After a year long hiatus we are bringing Bike Bath back for 2024 and after being based in the centre of Bath for ten years, we are moving to a new home in the heart of the Cotswolds AONB. The event will start and finish at Westonbirt School near Tetbury, a venue which is steeped in history and set within 210 acres of picturesque gardens.
Our new home at Westonbirt School allows us to explore new routes around the stunning countryside of the Cotswolds and it's quintessentially English villages of honey-coloured stone.
There will be a choice of routes provisionally 28, 54 and 79 miles long, catering for everyone from the experienced club rider to the first-time sportive rider. So why not get a group of friends together, or enter on your own, to experience the excitement and camaraderie of cycling an event with hundreds of other like minded people.
As an entrant to Bike Bath, you will benefit from:
🚴 A choice of 3 fully marked routes with a back up route map and GPS files
🚴 Feed stations on the long and medium routes
🚴 On-course first aid and mechanical support
🚴 A medal and post-ride food
🚴 Free event parking
The team behind Bike Bath have been have been hard at work, planning, plotting and tweaking to come up with some great routes for this year's event. We're now confident we've got some really good routes for you, however these are provisional and subject to change after further reconnaissance and risk assessments.
All routes head north skirting Tetbury, past Chavenage House - the Poldark family pile - and Cherington. The medium and long routes continue north up Sapperton Hill as the short route continues east and then turns south at Tarlton, through quintessential Cotswold villages Culkerton and Ashley and then Long Newton and Shipton Moyne.
Having ascended Sapperton Hill, the medium and long route riders soon get their first opportunity to refuel at Fire & Flow Coffee Roastery. From here the routes meet up with the River Coln and follow it south to Ablington, where the long route splits and heads north for an additional loop through more chocolate box villages Northleach, Windrush - on the river from which it derives its name - and Hatherop before rejoining the medium route at Bibury - which William Morris called 'The most beautiful village in England’.
Both routes head south from here via a second feed station at Poulton to Down Ampney, before heading west through the Cotswold Waterpark - the United Kingdom's largest marl lake system, straddling the Wiltshire–Gloucestershire border. Onwards through Crudwell before turning south and rejoining the short route just north of Long Newnton, before returning to Westonbirt School.
New for 2024, following the success of our Walk Oxford event, we are launching Walk Westonbirt as an exciting addition to Bike Bath. Starting from Westonbirt School, this 12-15 mile walk will allow you to explore the beautiful Cotswold countryside. You will be provided with a route map containing information on the local history you will pass through and all walkers will receive a medal and food at the end of the walk. So get a group of friends together, set yourself a goal, and have a day of superb walking to look forward to.
Our charity partner for the 2024 Bike Bath - Cotswolds event is Dorothy House Hospice. You can help support this charity by adding a donation to your booking at the basket, or by using our events to fundraise for them directly.
Dorothy House provides expert hospice care and support for local patients facing a life-limiting illness as well their families in Bath & North East Somerset and parts of Wiltshire and Somerset. The services and broader care are delivered by the charity completely free of charge, providing comfort and dignity to people in the community and helping them to live each day to the full.
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