Source to Sea Trail (2025)
| Entry Fee | £95.00 | |
Plus 6% booking fee |
||
To enter you must first Log In or Register your Details with SiEntries.
The Source to Sea Trail is a bikepacking adventure by gravel or mountain bike into the heart of Yorkshire. It is a unique and inspiring long distance circular route, 720kms (450 miles) long with 9,000 meters of climbing, that connects the network of old trails that weave their way across Yorkshire on the ridge of high ground where 10 rivers such as the Calder, Aire, Wharf, Ure, Nidd, Swale and Esk have their source.
A short film titled 'Source to Sea' gives you an overview of the route and landscape:
https://youtu.be/w9VZoHdx34k?si=dTDW1jz_IQmhKA6E
The trail starts from Mytholmroyd Community Center in the Calder Valley within a mile you are on bridleways over Pennine moors and heading north to gravel tracks through the Dales. We pass along the moors at the head of Wharfedale, Wensleydale and Swaledale and into villages such as Keld, Muker and past the Dales Bike Center.
Then it's onto Richmond and over the Hambleton hills, up to a fine stretch of the Yorkshire coast between Whitby and Scarborough before returning via gravel tracks on the North York Moors and country B roads across the Vale of York into the center of York and then out on country lanes towards the Humber Estuary where we cross the world's longest cycle path on a suspension bridge to swing south-west to Peniston, Marsden and a final run to Hebden Bridge on bridleways across the high moors.
Included in entry:
Event Hub - Every epic adventure needs support and so Mytholmroyd Community Center will be our hub where all riders gather, sign on and fuel up on porridge pots, flapjacks, tea, coffee etc. The GPS trackers are issued at the Event Hub. The Center has toilets, showers and a large free car park whilst Mytholmroyd train station, on the main line between Leeds and Manchester, is 5 minutes away. The hub opens at 6.30am.
GPX file - A field tested gpx file for the 720km route will be sent to your email address one week prior to the event. This will be split into two parts, an 'outward' and a 'return' leg.
GPS Trackers - Riders will be issued with a tracker from Follow My Challenge to enable friends, family and of course event officials to see riders progress. There will be an event page on the FMC website.
Starting line - Group start at 7.30am
Pie n Peas - In the Event Room on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday riders can enjoy pie n peas from 10am-6pm as these are the hours the kitchen is open. All diets catered for. If you arrive back to Mytholmroyd at say 3am or 10pm then its unavoidable that there'll be no pie n peas in the Event Room the Center is closed.
Badge - Every rider on the starting line will receive a cloth badge made in Leeds embroidered with the Yorkshire Divide logo. It is customary to hand a badge at the end of an event but for this event we are reversing the norm.
Friday Social - 4-6pm at a local venue there will chance to have a pre-ride social.
Maps, photos and trail info at - https://yorkshiredivide.co.uk/
Please not the organisers do not provide insurance:
Therefore it is advisable to have your own insurance. Being insured through either British Cycling, Cycling UK or other appropriate body would help cover you for your personal liability and any possible bike loss/damage or injury.
View the Event Disclaimer / Terms and Conditions.
View the Event Cancellation / Refund Policy.
Other events in the Yorkshire Divide series
| Sat 5 Oct 24 | Dales Camp Out: a bikepacking adventure |
| Sat 5 Oct 24 | Dales Trail |
| Sat 3 May 25 | Headwaters Trail - 2025 |
Save the date and share
