Our route for 2025 is 1540 kilometres (957 miles) long and offers you some of the UK's finest cycling experiences.

Linking two world-renowned cities, the route takes you along quiet country lanes and off-road cycle paths to reveal ever-changing panoramas of tranquil villages, rolling hills and breathtaking rural landscapes. 

 

Discover the route

You can download a draft route now. Click on the lins below for GPX tracks of the 2025 route.

Explore the northbound route from Writtle
Explore the northbound route from central London
Explore the southbound route

 

 

Controls

There are 21 control points (at 14 different venues) along the route. At each of these you can get hot food and drinks, a dormitory bed, showers, plus mechanical and medical support where available. At your two chosen controls – one in England, one in Scotland – you can access your drop bags.

IMPORTANT

• You must visit – i.e. check into – all these control points in the correct order.

We also offer an ever-growing list of pop-up cafés and pop-up dormitories, which offer a limited range of facilities.

• At our pop-up cafés you will need to pay for any food or drink, but all dormitory beds are free. 
• At our pop-up dormitories we will give you a limited breakfast but no other food will be available.

Pop-up cafés are highlighted in pink. Pop-up dormitories are highlighted in yellow. 

Bag Drops: E – can be used for your English bag drop. S – can be used for your Scottish bag drop.

	Location	Address	Distance	Food and Drink	Dormitory Beds	Showers	Bag Drops	Mechanics
	London	Guildhall Yard, Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HH	START	No	0
	Writtle	Writtle University College, Lordship Road, Writtle, Chelmsford CM1 3RR	START	Included	160	✓		✓
C01	Northstowe	Northstowe Secondary College, Stirling Road, Northstowe, Cambridge CB24 1DJ	89	Included	0	✓		✓
C02	Boston	Boston Grammar School, Rowley Rd, Boston PE21 6JY	192	Included	0	✓		✓
	Horncastle	Just One More Bike, 25 High St, Horncastle LN9 5HP	222	££	0			££
C03	Louth	King Edward VI Grammar School, Edward Street, Louth LN11 9LL	247	Included	350	✓	E	✓
C04	Hessle	Hessle High School, Tranby House, Heads Lane, Hessle HU13 0JQ	304	Included	350	✓	E	✓
C05	Malton	Malton School, Middlecave Road, Malton YO17 7NH	372	Included	350	✓	E	✓
	Rainton	Rainton Village Hall, Sleights Lane, Rainton, Thirsk YO7 3PH	424	££	0
C06	Richmond	Richmond School, Darlington Road, Richmond DL10 7BQ	466	Included	250	✓	E	✓
	Mickleton	Mickleton Village Hall, Mickleton, Barnard Castle DL12 0JR	511	££	50
	Alston	Samuel King School, Church Rd, Alston CA9 3QU	549	Limited breakfast only	80
	Alston	The Nook Farm Shop and Café, Castle Nook, Alston CA9 3BG	553	££	0
C07	Brampton	William Howard School, Longtown Road, Brampton, Cumbria CA8 1AR	580	Included	350	✓	E	✓
	Newcastleton	Newcastleton Village Hall, Langholm Street, Newcastleton TD9 0QX	620	Limited breakfast only	70	✓
	Newcastleton	The Olive Tree, 38 South Hermitage Street, Newcastleton TD9 0QE	620	££	0
	Hermitage Water	Hermitage Hall, Hermitage Water, Hawick TD9 0LX	629	Limited breakfast only	30
C08	Hawick	Hawick Town Hall, Cross Wynd, Hawick TD9 9EF	653	Included	150			✓
	Roberton	Forman Memorial Hall, Roberton TD9 7LX	662	Limited breakfast only	60
	St Mary's Loch	St Mary's Loch Art Gallery and Café	700	££	0
C09	Moffat	Moffat Academy, Academy Road, Moffat, Dumfriesshire DG10 9DA	724	Included	300	✓	S	✓
	Broughton	Broughton Village Hall, ML12 6HF	762	££	50
C10	Dalkeith	Dalkeith High School, 2 Cousland Rd, Dalkeith EH22 2PS	806	Included	250	✓	S	✓
C11	Innerleithen	St Ronan's Primary School, St Ronan's Rd, Innerleithen EH44 6PB	845	Included	300		S	✓
	Hopehouse	The Bee Hive Café, Honey Cottage Caravan Park, B709, TD7 5HU	870	££	0
C12	Eskdalemuir	Eskdalemuir Community Hub, Eskdalemuir DG13 0QJ	894	Included	20 (emergency use only)
C13	Brampton	William Howard School, Longtown Road, Brampton, Cumbria CA8 1AR	954	Included	350	✓	E	✓
	Alston	The Nook Farm Shop and Café, Castle Nook, Alston CA9 3BG	981	££	0
	Alston	Samuel King School, Church Rd, Alston CA9 3QU	985	Limited breakfast only	80
	Mickleton	Mickleton Village Hall, Mickleton, Barnard Castle DL12 0JR	1026	££	50
C14	Richmond	Richmond School, Darlington Road, Richmond DL10 7BQ	1067	Included	250	✓	E	✓
	Rainton	Rainton Village Hall, Sleights Lane, Rainton, Thirsk YO7 3PH	1109	££	0
C15	Malton	Malton School, Middlecave Road, Malton YO17 7NH	1158	Included	350	✓	E	✓
C16	Hessle	Hessle High School, Tranby House, Heads Lane, Hessle HU13 0JQ	1227	Included	350	✓	E	✓
C17	Louth	King Edward VI Grammar School, Edward Street, Louth LN11 9LL	1286	Included	350	✓	E	✓
	Horncastle	Just One More Bike, 25 High St, Horncastle LN9 5HP	1312	££	0			££
C18	Boston	Boston Grammar School, Rowley Rd, Boston PE21 6JY	1342	Included	200	✓		✓
	Pondersbridge	Ramsey, Huntingdon PE26 2TR	1407	££	0
C19	Northstowe	Northstowe Secondary College, Stirling Road, Northstowe, Cambridge CB24 1DJ	1445	Included	300	✓		✓
C20	Henham	Saffron Walden Rugby Club, Springate, Chickney Road, Henham CM22 6BQ	1495	Included	50	✓		✓
C21	Writtle	Writtle University College, Lordship Road, Writtle, Chelmsford CM1 3RR	1539	Included	160	✓		✓