, being outside the city boundary on B4073 road approximately 6 metres wide. There are few accesses from the LH side, while those on the RH side of the road are mostly residential, although one is to a farm with stables and another is access to a hotel. Speed limit on the first half of the course is 30mph, rising to 40mph. Visibility is good. Start (Rance Lane) and Finish (Watery Lane) are both minor cul-de-sacs giving good positions off the classified road for officials.

Course map

Course Record

• Solo Male 5m 55.1s set by Patrick Jones of Gloucester City CC on 3rd September 2024
• Solo Female 12m 2s set by Kate Alderson of Gloucester City CC on 30th August 2022

Download a hard copy

WHITMINSTER COURSE

Sign on

In the start layby (see below)

Description

The course traces an out and back route from the first layby south of the Cross Key (McDonalds) roundabout at Hardwicke on the A38 towards Bristol.

Start at southern end of layby and travel south through Whitminster to the first roundabout. Google map link for the start is HERE

Circle and retrace to finish opposite the start before Pound Lane.

Continue on to Pound Lane where it is safe to turn before heading back to start area.

Course map