Friendly Cycling Club in Cheltenham

Cheltenham CTC group ride on a country lane

Ride with us

We have a variety of rides suitable for all levels, from leisurely Sunday outings to Thursday night pub rides. To see what rides are offered see our Rides Page

Cheltenham CTC members at a club social event

Social Events

We hold a number of social events through the year. These can be found in the our social calendar.

Cyclists riding in a group, demonstrating rider guidance

Your First Ride

New to the club? Find out what to bring, how to choose a ride group, how our three trial rides work and where we meet for your first ride.

About Cheltenham CTC

Cheltenham CTC is a friendly, relaxed cycling club based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Our group rides explore Cheltenham and Gloucestershire, and go further afield into the Cotswolds, Wiltshire, Herefordshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, with something for every ability. "CTC" stands for Cyclists' Touring Club, the name Cycling UK was known by until 2016. We are affiliated to Cycling UK, and you join the club by becoming a Cycling UK member. We are a social and touring club, not a racing club.

Latest News

New club kit now available to order

21 Oct 2026

You might have spotted a few committee members out in our new club kit. It’s now available to order on the website: short and long sleeved jerseys, in men’s and women’s fits.
We need a minimum of 10 items before we can place an order with the supplier. If there’s enough interest, we hope to get the order in and the kit delivered to everyone before Christmas.
Have a look at the Club Kit page, check the size chart and place your order. There’s nothing to pay yet. We’ll be in touch to confirm your order and let you know when payment is due.

Website updates

10 May 2026

Over the last few weeks, we've add a load more features to the website, mainly around handling the rides/runs list, to make is easier to manage across a team, rather than just one person. There's also some new ways you can view the list and also keep up to date:
Here's just some of the new additions:

Full calendar of upcoming rides: /rides/calendar.html
From this calendar page, you can also "Subscribe" to the rides calendar. This will add an automatically updating/syncing calendar to your phone or Outlook calendar, so if there are any changes and as/when new rides are added, your calendar automatically receives them! There are also options for Google Calendar and ICS calendar syncs!
The calendar page also has a "printable calendar" option - this will replace the existing PDF, making it easier to get up to date copies etc. We will look to make some improvements to this, so more is fitted on one page!
All the rides on both the calendar page, the printable page and in the sync have as much information on them as possible: destinations and ride leaders (where pre-planned), time and place to meet etc.

If you have any ideas/suggestions for improvements and/or additional content you'd like on the rides calendar, or indeed any other page on the website, then do please let me know.

Club AGM 2026

21 Apr 2026

Thank you to everyone who can to the AGM. We have put together a set of draft minutes, which will be ratified at the AGM next year. These are be viewed here

Newsflash

11 May 2026
We have a Guiness World Record holder in our club - well... he held it for 37 years!

A man who set a Guinness World Record as the fastest person to complete the Three Peaks challenge by cycling has finally been given a certificate to prove it - more than 40 years after the event.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5pvneg875oAs featured in our May newsletter...
10 May 2026
On your Bike - christening the new Cheltenham to Bishops Cleeve Cycle Path - 14th June 2026

The event is being run by C&CCC, and they're encouraging local cyclists to attend. more information is on their website: https://www.cheltenhamandcounty.cc/post/on-your-bike-14th-june. We will be trying to arrange our rides to the Sunday rides can be part of the event.
10 May 2026
Ride for Ryder

Sadly, it looks like for the time being the Ride for Ryder, in aid if Sue Ryder, has been cancelled. We are in touch with the coordinators at Sue Ryder, and will update you as/when we get any further news. The Cheltenham CTC, and indeed C&CCC, have always supported the Ride for Ryder event, and we hope they'll be able to find the resource to operate it in future!
30 Apr 2026
2026 May to June Runs List

The new runs list is out for May 2026 through to end of June 2026. We've also enabled a number of new features, including a calendar which can be sync'd with your phone/calendar, a printable calendar and lots more.
19 Dec 2025
New Website

As you're here, you've probably noticed our new website. There's still lots to do, but we're excited to share it with you