Brighton to London (the long way round)

Miles: 200.

Difficulty: Intermediate. Eastbourne and Folkestone are hilly, but the Kent coast is relatively flat.

Head east from Londonby-the-sea and ride around the edge of one of Britain’s most historic coastlines.

At Hastings you’ll pass the battlefield of 1066 fame, before continuing on towards Dover Castle and then Saint Margaret’s Bay, where you’ll discover the South Foreland Lighthouses; a pair of Victorian beacons that warned passing ships of the treacherous Goodwin Sands.

At Margate, you’ll find a decent cup of coffee, the Turner Contemporary Art Gallery and one of Antony Gormley’s cast iron human sculptures. Turning west towards London proper, follow the north Kent coast through Herne Bay and Whitstable, before zigzagging into the capital via Gravesend and Dartford.