Other Events 2026
LINCOLNSHIRE WOLDS OUTDOOR FESTIVAL
Date: Saturday 16th May 2026 to Sunday 31st May 2026
SPA TRAIL (organised by Cycling UK Louth)
(as part of the Lincolnshire Wolds Outdoor Festival)
Date: Saturday 16th May 2026
FULL DETAILS HERE
Venue: Horncastle Pool & Fitness Suite, Coronation Walk, Horncastle LN9 6HP
Time: 10.00 am
A leisurely ride along the Spa Trail between Horncastle and Woodhall Spa, celebrating the Lincolnshire Wolds Outdoor Festival and the 50th Anniversary of the Viking Way.
Pre-Booking required.
SOUTH ORMSBY AND THE WOLDS (organised by Cycling UK Louth)
(as part of the Lincolnshire Wolds Outdoor Festival)
Date: Saturday 23rd May 2026
FULL DETAILS HERE
Venue: 7a Linden Walk, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 9HT
Time: 10.00 am
A 27 mile ride across the Wolds with a refreshment stop at the 'Walkers Cabin', South Ormsby.
Pre-Booking required.
MERIDEN CYCLISTS' MEMORIAL SERVICE
FULL DETAILS HERE
Date: Sunday 17th May 2026
The 105th Cyclists' Memorial and Celebration of Cycling Service will take place at 11 am on Sunday 17th May 2026 around the Cyclists' Memorial on the Meriden village green.
Coventry CTC continue to organise the event and it is expected that a good number of local clubs will attend.
In 2025 the service was be led by the Reverend Kevin Flanagan. Music was provided by the Bulkington Silver Band. The event concluded at the Meriden Village Hall, which was open afterwards for refreshments and cakes baked by the Meriden Women’s Institute.
Date: Bike Week 2026 runs from Monday 8th June until Sunday 14th June.
YORKSHIRE CYCLE RALLY AND FESTIVAL
Date: Friday 12th June until Sunday 14th June 2026
FORMERLY YORK RALLY - a message from the organisers:
The next event will be held at Driffield Showground on the 12th to 14th June 2026, because for reasons beyond our control we cannot use the Knavesmire in York. It will be called the Yorkshire Cycle Festival 2026.
For the full background to this decision, some first info about the very promising venue in Driffield, and to find out how you can help make 2026 the best event yet in its new home, please see here:
https://yorkrally.org/2025/11/22/major-news-for-2026/
Campsite bookings are open now - we have frozen prices, and also extended the earlybird reduced-price booking period until the end of January, in light of this late opening of bookings:
https://yorkrally.org/visitor-information/campsite-bookings/
As ever, your all-volunteer organising committee hugely values your support as we do our very best to keep this event alive and successful, and we very much hope to see you in Driffield in June.
NEW FOREST CYCLING WEEK (organised by Cycling UK)
Date: Friday 24th July to Sat 1st August 2026 (8 nights, leaving Saturday morning)
The New Forest Cycling Week was founded in 1975 and for 35 years was based at the Forestry Commission Roundhill campsite near Brockenhurst. In 2010 the New Forest Cycling Week moved to the UK Youth Activity Centre at Avon Tyrrell Manor near Burley and in 2023 it moved again and is now held at Hurst View Campsite.
The Rally attracts approximately 200 attendees each year. It is an informal rally for cycle campers, free from pressure and over-organisation, yet offering activity for all those who wish to join in. It's a rally for cycling families, small groups and individuals whether new to camping or, indeed, more experienced and age is immaterial! There is plenty to see or explore in this unique area. The many minor roads and tracks make enjoyable and safe riding for families and younger riders and there is normally something taking place every day.
Further details at http://newforestrallycc.org.uk/
Date: Sunday 30th August 2026
EVENT NEWS: Mildenhall Cycling Club have confirmed details of their annual cycling event which will take place on the August Bank-Holiday weekend.
“The Mildenhall Cycling Mini-Fest will take place on Sunday 30th August at its traditional venue of West Row Village Hall, near Mildenhall and will include the Fenland Flyer Gravel Time-Trial, Grass-Track racing and the Cycle Jumble,” confirmed Chairman of the organisers, Mildenhall Cycling Club, Mark Burchett.
There will be a full range of events for Seniors, Veterans, Ladies and Juveniles on the grass in the afternoon, with the track staging the start & finish of the Fenland Flyer Gravel Time-Trial in the morning.
In addition to the main Senior Gravel event, there will once again be separate Juveniles race for 13–16-year-olds with them riding the same course.
They will be racing individually against the clock over a 20km course of almost entirely off-road consisting of farm tracks, droves, by-ways and a small section of minor road. This is a unique type of course that only the Fens can offer.
Taking place from 10am will be the Cycle Jumble from a car boot around the grass-track, letting visitors and competitors to buy and sell from their vehicles, with sellers having to pre-book their pitch.
The Mildenhall Cycling Mini-Fest may not offer camping on site, but West Row is very fortunate to have three campsites, and the organisers are very much encouraging new as well as regular visitors to previous events, to still come and spend the weekend in Suffolk cycling and at the Mini-Fest.
Mildenhall Cycling Club will be providing refreshments and drinks all day in the village hall.
The Mini-Fest and its predecessor the Cycling Rally, have always attracted many up-and-coming names from the world of cycling including the Mildenhall Club’s very own Golden Member Victoria Pendleton CBE who was a multi-Olympic and World Champion before retiring and more recently Laura Kenny CBE, who is Great Britain’s most successful female Olympian winning five gold medals in a glittering career.
Other well-known cyclists to have ridden at Mildenhall before going onto international fame include Welsh starlet Nicole Cooke MBE, Ben Swift, Jason Kenny OBE and Steve Burke MBE.
Further details of the Mini-Fest will be available at www.mildenhallfestival.bike
LINCOLNSHIRE CHURCHES TRUST RIDE & STRIDE
Date: Saturday 13th September 2025
10.00 am to 6.00 pm.
42nd Anniversary of this classic sponsored ride, visiting churches of Louthesk Marshes, Fotherby, North Thoresby, Grainsby and Waithe