Redbridge Cycling Centre is a road cycle circuit and mountain bike course at Hog Hill – near

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and directly opposite the Forest Cemetery and Crematorium. The £5m cost of the facility was funded by the

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(LDA) as a replacement the former Eastway cycle facilities that were redeveloped for the

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. The LDA funded the facility up to the completion of the legacy

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. It was opened by

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in August 2008. In 2014, Redbridge Council agreed to purchase Redbridge Cycling Centre from the

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using a grant from the

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Charitable Trust.Redbridge Cycling Centre
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References

External links

Redbridge Cycle Centre on the Redbridge Borough Council web site

Redbridge Cycle Centre web site

Redbridge Cycle Circuit details at British Cycling
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See also

References

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