Castle Cycle for Charity

Yes, absolutely!

Yes, there will be a photographer out on the course throughout the day capturing pictures of riders. These will be available to purchase from Sports Action Photos.

We recommend that you have appropriate cover for you and your bike.

Yes, for most common bikes. Spares are chargeable.

On the day you will be given a contact number for our ride control, who will help with any issues.

Free parking is available at a number of car parks in Sovereign Way TN9 1RQ close to the start/ finish venue. There is very limited parking at the Castle.

There will be two route split cut off times for this event to ensure all riders make it back to the venue before the event closes.

Cut off times are on the Epic route and the Champion route, times and distances below:

Champion – You must reach mile 52.4 by 12:15

Epic – You must reach mile 69.5 by 12:30 and mile 96 by 14:30

Riders arriving after these times will be directed to the shorter routes available.

The ride closes at 6.00pm. Slow riders will be moved onto shorter routes as necessary. 

You must wear a cycle helmet to take part.

You must be at least 16 on the day of the event to take part; if you are under 18 you must be accompanied by an adult.

Toilets are available at the start and finish venue. Our feed stations will also have toilet facilities. Your belongings/valuables should be locked in your car or carried with you. There are feed stations on route which will provide hot and cold drinks & snacks. Riders and supporters will be able to purchase food and drinks at the finish.

Our registration will be open from 5.30am for you to collect your number and timing chip. Please only arrive 15 minutes before you are setting off to. 

START TIMES:

• Epic: 0545 - 0600
• Champion: 0600 - 0630
• Classic: 0700 - 0730
• Cool: 0800 - 0830

RIDE CLOSED: 6.00pm 

All riders must have returned by 6pm. 

Yes, just let us know and we will sort that out for you. Dates for next year are still being finalised, so you may need to bear with us for a little while.

This will be sent you by email the day after the event.

On the day you will be given a contact number for our event control who will help with any issues.

You will receive information by email about 1 week ahead of the event, this will also be added to the website at www.action.org.uk/castle

You will collect your number with your timing chip on the day at registration. Simply head to our registration tent on arrival.

What a lovely treat! When you buy as a gift you are entering the same registration process as normal. However, once you have chosen the route/distance then you'll be prompted to answer, 'who is this registration for?' Please select 'someone else...'

The email address you input here will be the email to receive all event correspondence. So you may want to choose to use a different email address, if you want to keep your gift secret. 

After you have paid you will received a confirmation of the event entry (to the email address you entered as above) so you can gift this to your rider.